What if we blew up the team?

I know the 49ers are trying to run it back, but the 49ers have so many holes (thank you trey lance trade!), another approach would be to rebuild. I don't like that the team has tons of offensive skill players, but a poor offensive line. I would rather have the reverse. 49ers could trade some key players to get draft picks and invest them into the offensive and defensive lines.

Key Trade potential:
Brock Purdy - I like him, but now he wants a huge payday, and I don't know that the team will benefit with OL issues. I assume we could get at least a first round pick for him.
Deebo Samuel - I would love to trade him, but I doubt any team would want to pay his salary to get such limited production
Nick Bosa - This one I would be hesitant to do, but I don't know that we are getting value from his contract, and he would probably net at least a 2nd round pick. Considering that he is on the DL that we want to strengthen, I could go either way on this.

Originally posted by fryet:
I know the 49ers are trying to run it back, but the 49ers have so many holes (thank you trey lance trade!), another approach would be to rebuild. I don't like that the team has tons of offensive skill players, but a poor offensive line. I would rather have the reverse. 49ers could trade some key players to get draft picks and invest them into the offensive and defensive lines.

Key Trade potential:
Brock Purdy - I like him, but now he wants a huge payday, and I don't know that the team will benefit with OL issues. I assume we could get at least a first round pick for him.
Deebo Samuel - I would love to trade him, but I doubt any team would want to pay his salary to get such limited production
Nick Bosa - This one I would be hesitant to do, but I don't know that we are getting value from his contract, and he would probably net at least a 2nd round pick. Considering that he is on the DL that we want to strengthen, I could go either way on this.

lol, we're not as bad as you think we are

Um, no.

We should be looking to get younger, but you don't do that by resetting at QB for no reason or by trading Nick Bosa at wayyyyy under market value.

We don't need to blow it up. In 2 years, the 49ers will have $100M+ in salary cap room and can have $50M more with Aiyuk and Bosa restructures / releases. And nearly half of our salaries on the books are due to void years. And that will go down to more like 10% the following year.

So point being, we are 1 year removed from the super bowl with our core elite players still in their prime. We still have a 1-2 year window, which could be extended with Brock's strong performance and draft re-loads. And if it doesn't work out, we can pivot to a rebuild mode quite easily.

brilliant!!!

just hire whoever is running the new york giants and it would blow itself up if you simply tell them to give it their best shot

It is almost axiomatic that the team with the best roster does not always win the Super Bowl. It is the team with the healthiest roster that is generally the winner.

"Blowing up" a roster that was one of the most injured in the league last year isn't going to make them healthier this year.

You are not wrong, but you picked 2 of the players you would rebuild around.
If it is Brock Purdy, it would need to be a top 5 pick this year, 2nd, and 3rd, 1st + 2nd next and the following year. And no team will do that. And you will be hoping to find his replacement with atleast 2 of those picks.

Same with Bosa because he will then have a very cap friendly contract.

Moving on from Hufanga, Brown, McCaffrey, Trent, even Kittle, and/or Warner could be argued. The last two would be like convincing me to eat pufferfish at a Denny's.

Don't understand your logic here but i guess you are one of the sky is falling crowd which we are all entitled to our own opinion. If you have an ounce of hope i don't see why you would abandon it do a rebuild. I could maybe see your point if we were above the cap and didn't have the star players we have today.

this premise is just as stupid as the calls to fire Shanahan.

there's overreaction. then there's this thread.

in the gameday thread this is what many ppl ask themselves when a run goes for minimal gain

Originally posted by jdt84_2:
You are not wrong, but you picked 2 of the players you would rebuild around.
If it is Brock Purdy, it would need to be a top 5 pick this year, 2nd, and 3rd, 1st + 2nd next and the following year. And no team will do that. And you will be hoping to find his replacement with atleast 2 of those picks.

Same with Bosa because he will then have a very cap friendly contract.

Moving on from Hufanga, Brown, McCaffrey, Trent, even Kittle, and/or Warner could be argued. The last two would be like convincing me to eat pufferfish at a Denny's.

Hey, I get that my opinion is not going to be well received, and to be honest, I could easily be wrong. As for rebuilding around Brock Purdy, that is one approach, but he is going to want a huge contract, which will make it harder to get that bulldozer offensive line that I want.

Let me present the case for prioritizing OL over QB. As Jack Harbaugh has said, OL makes the entire team better including the defense which will get more time to rest. With a stronger OL, the running game would be much improved, the QB will have more time to throw the ball, which gives WR more time to get open. Average RB, WR, QB will look better behind such an OL. The Eagles imo have just shown the power of this strategy. Jalen Hurts isn't that great of a QB, but he looks great behind that OL. Shanahan has already demonstrated that he can take a mediocre QB and make him effective, and the same is true for RB. If we pay Brock Purdy big money, it is going to be very hard to get the OL that we want. But if we go the Seattle route of getting multiple journeyman QB (and a mid/low draft pick), and let them duke it out, we can have an effective offense once we have the OL that we need.

Originally posted by fryet:
Hey, I get that my opinion is not going to be well received, and to be honest, I could easily be wrong. As for rebuilding around Brock Purdy, that is one approach, but he is going to want a huge contract, which will make it harder to get that bulldozer offensive line that I want.

Let me present the case for prioritizing OL over QB. As Jack Harbaugh has said, OL makes the entire team better including the defense which will get more time to rest. With a stronger OL, the running game would be much improved, the QB will have more time to throw the ball, which gives WR more time to get open. Average RB, WR, QB will look better behind such an OL. The Eagles imo have just shown the power of this strategy. Jalen Hurts isn't that great of a QB, but he looks great behind that OL. Shanahan has already demonstrated that he can take a mediocre QB and make him effective, and the same is true for RB. If we pay Brock Purdy big money, it is going to be very hard to get the OL that we want. But if we go the Seattle route of getting multiple journeyman QB (and a mid/low draft pick), and let them duke it out, we can have an effective offense once we have the OL that we need.

ok since you used the Eagles as an example......they signed Hurts to a big long term deal a few years back and still maintained their OL quality. you absolutely NEED a QB in this league so you dont let talent like Purdy walk. the team would be back to square one.