OL Laken Tomlinson, signs with NYJ | Page 120

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:17 AM

#1786

DrEll
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Guess money is more important than a chance at a ring…

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:17 AM

#1787

A-R-S
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He was average, but its really hard to find even average O lineman, so this is a loss

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:17 AM

#1788

ninersrule4
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Lol poor Trey. This oline is going to be even worse. Lol @ Banks

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:19 AM

#1789

Polkadots
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Originally posted by DrEll:
Guess money is more important than a chance at a ring…

He'll get a bracelet. You get those at the hospital. On that field, I expect ACL surgery sooner rather than later.

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:21 AM

#1790

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Originally posted by DrEll:
Guess money is more important than a chance at a ring…

The only people who are actually in it for a ring are the guys who already got the bag.

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:24 AM

#1791

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Originally posted by captveg:
Good move for the Jets, and a good money move for Tomlinson (guys have to get those contracts when they can in this league when you are one injury away from an ended career). He was a good acquisition for Shanalynch, but there just isn't the $ to sign him to a big free agency deal when he's arguably replaceable talent-wise.

Agree. He's played well. He deserves a paycheck for his work. Good luck to him, and that tells me that 49ers may like their current OLine guys better than I thought they did. Maybe they really like how Moore and Banks have grown and said, we're not matching that - specially with Jimmy still on the books.

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:31 AM

#1792

Sourball
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Good luck to him (traitor)

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:31 AM

#1793

linkboy
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Originally posted by raywm3:
Dude was the subject of most of our ire most of the time he was here. He managed to not totally suck this year, in his contract year of course.

No, he wasn't.

The biggest issue with our line has been the right side. Guys like Compton, Brunskill and McGlinchey.

Tomlinson, Staley and Williams pretty much solidified the left side.

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:32 AM

#1794

English
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Sad. Bye, LT.

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:34 AM

#1795

pdizo916
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Good for the 49ers.

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:35 AM

#1796

49erFaithful6
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Originally posted by pdizo916:
Good for the 49ers.

Yup great move not to get pulled into this money pit. Solid player but you don't pay a king's ransom for guys with a solid contract year for their 30+ year seasons. NYJ makes sense as they have money to burn like we did in 2017.

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:38 AM

#1797

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Originally posted by ninerjok:

Originally posted by raywm3:
Dude was the subject of most of our ire most of the time he was here. He managed to not totally suck this year, in his contract year of course.
Whoa, really? Man if Tomlinson was the subject for the ire of a lot of Niner fans, they don't know what in the f**k they were even watching. He became one of the most reliable and consistent guards in the entire league over the last few years.

Yo nailed it!

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:38 AM

#1798

ChaunceyGardner
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Originally posted by English:
Sad. Bye, LT.

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:40 AM

#1799

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Happy for Tomlinson and this was a GREAT trade for the team. Maybe we take a swing at another low performing O-lineman on another team.

Also- HELLO 3rd round comp pick!! I wanted Tomlinson for stability purposes, but yeah- no way in the hell were we going to even come close to that. His guaranteed money alone is the top of what he probably would've gotten here. I hope Aaron Banks and Jaylon Moore are ready to START at the guard. And we need to add someone else to the mix.

Mar 14, 2022 at 11:44 AM

#1800

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Rip. He was overpaid, but we needed him.