Brady6
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Kaepernick is very good. You get a good QB, you need to pay him. That's just the reality.
Quarterback economics are incredibly difficult. If you have a true elite quarterback, fine -- pay him what it takes. But when it comes to a QB who seems like a legitimate starter but not special, there's no good answer. If you lose him, you could be completely sunk. Even average starters don't grown on trees; look at how the Packers fell apart under their backup last year. But if your QB isn't good enough to elevate the whole offense, the $$$ he commands can limit how you build around him.
I just cannot see giving $61M to a player whose last two offseason have consisted of sexual assault investigation, allegations of smoking weed, wearing another team’s hat, and doing body shots on South Beach.
I was already going to be watching their cast-offs this year in and after TC as that team is deep and there might be some primo talent let go because of it. This will only make me continue to do that in the coming years.Paying Kaepernick that kind of money means the 49ers are going to have to take away money elsewhere. Good.
I have nothing against weed or shots personally but I'm not giving $61M to a college kid and that is what he acts like many times.Sexual assault yes...but those other things? Weed? Another teams hat? Shots on south beach? HAHAHAHAHAHA
Davis is a better blocker than receiver. Touchdowns reflect more on his ability as a red zone receiver (which is substantial), but he's very inconsistent. In 1 in 4 games last season, he had 2 or fewer catches. He had 1 game over 100 yards. He was consistently a strong red zone target but he's pretty unremarkable besides that. He is a very good blocker, however. If he's in a second tier, it's because the tight end position is completely barren after Gronk and Graham.
Gore benefits from the aforementioned exceptional offensive line. Even running behind them, he only managed 4.1 yards per carry last season (though this was the lowest yards per carry of his career). I think Gore's better than, say, the vastly overrated Marshawn Lynch, but I also think he benefits from a good offensive line... and Kaepernick as his quarterback, for certain.
The 49ers are deep because the media says they're deep. The reality is they have a good roster with some highly credentialed young talent. That talent still has to step up and make plays.I was already going to be watching their cast-offs this year in and after TC as that team is deep and there might be some primo talent let go because of it. This will only make me continue to do that in the coming years.
I was talking high salaried to mid-level starters that should be of some interest to the Pats.The 49ers are deep because the media says they're deep. The reality is they have a good roster with some highly credentialed young talent. That talent still has to step up and make plays.
I completely agree its a silly comparison, but some of your posts DO make those players seem much worse than they are.
I'll agree that Kaepernick's passing numbers should be a hell of a lot better than they are with his supporting cast, but it also needs to be reminded that the 9ers don't ask him to pass that often.
Only 7 players with over 150 pass attempts averaged more YPA than him, and he has one of the lowest number of pass attempts among QB's who played most of their games.
So they chose to give all of that money to a QB that they don't ask to pass that often. Eh, here's 61 million, don't get your arm sore passing too much.
I'd love to see a $ per pass attempt number.
I'm not sure if it will hurt as much as you think. Don't forget the cap is supposed to keep rising in the next couple of years. With Kaepernick's contract, it's a relatively easy one for the 49ers to get out of if Harbaugh doesn't win the Super Bowl this season, get's fired, and Baalke wants to move away from Kaepernick.This is great news for all teams outside of San Fransisco. Now we need to see D. Thomas and R. Wilson cash in. Those contracts are going to hurt. Cap flexibility can make a good team great until those cheap players need to be re-upped. Seattle I can see surviving and staying a decent contender. I have my doubts about Denver and San Fransisco.
I wonder which team will hit the draft lottery next..
I just cannot see giving $61M to a player whose last two offseason have consisted of sexual assault investigation, allegations of smoking weed, wearing another team’s hat, and doing body shots on South Beach.
I think that the 49ers will regret this, especially when they start losing the Willis, Bowman, Smith, and others on their team.
I don't know. Your damned if you do, damned if you don't with so called elite QBs nowadays. If they let him get away the fans and press would rip them. When they signed him it seems many ripped them. Kind of a no win.
But yeah, it is going to be interesting to see the roster turnaround due to the cap for the 49ers. Vernon Davis is just waiting to see what Jimmy Graham does with his contract and then the poop will hit the fan cuz you know it's going to be a huge contract.