BelichickFan

This is kind of combined with the Harris poll, as people are voting for the pick over Harris I'm curious where you expect the pick to be.

BelichickFan

I'm going with 11-15 although I think there'a a better chance of top ten than of 21-32.

JoePats

I think SF is on the upswing in a lousy lousy conference. The Patriots are however one Frank Gore injury away from the top 10.

BelichickFan

I like Seattle, St. Louis and maybe even Arizona more than SF. I think SF is heading for a 3rd place finish in their division and possibly last depending how well the new coaches mesh in Arizona. If Russ Grimm gets that OL improved I like the Arizona skill guys a lot better than SF.

HEY BRO! WHAT UP?

I think the Niners will go 9-7 at best and 7-9 at worst. They are a team on the rise and have some nice additions in free agency and the draft.

VJCPatriot

I voted 11-15. I think the 49ers will go 7-9 or 8-8 this year. They've added a few pieces but I don't think they're playoff caliber yet.

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PatsSteve1

How they do will likely depend on injuries and if Smith plays better at QB. They should be a better team than last year.

Urgent

SF finished 7-9.

They added:
WR Ashley Lelie, WR Darrell Jackson, NT Aubrayo Franklin, LB Tully Banta-Cain, CB Nate Clement, S Michael Lewis
Plus:
ILB Patrick Willis, OT Joe Staley, WR Jason Hill, a couple of Florida linemen, etc.

They lost almost nothing of consequence. TE Eric Johnson, but Vernon Davis replaced him. DT Anthony Adams, but Baltimore NT Franklin replaces him. CB Sammy Davis, but Nate Clements replaces him.

Former #1 overall QB Alex Smith had a year of getting used to the NFL, after a year of learning. So he should be somewhat improved. Adding Jackson and Lelie should help him as well.

San Francisco had about as good an offseason as New England, and should be among the most improved teams in the NFL.

San Francisco was better than Arizona last year, had a far far better offseason (Arizona added such household names as OT Qasim Mitchell, DE Rodney Bailey, DT Joe Tafoya, and CB Roderick Hood), yet some folks here are picking Arizona ahead of San Francisco?

BelichickFan

They gave up the most points in the league.
They scored the 9th least points in the league.
They had the 5th worst point differential in the league.
Football Outsiders ranked them 29th in the league.
Alex Smith's QB rating dropped in the second half vs. the first. half of the season.
Two of their wins were against the two worst teams in the league, Detroit and Oakland.
Only two of their wins were against a playoff team, Seattle twice.
One of the Seattle wins was with no Hasselbeck.

I think the 7-9 record was bloated, to say the least.

patsox23

Boy, I hope you top-15-ers are on the mark, but I don't see it. SF is an up and coming team and they've had a GREAT off-season/draft, IMO.