Malcolm Smith, LB

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by Lobo49er:

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by Lobo49er:

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Ray Ray and now Smith give us 2 pretty good Will LB's. I expect Bowman to be the SAM.

Nope. Bow is the Mike. Brooks is SAM. (Unless Malcom gets pushed over there).

according to who? He played outside in college, and Brooks sucked in a 4-3 with Cincy.

In this D (it's a little different than the standard 4-3), the SAM is more like a 3-4 OLB, who sets the edge, covers a little, and rushes a little. The Mike is the best and smartest LB on the team, and the Will is relied on to cover and fly to the ball.

well we will have to wait and see. No way Brooks is on the roster come week 1

Originally posted by philosoraptor:
I just don't see brooks having the speed and being able to cover as a sam in this system. The position just screams Eli Harold.

Originally posted by jcs:

Originally posted by philosoraptor:

I just don't see brooks having the speed and being able to cover as a sam in this system. The position just screams Eli Harold.

Harold didn't transition at LB very well last year, his role should just be as a situational pass rusher.

Originally posted by niners94:
Harold can't rush lol

Originally posted by philosoraptor:

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by Lobo49er:

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by Lobo49er:

Originally posted by TheXFactor:
Ray Ray and now Smith give us 2 pretty good Will LB's. I expect Bowman to be the SAM.

Nope. Bow is the Mike. Brooks is SAM. (Unless Malcom gets pushed over there).

according to who? He played outside in college, and Brooks sucked in a 4-3 with Cincy.

In this D (it's a little different than the standard 4-3), the SAM is more like a 3-4 OLB, who sets the edge, covers a little, and rushes a little. The Mike is the best and smartest LB on the team, and the Will is relied on to cover and fly to the ball.

well we will have to wait and see. No way Brooks is on the roster come week 1

I just don't see brooks having the speed and being able to cover as a sam in this system. The position just screams Eli Harold.

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by Lobo49er:

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by Lobo49er:

Originally posted by TheXFactor:
Ray Ray and now Smith give us 2 pretty good Will LB's. I expect Bowman to be the SAM.

Nope. Bow is the Mike. Brooks is SAM. (Unless Malcom gets pushed over there).

according to who? He played outside in college, and Brooks sucked in a 4-3 with Cincy.

In this D (it's a little different than the standard 4-3), the SAM is more like a 3-4 OLB, who sets the edge, covers a little, and rushes a little. The Mike is the best and smartest LB on the team, and the Will is relied on to cover and fly to the ball.

well we will have to wait and see. No way Brooks is on the roster come week 1

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by LasVegasWally:

Originally posted by Kolohe:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by Kolohe:

Originally posted by NeeJ49er:

Originally posted by Lifer:
We need multiple additions at LB and DT in order to address the soft chewy center of the defense. I like Smith as part of the mix but would expect the team to remain active in the LB market. I still like Zach Brown.

same here, Zach Brown is still on my wish list

Brown is gonna cost some money, I much rather use the cap space to try and sign Terrelle Pryor .

We still have $96M less Malcolm Smith's deal which I'm projecting to be around $4M anyhow. We good!

#SignEveryone!

Wait, after hitting up 5 free agent they still have $96 million?

Oh, how sweet it is!

And all of these are front loaded contacts. For instance, Kyle Juszczyk, has $7.5 paid up front so from years 2-4, it's only a $4.5M hit. Garcon, same concept. In fact, all of these contracts will be structured in a similar manner. A potential, $121.5M is an insane amount of cap space and can be stretched out sooooo many ways.

We haven't made a dent so far!

Originally posted by Lobo49er:
Brooks has been our SAM for 7 years, and has played well at it, making a Pro Bowl in 2013. Is he past his prime? Yes. Is he still the best SAM on the team? We'll see.

Originally posted by LasVegasWally:

Originally posted by Lobo49er:

Brooks has been our SAM for 7 years, and has played well at it, making a Pro Bowl in 2013. Is he past his prime? Yes. Is he still the best SAM on the team? We'll see.

For now.

Originally posted by okdkid:

Mike Garafolo @MikeGarafolo
LB Malcolm Smith's deal w/ SF a strong one: Five years, $26.5 million with $13m guaranteed, source says. (Up from his $3.5 per year w/ Oak.)

Originally posted by Lobo49er:

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by Lobo49er:

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by Lobo49er:

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Ray Ray and now Smith give us 2 pretty good Will LB's. I expect Bowman to be the SAM.

Nope. Bow is the Mike. Brooks is SAM. (Unless Malcom gets pushed over there).

according to who? He played outside in college, and Brooks sucked in a 4-3 with Cincy.

In this D (it's a little different than the standard 4-3), the SAM is more like a 3-4 OLB, who sets the edge, covers a little, and rushes a little. The Mike is the best and smartest LB on the team, and the Will is relied on to cover and fly to the ball.

well we will have to wait and see. No way Brooks is on the roster come week 1

Why so much hate for Brooks?

Originally posted by okdkid:
Mike Garafolo @MikeGarafolo
LB Malcolm Smith's deal w/ SF a strong one: Five years, $26.5 million with $13m guaranteed, source says. (Up from his $3.5 per year w/ Oak.)

Originally posted by jcs:

Originally posted by niners94:

Harold can't rush lol

I think he was decent at getting after the QB...just couldn't finish.