Solomon Thomas, DT

Originally posted by 49oz2superbowl:
Trading ST at this stage for anything less than a 2nd is just as big of a mistake as drafting him at 3 in the first place. How do you give up so soon a player you took 3rd overall after playing him out of position (the position every analyst and his own college coach said was his natural position) his entire NFL career. I will lose all faith and respect for John Lynch and honestly can't fathom how he can escape being fired after f**king up that badly in that draft with Thomas and Foster.

To make up for those mistakes it's going to cost the Niners today's first round pick and the $54 million free agent contract Kwon Alexander signed.
Just think how much better the Niners would be if Lynch had hit on both, even on one, of those picks.

Originally posted by jcs:
I was on the Solly band wagon...just didn't think they were going to use him almost exclusively as a LEO year one and only sprinkle inside snaps year two. Who'd of thunk a NT in college would struggle playing LEO DE??

Saleh is a freaking idiot.

Saleh was the worst decision this FO made and it sealed their fate.

It was even worse than the decision to draft that idiot Foster.

Originally posted by Young2Rice:

Originally posted by jcs:
I was on the Solly band wagon...just didn't think they were going to use him almost exclusively as a LEO year one and only sprinkle inside snaps year two. Who'd of thunk a NT in college would struggle playing LEO DE??

Saleh is a freaking idiot.

Saleh was the worst decision this FO made and it sealed their fate.

It was even worse than the decision to draft that idiot Foster.

TBF we went after Gus Bradley first.

Originally posted by jcs:
I hope they trade him...we're absolutely wasting him on this roster and using him poorly plus it adds another notch on the complete idiocy of our Front Office....trading away, giving up on a top 3 pick after two seasons....

This just indicates to me you'd rather be proved right about being smarter than Shanalynch than see them be successful after not being the 100% perfect GM and HC out of the gate.

Originally posted by Young2Rice:
Saleh was the worst decision this FO made and it sealed their fate.

Might as well fire them all now? Also, fire the new GM and HC after their first loss, too.

"Sealed their fate".

Originally posted by captveg:

Originally posted by jcs:
I hope they trade him...we're absolutely wasting him on this roster and using him poorly plus it adds another notch on the complete idiocy of our Front Office....trading away, giving up on a top 3 pick after two seasons....

This just indicates to me you'd rather be proved right about being smarter than Shanalynch than see them be successful.

How do you have so much faith with a 10 and 22 record after two seasons. I gave him a pass year one...

This offseason has also been a train wreck....I haven't seen any kind of growth from the FO other than recognizing after year 2 that they finally need a DE.

atleast they finally realizing they busts, now if they only wised up about jimmy ward

The funny thing is who would honestly trade for the trash we have put on the block. If any team traded for ST or AA their fanbase would lose their ish. What on earth would they be trading for?

Put Thomas inside and leave him alone. I dont know why it's so hard for the 49ers to understand.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Per Albert Breer just now

What "new scheme"?

And ST has been played at a different position then he's played in college. Just a switch back to his natural position I would think would help his contribution to the team

Originally posted by jcs:

Originally posted by captveg:

Originally posted by jcs:
I hope they trade him...we're absolutely wasting him on this roster and using him poorly plus it adds another notch on the complete idiocy of our Front Office....trading away, giving up on a top 3 pick after two seasons....

This just indicates to me you'd rather be proved right about being smarter than Shanalynch than see them be successful.

How do you have so much faith with a 10 and 22 record after two seasons. I gave him a pass year one...

This offseason has also been a train wreck....I haven't seen any kind of growth from the FO other than recognizing after year 2 that they finally need a DE.

First of all, I have faith because they've increased the overall talent significantly throughout their time here. I don't give out passes for limited times, I continually evaluate where things have gone throughout and IMO they have made far more positive moves than negative. They've also shown the ability to accept when decisions have not produced the results they wanted and adjust accordingly. Having a GM and HC that can both improve the team talent/play through their decisions but also recognize and adjust to their shortcomings is a very positive indicator, IMO. It helps tremendously that they are generally upfront about the reasons behind their decisions so one can evaluate the logic of them, even when those decisions don't work out as desired.

As far as this offseason being a trainwreck, I don't know what your expectations were, but it's been a very good offseason in improving talent. They finally got their high end edge rusher - something that wasn't ignored, but rather wasn't openly available to them the last two offseasons. They brought in very talented players at LB and RB. They brought in a very talented CB with injury concerns on a reasonable high reward/low risk contract. They retained a good starting OG. They added potential depth at WR, OG, LB and K.

All this before the draft where they will either get Bosa or Williams to help the DL even more, or trade for a truckload of additional picks. Yes, they need more talented OGs. Yes, they still need top DB and WR talent. But I don't throw out the baby with the bathwater, and there's been a lot of baby. (That sounded weird...)

I also see the 2018 team doing far, far better if not for the key injuries. They win more than 6 games and improve on 2017 if not for Garoppolo's injury alone. Garoppolo is clearly a multi-plus WAR starting QB, I would think that much is obvious. How well do the 1981 49ers do if Montana blows his ACL in game 3? Think they win the Super Bowl? I think not.

All smoke screen. They're insinuating QW to get ARI to show their hand to think we don't want, want, want Bosa and arent willing to trade up with them for him.

Originally posted by Jeepzilla:
What "new scheme"?

My understanding is they are tweaking how they plan to use their DL personnel based on Kocurek's feedback. From Lynch's Monday presser, for example:

Being that you guys are considering an interior pass rusher, what does that say about DL Solomon Thomas or DL Arik Armstead? You guys have been very patient with them over the last two seasons. Where would that put them if you guys do address it at two?

"We're excited about both those guys. We're not making a big change to our system, but we did go out and bring in [defensive line coach] Kris Kocurek to work along with [pass rush specialist] Chris Kiffin. One thing that Kyle really respected about Kris Kocurek, who is really regarded as one of the top D-Line coaches, is his style. That's just cutting it loose. We think that really lends to both Arik and Solomon in what they do and what they need to do to be successful. Like I said, we want to come at people in waves. Both of those guys, I think, are very good players that we're very excited about for this season, in this kind of new tweaked style that we're going to be implementing."

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by ChazBoner:
guess no one wanted AA

or ... guess they didn't offer him to anyone.

yep, that's it.

I hate to be right but.....

But he wasnt used right and never was allowed to play his natural position.