DeForest Buckner Traded to the Colts

this hurts to lose Buck but on one hand of the equation you have keep Buck and lose Armstead and probably Kittle too next year and on the other hand it is keep Armstead, Kittle and have 13th overall and have 31st overall to trade down with for multiple picks in 2020 and 2021.

the other part of this is that Buck is out of the conference. Houston send Hopkins to the NFC West so the Niners send Buck to Indy. Not a great day for Houston.

.....And you could say that Houston lost their best player on offence for cap reasons and are replacing him with Stills. That is a much bigger drop off for Houston than keeping Armstead over Buck.

Originally posted by Hopper:

Originally posted by NinerGM:

Originally posted by OnTheClock:
21 MILLION?!? GOOD GOD. No wonder we traded him. Absolutely LOVE Buckner. He's an All-Pro and a Pro Bowler, but there's no way we could afford 21 million and keep the majority of the others. WOW!!

Isn't that like JG/QB numbers? I agree, I just don't think that was feasible.

I think it was feasible. Ford would been a casualty to make it happen though. I guess they didn't want to do it.

we saw how the dline looked when Ford was out, plus getting rid of Ford then having to pay 21 mil to Buckner will still f**k us over eventually. It was just too much money in the long run, what happens when its Bosa's time? S**t we can even try for Joey Bosa if LA becomes stupid

Originally posted by okdkid:

Tremendous. This front office just gets it.

If we can start looking at deals from a big-picture view, the 49ers picked DeForest Buckner in the first round (7th), got four years of strong production out of him, and flipped him for a first-round pick (13th).

That's excellent long-term business

— Steve Palazzolo (@PFF_Steve) March 16, 2020

And you go about replacing his production how?

Originally posted by sacniner:

Rival exec on 9ers trade "Easy deal . Keep one guy on team friendly deal, get pick 13 for a good player/great guy. Had no draft capital. Now have multiple 1st rounders. Can wheel & deal on draft day & have way more cap space to make other moves"

— John Middlekauff (@JohnMiddlekauff) March 16, 2020

After the initial disapointment, this starts to make a ton of sense. Hate to see Buckner go but can't keep everyone. At least get a first for him before we can't afford to keep him

Gutted, Buck was a great player and seemed like a big locker room guy.

Now with a team building lens in I would say Buck for $21mil per is similar value to AA at $17.

AA is probably the better run defender, Buck gives more splash plays.

For me the big kicker is 13 overall. If we do this thing right we won't be picking that high for years, makes this a good trade.

Originally posted by okdkid:
Easy decision.

Rival exec on 9ers trade "Easy deal . Keep one guy on team friendly deal, get pick 13 for a good player/great guy. Had no draft capital. Now have multiple 1st rounders. Can wheel & deal on draft day & have way more cap space to make other moves"

— John Middlekauff (@JohnMiddlekauff) March 16, 2020

Lynch's friends defending him calling defo just a good player....

We were not going to pay any defensive lineman $20 million dollars. I bet defos deal has a lot more guaranteed than armstead's. I would bet armstead is like 9-11 garenteed a year

It could be that they really want a player that will go high in this draft. Or that a player drops and they get a kings ransom of picks. Hate to lose Buckner, he has been the perfect player. Way above average and never hurt. Good luck to him.

Holy f**k...I just saw this.

Anybody like Stefon Diggs

trade growing on me


Very Belichick like

Originally posted by TyCore:

Originally posted by Antix:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by TyCore:

This.

The quality of our D-Line has dropped dramatically.

The durability of the line has plummeted. Does anyone genuinely expect to see Ford and AA out there for 17 (yes, 17) games next season?

I don't think it's just about next year though. We still have DJ Jones, Taylor and Ronald Blair, but either way we werent keeping this line together and this gave us a mid first which we can flip into a great player. It's one of those moves that great teams trying to stay great have to make. Tough decisions.

Their durability is questionable, too.

Even with their rotational nature, we missed each and every one of them last year.

That's true. Injuries suck and they are all coming off injuries. But even with that it was gonna be impossible to keep the line together and since it was where we had the most talent I can see why they made the move. We're gonna have to count on the rotational guys to step up.

Originally posted by blunt_probe:

Originally posted by sacniner:

Rival exec on 9ers trade "Easy deal . Keep one guy on team friendly deal, get pick 13 for a good player/great guy. Had no draft capital. Now have multiple 1st rounders. Can wheel & deal on draft day & have way more cap space to make other moves"

— John Middlekauff (@JohnMiddlekauff) March 16, 2020

probably was Seattle's GM while trying to hold back his laughter.

the wheel and deal... they always look good prior to the draft, more picks to play with.. until you end up with a Solomon and a Foster??

NO??

Speaking of Solomon, is he now a SHOE in for Bucko's spot ?? or will it be JULIAN TAYLOR ???

Originally posted by fan49:

We were not going to pay any defensive lineman $20 million dollars. I bet defos deal has a lot more guaranteed than armstead's. I would bet armstead is like 9-11 garenteed a year

Didn't Arik get 17? Defo is worth 25mil if AA is work 17.

its sad to see Buckner go but I can understand the thinking. You simply can't allocate that much salary cap space to one position group. This will allow the team to spread the wealth around to other areas of the team that need help. Cornerback, offensive line, wide receiver among them. Could also look at a defensive lineman after this.

Personally I like Buckner much more than Armstead, but obviously the 49ers thought differently.