Solomon Thomas, DT

Originally posted by Giedi:
No I understand. But my point was that even *if* he had the skill set and talent to play LEO - putting him in a position he didnt play much is going to slow him down, enough to where he becomes ineffective.

Having said that, he went through some emotional challenges last year and Zgonina probably had a big role in his lack of production that's why Kocurek took Zgoninas place.

Yeah huge move was moving on from Z

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Waterbear:
I know we are going in circles on this, but one of the reasons that was said by many on here as to why he was a good pick was his versatility to play outside and inside. He was compared many times to Michael Bennett, and I was saying repeatedly that was a bad comp.

The box will become smaller and smaller until he's off the team IMO. But don't listen to the guy who watched him all throughout his college career at Stanford.

He has no excuses this year. If he doesn't produce, I say we explore trading him immediately.

This is true...I was most likely one of those dudes that thought he would slide into that Bennett role.

I will ask you being a Stanford watcher, how often did you see him rushing off the edge there? I think you can agree that pass rushing inside isn't the same as off the edge.

I also agree, he's got a show some massive improvement this yr or we gotta chalk it up as a poor pick.

I think it was an easy assumption to make with Sully's combine results and work ethic that he would be able to develop similar to Bennett who didn't test nearly as well.

It was a wrong assumption and for whatever reason Sully never developed outside as a pass rusher but when it became obvious we didn't change course and kept pushing him out there...hell we did the opposite. The idea was he would go inside on passing downs which make up the bulk of defensive snaps these days and he was getting like 25 to 1 outside to inside snaps in bulk of the games.

It's like we were trying to make it harder for him. That's not even taking into consideration the stuff he was dealing with with his sister.

Lets get back to our regularly scheduled program.

BUST.

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

Lets get back to our regularly scheduled program.

BUST.

Ha!!

Tweener. What a bum.

Originally posted by Big_Daddy:

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

Lets get back to our regularly scheduled program.

BUST.

Ha!!

Tweener. What a bum.

This tweeter is a wiener. Bust.

JUDGMENT SEASON!!!

most have claimed that we got the best player in Bosa..

we also have the so called SUPERSTAR in Bucko...

add the sack artist F-ix O-r R-epair D-aily ...

SUCCESS is written all over the wall for both SOLO and AWEAK this season !!

EXCUSES BE GONE !!!

Originally posted by 9moon:
JUDGMENT SEASON!!!

most have claimed that we got the best player in Bosa..

we also have the so called SUPERSTAR in Bucko...

add the sack artist F-ix O-r R-epair D-aily ...

SUCCESS is written all over the wall for both SOLO and AWEAK this season !!

EXCUSES BE GONE !!!

Assuming Thomas is healthy and he's getting the bulk of his snaps inside(thinking otherwise at this point would be crazy I'd hope) there are no excuses.

This his make or break year. If he can't succeed playing inside with those 3 guys playing around him then unfortunately he'll never succeed.

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by 9moon:
JUDGMENT SEASON!!!

most have claimed that we got the best player in Bosa..

we also have the so called SUPERSTAR in Bucko...

add the sack artist F-ix O-r R-epair D-aily ...

SUCCESS is written all over the wall for both SOLO and AWEAK this season !!

EXCUSES BE GONE !!!

Assuming Thomas is healthy and he's getting the bulk of his snaps inside(thinking otherwise at this point would be crazy I'd hope) there are no excuses.

This his make or break year. If he can't succeed playing inside with those 3 guys playing around him then unfortunately he'll never succeed.

.. AND how you going to call it IF he (Solo) ends up being the only one with the outstanding stats. ... like 13 sacks and very improved...

.. while the rest of DL (Bosa - Bucko - Aweak - Ford) only registered 5 - 8 - 4 - 8...

.. and we only get to the WILD CARD game, HOW WOULD YOU GRADE IT??

Originally posted by 9moon:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by 9moon:
JUDGMENT SEASON!!!

most have claimed that we got the best player in Bosa..

we also have the so called SUPERSTAR in Bucko...

add the sack artist F-ix O-r R-epair D-aily ...

SUCCESS is written all over the wall for both SOLO and AWEAK this season !!

EXCUSES BE GONE !!!

Assuming Thomas is healthy and he's getting the bulk of his snaps inside(thinking otherwise at this point would be crazy I'd hope) there are no excuses.

This his make or break year. If he can't succeed playing inside with those 3 guys playing around him then unfortunately he'll never succeed.

.. AND how you going to call it IF he (Solo) ends up being the only one with the outstanding stats. ... like 13 sacks and very improved...

.. while the rest of DL (Bosa - Bucko - Aweak - Ford) only registered 5 - 8 - 4 - 8...

.. and we only get to the WILD CARD game, HOW WOULD YOU GRADE IT??

Team > greater than individual performances.

If we make the playoffs that's a VAST improvement from the last few seasons so I'd definitely take that...while hoping we keep improving from there as the unit meshes together.

His get off can be compared to Rashan Gary here. Gary is scary.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzbv8OxHg1c/?igshid=4bf6wo2rt1jd

Originally posted by GhostOfBaalke:
His get off can be compared to Rashan Gary here. Gary is scary.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzbv8OxHg1c/?igshid=4bf6wo2rt1jd

Thanks for posting. Do we know where that is?

Originally posted by genus49:
Thanks for posting. Do we know where that is?

Brandon Jordan's DL specialist camp in Texas.

https://www.49ers.com/news/solomon-thomas-a-dark-hole-and-a-shot-at-redemption

Great read....if you're not rooting for this kid to have success this year then you don't have a soul.

Originally posted by genus49:

https://www.49ers.com/news/solomon-thomas-a-dark-hole-and-a-shot-at-redemption

Great read....if you're not rooting for this kid to have success this year then you don't have a soul.

Originally posted by genus49:

https://www.49ers.com/news/solomon-thomas-a-dark-hole-and-a-shot-at-redemption

Great read....if you're not rooting for this kid to have success this year then you don't have a soul.

I'm rooting for him but don't expect much. There's also no shame in him not working out. A stupid ass game shouldn't define him