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Originally posted by Karma:5. Who knows this guy better than Shanahan and Lynch at this point? Haven't they earned the benefit of the doubt on a mid-sized contract for a player with potential who improved under their tutelage?
Originally posted by RonMexico:
When Suh kills Jimmy G I hope LTs hard work continues and we sign him to another 3 years
Originally posted by cciowa:Originally posted by RonMexico:When Suh kills Jimmy G I hope LTs hard work continues and we sign him to another 3 years
they will say. well it takes a few games for the line to jell
Originally posted by Karma:Reasons for the extension:
1. The $10 million guaranteed over three years is a much softer cap hit than picking up his 5th year option. They already had to do so with AA and Ward, so this is financially sound.
2. He certainly didn't set the world on fire in his first few starts, but statistically and anecdotally, he improved throughout the season. There is no reason to suspect he won't make more improvements with a full off season.
3. This sends a message to the team. Work hard and you will be rewarded. Lost in the ecstasy of last year's finish is that fact that Lynch and Shanahan were tasked with shaping the culture of this team. The Baalke/Harbaugh/ Other Guys saga left this team a disjointed, dysfunctional, and disreputable mess. Tomlinson comes in, works hard, studies hard, improves, and leads by example. Other guys see him sign an extension and will potentially want to emulate him.
4. We are in VERY good cap shape. We can still go after big names next year regardless of this signing.
Originally posted by Karma:5. Who knows this guy better than Shanahan and Lynch at this point? Haven't they earned the benefit of the doubt on a mid-sized contract for a player with potential who improved under their tutelage?
Originally posted by Karma:
Reasons for the extension:
1. The $10 million guaranteed over three years is a much softer cap hit than picking up his 5th year option. They already had to do so with AA and Ward, so this is financially sound.
2. He certainly didn't set the world on fire in his first few starts, but statistically and anecdotally, he improved throughout the season. There is no reason to suspect he won't make more improvements with a full off season.
3. This sends a message to the team. Work hard and you will be rewarded. Lost in the ecstasy of last year's finish is that fact that Lynch and Shanahan were tasked with shaping the culture of this team. The Baalke/Harbaugh/ Other Guys saga left this team a disjointed, dysfunctional, and disreputable mess. Tomlinson comes in, works hard, studies hard, improves, and leads by example. Other guys see him sign an extension and will potentially want to emulate him.
4. We are in VERY good cap shape. We can still go after big names next year regardless of this signing.
Originally posted by longterm9erfan:Originally posted by Karma:Reasons for the extension:
1. The $10 million guaranteed over three years is a much softer cap hit than picking up his 5th year option. They already had to do so with AA and Ward, so this is financially sound.
2. He certainly didn't set the world on fire in his first few starts, but statistically and anecdotally, he improved throughout the season. There is no reason to suspect he won't make more improvements with a full off season.
3. This sends a message to the team. Work hard and you will be rewarded. Lost in the ecstasy of last year's finish is that fact that Lynch and Shanahan were tasked with shaping the culture of this team. The Baalke/Harbaugh/ Other Guys saga left this team a disjointed, dysfunctional, and disreputable mess. Tomlinson comes in, works hard, studies hard, improves, and leads by example. Other guys see him sign an extension and will potentially want to emulate him.
4. We are in VERY good cap shape. We can still go after big names next year regardless of this signing.
Great post Karma....couldn't agree more.
Originally posted by PRIMETIME21:thing is he never has been good unlike joe, there is no context to even go by with this guy , and he is a first round pick! if there already doubts if he even going to start, then lol. jury out on this guy and i will obviously love to eat crow but till then he is trash in my book.
Originally posted by frenchmov:
It doesn't help LT that he was playing next to garbage Kilgore. I thought LT was our 2nd best OL last year by the end. Not saying too much there but I wasn't disgusted with him like I was Kilgore/beadles
Originally posted by NinerGM:Originally posted by NYniner85:Originally posted by NinerGM:Originally posted by NYniner85:The numbers bore out how markedly Laken Tomlinson improved last year. (@PFF)
— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) June 22, 2018
First 8 games: 21 hurries, 4 QB hits allowed
Final 7 games: 8 hurries, 2 QB hits allowed.
Not a fan of stats like this.... this could also mean QB play is better versus guard play being better. This is the trouble with PFF sometimes.
As long as he's playing better I don't care lol...good qb play will always make the OL better.
Until it doesn't. I'm not saying he wasn't playing better - what I'm saying is this stat doesn't show it. Was he playing better? Coaches can answer that better than I can I'm sure. In pass-pro, there were more "look out" blocks than I liked. Again, that could have been because what Kilgore was asked to do (protection calls). I just would count on these stats to demonstrate improvement without a doubt.