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Does anyone legitimately think we can win 8+ games this season? If so, why? I need some optimism after this offseason.
I will be optomistic with 10! Ballkey and Tomsula need to bring the coaching staff together and come up with plans and ideas that are adaptable in all 3 phases of the team this team needs to be hungry and with the best facilities in the NFL!! 21 years from #6 Go 49ers!!
I think 9 wins is best case scenario. Kaep might not be a tremendous QB, but he is a big enough play maker. SF still has decentreceivers and Vernon Davis. Hunter will be decent if he stays healthy. Niners offense wasn't great anyways.
Defense lost a lot, but I feel they still will be tough. I think 7.5 is very fair. SF dropped a lot from 2 years but did they drop lower than teams like CLE, MIN, or STL (I know STL beat SF but SF did better record-wise).
I will be optomistic with 10! Go 49ers!!
Glad I'm not the only one.
noDoes anyone legitimately think we can win 8+ games this season? If so, why? I need some optimism after this offseason.
They always are. But the lack of a professional level defensive backfield is going to be awfully tough to overcome.I think 9 wins is best case scenario. Kaep might not be a tremendous QB, but he is a big enough play maker. SF still has decentreceivers and Vernon Davis. Hunter will be decent if he stays healthy. Niners offense wasn't great anyways.
Defense lost a lot, but I feel they still will be tough. I think 7.5 is very fair. SF dropped a lot from 2 years but did they drop lower than teams like CLE, MIN, or STL (I know STL beat SF but SF did better record-wise).
They always are. But the lack of a professional level defensive backfield is going to be awfully tough to overcome.
They always are. But the lack of a professional level defensive backfield is going to be awfully tough to overcome.
Both of last year's starters at Corner are gone and Reid cannot be counted upon to stay healthy. I couldn't even name you the nickel back at this point unless its Jimmie Ward who I believe has no business being in the NFL in the first place. Our front 7 covered for this deficiency a lot in the past but that won't be happenning this year with all the key losses in that area. I believe they will still play tough but as a whole will be just good enough to get us beat.???. Not sure how you came to this conclusion The 49ers are only replacing one starter at this point. The 49ers have two pro bowl safeties in Eric Reid and Bethea. Tramaine Brock was a starting CB before getting injured last year and will be back. That just leaves one cornerback spot to replace.
Fair enough. I don't think the front 7 willbe able to cover for the deficiencies in the backfield as they've always done in the past. Too much talent has left from that front 7 group as well as critical leadership.We have two pro bowl caliber safeties. I'd say approximately 25 teams would love to have the collection of safeties we'll trot out there. CB is a position of concern, but look at our starters since Baalke took over:
A widely panned Carlos Rogers who signed on the cheap, and 5th-round vet Tarell Brown started from 2011 to 2013. Undrafted vet Tramaine Brock played a big role in 2013. Last year, former third-rounder Chris Culliver (and Baalke was criticized for reaching at that time) returned from a serious injury and started opposite Perrish Cox, who had been cut by both the Niners and the Hawks during the 2013 season. Rookies Jimmy Ward and Dontae Johnson also played a lot last year. Despite these borderline throwaway pieces, our D has remained strong (though the wheels did fall off by the end of last year due to all the injuries).