RobertPhD01
49er Faithful Member
Go Reynolds!?!
I think fact that they did nothing for the interior of the offensive line is nearly as bad if not worse than doing little for the secondary. I guess we know what next year's free agency and draft picks will be.
Yeah of course we need more talent in the secondary and offensive line. But you only have so many high draft picks, and can't fix everything in one draft. Every team has weaknesses every season, so every team addresses it whenever they can. Yes, do draft offensive line help next year.
The biggest items were pass rush and RZ offense, to me they addressed it. Samuel will be a weapon any where on the field, but he'll help the RZ a lot whether him or for others.
Sure if Tomlinson, Richburg, and whoever starts at the other guard spot doesn't allow too much pressure up the middle the new weapons should improve the red zone offense. I don't think they will be successful at that though. I have no faith in the interior offensive linemen on this team even less than the DB's at least they have shown at some point they can play at a high level or at least serviceable. It is going to be a huge issue much like edge rushing was last year.
No doubt the interior offensive line can be better, but that is three positions to upgrade. Maybe two if Richburg's injury was the only reason for his poor play. But how can you deal with the pass rush, RZ offense, AND interior offensive line? Drafting a 4th round OG is drafting for depth, not an immediate starter. I think the Round 3 pick could be argued better for O-line, than our Round 4? Cause we MIGHT have gotten a starting OG in Round 3?
While the interior will have some issues, it won't be as bad as last years pass rush, nor RZ offense woes.
The interior of the 49ers o-line was one of if not the worst in the league. Now maybe not having the franchise QB played a part but not all of it. Jimmy Garoppolo is going to be seeing a lot of pressure up the middle which will hold back the team from making the kind of progress they could. Had they addressed this in the 3rd round or in free agency by adding a starting caliber guard then I might feel better but they didn't so I don't.
Ok, i mentioned Round 3 too. You were lamenting the draft, but now you're adding in Free Agency?!
Anyway, we ALL know the interior O-line isn't solid, we know. But that wasn't the worse area last season, the pass rush and RZ was much worse. So from that standpoint you can't blame Lynch/Shannahan for addressing RZ in Rounds 2 and 3. Samuel is much more than the RZ, but he'll add a lot when we get there.
They O-line started poorly in the first 4-5 games, but they played better (not great) the rest of the way. So most of the poor stats came from the start of last season. They aren't "the worst in the NFL", even Mullins had good passing stats without WR's.
They gave up more QB pressures than most interior o-linemen so I still see it as a major issue. I added free agency simply because it is the only other way to improve the team and all they really did was sign cast offs in the o-line. They have up the third most QB hits in the nfl and the interior have up 98 pressures while Staley and McGlinchey have up 65.
If you're still mad we didn't address the ENTIRE team in one shot, then you're banging your head against the wall. Not to mention being unreasonable. No team can do this else they'd be 32 SB teams.
So you expected they'd address the pass rush, RZ, AND interior pass protect? With limited high draft picks you have to decide what you're going to address first?
Can the 49ers offense finish drives in 2019?
After adding Samuel and Hurd, i fully expect two steps up in the RZ. Two steps up means "middle of the pack" instead of 27th and 28th.