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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.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.
They gave up the most points in the league.SF finished 7-9.
I know I'm repeating myself ad nauseum but as of the start of this offseason they were a crappy team (5th worst point differential) that scraped out a 7-9 record. Maybe the young guys improve, maybe the new additions help. But they weren't very good last year and they lost Norv Turner who's a good OC/QB coach so some regression of Smith is possible (from his very mediocre 2006).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.
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.
The Redskins usually have GREAT offseasons too. Sorry, I'm not buying into the hype as long as Alex Smith is their QB and the losing culture is still thriving out there. .
By no means am I underminding the Pats off-season, but they were the big winners in FA this year. Does that worry you guys at all?
By no means am I underminding the Pats off-season, but they were the big winners in FA this year. Does that worry you guys at all?
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.
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 said: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.