OT: Let's check in on the 49ers
Patrick Willis and Justin Smith are both expected to announce retirement today. Frank Gore will be leaving to sign with the Eagles. Rumors that they are trying to trade Kaepernick.
Man those guys really hated playing for Harbaugh, huh? Really lost the locker room.
Jed York, please keep it up. I am entertained.
I would like to extend a heartfelt "thank you" to Jed York and Trent Baalke."
Remember the Narrative
"players hate playing for Harbaugh"
Thats funny because to me it looks like once he left half the team started packing thier bags
I thought I was going to have to get a life on this slowest Monday ever.
Mayhew is doing a fine job...just because they squandered their chance to lock Suh up isn't a death blow, it may in fact be life saving, as they can fill in more holes with that cap amount and get past middle of the row and start moving to consistent winner.
Awesome job by Mayhew and Lewand, we still have $9.7 million of Suh's money hitting our cap next year even though he wont be here and what a heck of a job they have done drafting players who were not the first 2 picks overall. They continue the trend of having won only 1 playoff game in the modern era. Go Lions!
All GM's have bad moments when highlighted in a vacuum look bad...But you are overlooking some of the day 2/3 players that were drafted that became starters, the run on quality FA's that outplayed their contract, the flexibility they managed when saddled with 3 top 5 players from old draft salary structure, and citing dead money ignores the amount of cap space still left.
I'm not calling Detroit's front office the best, but to criticize them with a few minor failures without looking at the entirety of their work is pretty callous.
31 teams in this league fail every year, until we aren't one of those you have to look for improvement and growth. I'll take what Detroit has in front of them the next 3 years, and that credit needs to rest on the Front office.
You are right! Glad to see that Maddogrdt is not letting facts get in the way of his impassioned arguement for love and hope for Mayhew, Lewand, and the Fords. Also, there is another $7 million of more dead cap money for next year as the Lions lead the league in this category. I want the Lions to win as much as anyone, but the years of gross mismanagement and ineptitude can't hide the facts. Seriously, go look at the drafts post Millen and you will be stunned. Prime example, last draft with Suh not signing a contract yet and being COMPLETELY evasive, and Fairley not being offered an extension, what do they do with their 1st pick - Eric Ebron - how did that work out for us! Why not pick Aaron Donald as a hedge in case 1 or both don't sign? He became a Pro Bowler and Defensive Rookie of the Year.
RIP 2010 draft class. Gone but not forgotten. pic.twitter.com/06QkwDaZfb
— Pride Of Detroit (@PrideOfDetroit) March 8, 2015
You're also overlooking why that $9.7M is hitting the cap next year. They restructured Suh's contract some years ago to be able to afford to resign Megatron. At least I'm pretty sure it was Megatron. But, it was a calculated risk.
If my Eagles get Kaepernick...
Well-placed 49ers official on report that SF is seeking to trade QB Colin Kaepernick: "Totally false. 0% truth."
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 9, 2015
Do we trust this guy again after all that Oakland crap?
It's not really about trusting Schefter as much as it's about trusting his source. I'm sure that Schefter heard that. Then again, that's the only logical response for a "well-placed 49ers official" whether the 49ers are trying to trade Kaepernick or not.
By publishing the information, he takes ownership of it. You're only as useful as your sources in that business.
"But Oakland is still in play" ~ next tweet, probably.
I think it's improbable, but that it's a rumor at all is pretty telling.
If you want to watch some live schadenfreude, the Niners Nation blog is a good place to start.
The question is do we trust his source? Considering who his source is likely to be and what the 49ers have done lately, I wouldn't.
Of course a well placed 49'er source will deny it. Every front office, no matter how terrible or dysfunctional, will deny that they are fielding offers for any player.
I assume his source is either is Baalke or whoever Baalke's top subordinate is.
So Kaepernick is gone then?
cause the 49'ers have ipads and stuff.
on the edge of the internet. That Chip Kelly's recent trades and non-signings and modest Sanchez contract were to position themselves to make a deal for Kaepernick, a swerve to what most people were thinking which was to mortgage the house to get Mariota. I wait to see what happens.
I think Harbaugh was the only person keeping Kaep around in SF. So maybe the Eagles have a shot at him. I wouldn't mind. He would fit in well in the system.
Hope my Eagles don't get Kaepernick... dude's terrible
Like they forgot the last 4 years and are trying to blow up a failed team- instead of build around their core that was a SB contender...
Reminds me of the bulls GM who thought he could assemble a better team by eliminating the current one with 3 HoF's on it...that turned out...badly
like Michigan in 2008.
If the sole purpose if your e-existence is to bitch about RichRod's coaching job SEVEN YEARS AGO, why don't you do us all a solid and go find a nice Arizona blog?
Let it go, man. Just let it go.
Posting the occasional comment does not constitute "my sole purpose".
And that really wasn't a slam of your boyfriend Rich. More of a slam against Martin thinking that Michigan needed to blow up our entire way of doing things.
Go to hell.
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I'll never forgive RR and Martin for letting Long, Henne, Hart, Manningham, and Arrington go.
"Those guys have contributed a lot, but it's time to get some new blood in here. They're over the hill." - Bill Martin after the Citrus Bowl
Before they are drafting in top 5 with a new HC and GM? 2 years tops?
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I love the bashing of Jed York. It just astonishes me how someone can blow up a successful team as quickly as York has. I'm sure at least one of Willis/Smith would have come back if they were happy with management. But at least their loss is our HARBAUGH!!!
Meanwhile Michigan fans are like
I just know that dog is going to do it right this ti...DAMMIT! Run it again!
Looking forward to Niners fans using Levi's Stadium's excellent wifi next year to tell us how much their team sucks.
Who had a worse off-season - I can think of at least one Offensive Coordinator losing, GM texting sideline draft pick punished, QB of future in rehab, Josh McCowen signing, logo-changing (or not logo changing - you be the judge) 30% ticket price raising, all free agent losing team here in Northern Ohio who'd like to say hello.
Michigan fans: Whose got it better than us? Nobody!
SF Fans: Whose got it better than us? 29 other teams. Ouch.
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