Our sets run very much against the league trend. We use lots of 2 TE formations and 2 RB formations--way more than the rest of the league. With talent like Kittle and Juice, you don't want to take them off the field just to put in a 3rd WR, and b/c this runs against the league trends, defenses don't see nearly as much of it as they did 20 years ago.
Yep, we already gave up future draft capital so that isn't something we can trade.
Exactly what I was thinking. Not sure I'd trade much for him (he's 32 and coming off one of his worst seasons). To top it all off, he's got a base salary this year of 15M. That just doesn't seem to fit in SF. I could see him fitting in, both in terms of draft capital and cap space a place like Indy or LAC, and it would take some serious cap moves for GB or NE to get enough space for him.
I'm not saying they would... but what if they traded youth for experience and gave up either Deebo or Aiyuk in exchange for Julio and a few draft picks? I shutter as I type this. But somehow, it wouldn't surprise me.
What if? They'd be making this year and next year an "all-in" move. It would shock the hell out of me mostly b/c Jones has such a high cap number and our current WRs are productive and cheap.
We didn't do it at QB. I find it hard to believe we'd do it at WR.
Good point.
We have limited ability to pull anything off... but I'd be shocked if the front office wasn't on the phone with Atlanta. Kyle loves "his kind of guys" and Jones is one of those guys. We don't have draft capital, so seems like any trade discussion would need a player with upside and a low cap hit to solve Atlanta's cap issues. I'm just throwing shit out there because I figure Kyle is trying to figure out a way to get Jones on the team, lol.
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We knew he had prior back issues before we traded for him. As Solomon Thomas has been our biggest draft bust, Ford is easily our biggest FA/Trade bust. It's like Gabe Wilkins all over again.Shanahan, 49ers keeping ‘fingers crossed' for Ford's return
There is considerable skepticism that Ford can ever return to the form of the player the 49ers believed they were acquiring from the Chiefs.
Not a free agent but damn, the Chiefs saw us coming on this one. A complete bust from the day he got here.
I agree that the FO should get very little slack on FA/trade misses. That's why the McKinnon and Ford moves have hurt so much.
Eh, I'm not one to say "no slack" for draft mistakes, since there is a 50% success rate in rd 1. However, when you're picking 3rd you've got your pick of the litter except for 2 players. So, I'd argue that missing there hurts more than missing at 22. And as for Lance--if that's a miss, Shanny and Lynch will be sent packing, so it's safe to say there's no slack on that pick.
I'm cutting Lance no slack and even more so for Shanahan. Shanahan risked his job on this player so I hope he knows what he's doing.
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Yep, some of these FA's which ordinarily would've been lost, re-signed for 1 year. The reduced cap affected all teams, so other teams had to 'budget' their free agents too. If you're not going to get much more from other teams, you might as well be comfortable on the 49ers, PLUS try for a championship.I didn't realize the 49ers did so well in re-signing critical players. They got everyone back they wanted and didn't lose any good players.49ers' offseason scorecard: Signings, departures, draft picks
Here’s a look at all of the 49ers’ offseason moves, including the addition of quarterback Trey Lance in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
