49ers sign Antonio Bethea

[bvanthielriceyoung]

Wow! This is a HORRIBLE signing

 

[badazzk9]

Yep, but if you are not Top 74 (or top 64), should you be on a list at all? Serious question because I don't know much about safeties. It was like when I heard someone argue Ponder was a top half QB because he included backups. He said he was Top 40 after someone backed him down. (The original comment was top half QB. I heard a similar argument to Smith, but this guy expanded it further. The Smith comment was in regard to some stat.)

I guess they wanted to be thorough. No idea why it has that many players.

 

[ninersdubsgiantsmayne]

do u guys even watch football...Bethea is a ball hawk safety..something we definitely needed...i mean whitner made some big hits, but his coverage was below average..he dropped way too many picks last year and alot of the times he went for the hit instead of just knocking the ball away...i loved Hitner but it wasnt meant to be...welcome to the bay Antoine Bethea!!!

 

[Badger8843]

Wow! This is a HORRIBLE signing

Haha no it's a great one but nice effort

 

[NinerSickness]

do u guys even watch football...Bethea is a ball hawk safety

I could tell that from all 2 of his interceptions in the last 3 years.

 

[Badger8843]

do u guys even watch football...Bethea is a ball hawk safety..something we definitely needed...i mean whitner made some big hits, but his coverage was below average..he dropped way too many picks last year and alot of the times he went for the hit instead of just knocking the ball away...i loved Hitner but it wasnt meant to be...welcome to the bay Antoine Bethea!!!

Agreed 100%, people on here expect us to sign Byrd, go get Revis and so on. $5.5 mil for a guy who has started every game the past 6 years and is a 2x pro bowler, bet most don't know that

 

[bvanthielriceyoung]

Haha no it's a great one but nice effort

True, signing a soon to be 30 yr old avg player to a good chunk of change is a good move...............

 

[TobyTyler]

Nice signing for us. 4 years. Dont know the money yet. Good replacement. 29 years old. 110 tackles and 2 Ints.

Did we lose Whitner?

 

[Badger8843]

True, signing a soon to be 30 yr old avg player to a good chunk of change is a good move...............

Pay whitner who is 29 a year younger to $7 mil is a good one? Ohhhh okay

 

[bvanthielriceyoung]

Agreed 100%, people on here expect us to sign Byrd, go get Revis and so on. $5.5 mil for a guy who has started every game the past 6 years and is a 2x pro bowler, bet most don't know that

He was a pro bowler, like what, 5 years ago!?!?!?!?!?!

 

[bvanthielriceyoung]

Pay whitner who is 29 a year younger to $7 mil is a good one? Ohhhh okay

You're right. Our only options were Bethea or Whitner.

I never said anything about resigning Whitner but go ahead and make your dumbass assumptions.

 

[Badger8843]

Again to the non football minds on here, Bethea will get to play behind the best LB core in the league just as whitner got to for 3 years

 

[Badger8843]

You're right. Our only options was Bethea or Whitner.

I never said anything about resigning Whitner but go ahead and make your dumbass assumptions.

You need a damn good safety and he was the best one out there in our price range little man

 

[purguy12]

This is why He is a great GM. Great pick up. We just got a better player for cheaper. Very excited about this move.

 

[darken65]

Did we lose Whitner?

No Toby. This is all a dream. Go back to bed.

 

[Badger8843]

This is why He is a great GM. Great pick up. We just got a better player for cheaper. Very excited about this move.

Some people don't have a clue, they probably play madden football all day

 

[darken65]

Again to the non football minds on here, Bethea will get to play behind the best LB core in the league just as whitner got to for 3 years

Minus Bowman for most of the season.

 

[Badger8843]

Minus Bowman for most of the season.

He won't miss most of the season and still have Willis and brooks and smith

 

[ninersdubsgiantsmayne]

I could tell that from all 2 of his interceptions in the last 3 years.

Ball Hawk means being around the ball at all times..110 tackles compared to whitners 58 is a pretty big difference...but we'll just wait and see what happens...Lets just say for now it wasnt much of a drop off...

 

[bvanthielriceyoung]

You need a damn good safety and he was the best one out there in our price range little man

That sucks the draft is over with already