Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by thl408:
Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:That makes a lot of sense about how deficiencies are magnified in the red zone. Right guard can be upgraded for sure, but is it a situation where the 49ers just re-sign Person and move on to other things, or spend good capital on an upgrade for 2019? I feel there are other, more impactful positions to spend a day 2 pick on. No idea what the Guard free agent market is like.
Originally posted by thl408:
Best 49er under the radar signing this past offseason imo. He's not overpowering and won't win against top competition, but he gets the job done in most cases. Pending FA is going to be 31 entering 2019 season. I think he has to be re-signed because who knows what Garnett will do.
He was a lot better than anticipated. Did a good job. Ideally I'd like to see them try to acquire an upgrade and let Person be quality, reliable depth.
Mark Schlereth was on the radio today talking about OL play in the NFL and he said something that I agreed with and which made me think of Person. He said that with a smart playcaller, you can scheme your way around numerous flaws in your OL....between the 20s. The closer you get to the goalline, the more contingent it is upon your guys to flat out win their individual matchups. The more linemen that you have who struggle to do that, the more issues you'll have scoring in the redzone.
I do think upgrading right guard to someone who can better physically hold up in those situations is going to be very important.
I'm okay with 'solid' at guard. Unlike FS, WLB, Edge, OT (Staley replacement) where 'solid' is not good enough.
I like Person but with the exception of Staley, the whole line regressed the second half of the year. Person at one point was the #4 overall G and dropped to #18 or so. It's PFF but gives you an idea of decline. Similar to Tomlinson and McGlinchey. Richburg was just consistently bad.
I've never been one to want to get by with average G's...just too many good interior rushers now and we gave up 124 QB hits (31st) and we know, 99% of those were right up the gut. And we have Garropolo coming back from an ACL...we want him stepping up in that?
No thanks. I think P's point is sound. The RZ really does magnify everything including our skill positions ability to win physically or beat DB's consistently with routes.
I like P's approach. I'd target Mark Glowinski from the Colts for RG and see if Mike Person wants to resign as a backup. He could probably get starter money like Fusco. A top G is going to cost you $10M though and if we didn't want Norwell, we may not go this route either.
But if so, I'd still use our #35 pick on a LT or G and maybe a second tier C in FA to push Richburg.
LT - Need a talented developmental LT to train under Staley this year.
LG - Tomlinson badly needs competition to push him
C - Might need talent and real competition
RG - Need talent and depth.
RT - We good (depth in Shon Coleman)
Hard to disagree with wanting to protect Jimmy Franchise. I'd be good with spending a day 2 pick on an OT if there's one there to be had. Prefer to replace Person with a signing in FA although I don't know who Glowinski is or who else is out there. Person is a journeyman player so I'm more inclined to classify his 2018 season as an outlier, that he was a functional player. I'm okay with bringing him back, but am totally open to upgrading.
