Originally posted by jonnydel:
Originally posted by 9ersLiferInChicago:
Originally posted by richterkbelmont:
Originally posted by 9ersLiferInChicago:
Originally posted by NinerGM:
Originally posted by zeppfan1:
Originally posted by illinois9er:
Originally posted by JoseCortez:
Resigning Juice and verret to maintain was nice. Nothing to improve the talent so far. I'm not feeling it.
I can't believe that you feel this way
Lol, shocker
But it's true tho.
Actually, it is true. But that's because Shanny & Co. mostly use the draft to "improve the talent" on the team. Unless we're talking about a top FA other teams FA's are roster fillers, IMHO. Resigning your own FA's should take precedence over other team's FA (unless there's an affordable upgrade opportunity), which is what Shanny & Co. are doing.
I agree there. FA is used to fill gaps on glaring holes so you can go to the draft with somehow a complete team.
Keeping your own guys comes before looking for outside talent.
They are 2/3 for the top players they wanted to bring back, pushing to bring the most important one.
If you succeed here you can pretty much attack the draft with BPA.
Now, I cannot agree there. And from what I've seen Shanny & Lynch haven't approached the draft that way. While we are a SB-ready team if healthy, we do have glaring key holes that we need to fill:
- a starting CB
- a starting safety
- a starting interior O-lineman
- a starting nickel CB (because I doubt K. Williams re-signs with us)
- RB is definitely a need
- Dee Ford's eventual replacement
- if T. Williams leaves LT becomes a big hole
- depth along the D-line, because we're sure to lose more than a few rotational pieces there
- we still need a return specialist
Those are 9 areas of need off the top of my head (and we have 10 picks). Taking flyers in the 7th round, maybe 6th rounds? Sure. But attack the draft with BPA? Absolutely not. Respectfully, it's just lazy. (I've argued that point for years, so it's not directed at you specifically.) Frankly, I don't think any NFL coach attacks a draft using BPA. I expect NFL coaches to put in long hours studying film, researching, and scouting players vs. the needs of their rosters vs. the realities the draft in real time vs. scheme fit. Shanny is dead-set on scheme fit, sometimes much to my chagrin. So attacking draft with BPA ain't happening with this coaching staff and GM.
I think the reality is somewhere in between. Both have also said they place draft value based off need. So, if you have 2 guys graded as mid 1st round picks, you'll take the player in thr bigger area of need first.
Or, for example, for our 2nd round pick if we have a WR graded as a late first who's still available and there's a safety who they graded as a high 2nd, we would take the safety, IMO.
They haven't finished building the pre-draft roster. I mentioned IF you succeed, which means having startable players at every single position before the draft.
Verrett & Moseley are startable CB, one is top 15 and the other middle of the pack
I'd gess they believe Moore and Ward to be their starting safeties for the time being
RG and C are currently glaring holes until they sign somebody
I agree with the NCB being a need as well
Dee Ford replacement could very well be Hyder, Dunlap or any other dude who is still available. For now it's a need
LT is a need until they sign Trent
RB is not a need, not a position you pay money or spend anything more than a 4th round pick. You have two startable RB and could sign a third for the vet minimum which is what that position is worth
Depth is addressed in the draft. But as they brought Ebukam perhaps DJ Jones could be back for another year.
Just get 22 starters who are above average and it is a successful FA period. Now obviously there's the positional value so you never, ever use a first on a RB, Kicker or that sort of positions. Attack the strenghts of the draft, which good for the niners it's exactly OL and CB where they have lesser depth.
