Originally posted by Dsoto87:
Originally posted by Heroism:Brooks was super underrated. Dude was so good at setting the edge and still racked up quite a few sacks. He was just overshadowed by Aldon.
Originally posted by ModestoNiner33:
Does anyone else think Ahmad Brooks is a good comp for this guy?
No.
Ahmad Brooks was 2 inches taller, 30 lbs heavier, and won primarily with speed. Ebukam is a lot smaller and despite that is primarily a power rusher and wins through contact and effort. But I could see Ebukam developing into an Ahmad Brooks-type impact player if that's what you mean. Brooks was very young and underdeveloped but showed tons of potential when he got here. 49ers put him in a position to flourish, and he did just that.
Man that defense. Smith bros, Ray Mac, Brooks with Bowman and Willis in the middle. Then Whitner and Goldson laying the wood.
The defense under Harbaugh & Fangio was legit, Justin Smith, Aldon Smith(before he went dumbass off the field), Ray McDonald, Patrick Willis, Ahmad Brooks, NaVorro Bowman, secondary wasn't great, Whitner and Goldson couldn't cover for s**t, I remember Goldson's FA year, he thought he'd cash in, came back on a 1yr $2M deal, it's like how Ward came back in 2019 on a 1yr $5M deal. We had a lot of talent, but a lot of that talent came way before the Harbaugh era, Gore(2005), Vernon(2006), Willis/Staley(2007), Iupati/Davis/Bowman(2010), plus McDonald, Justin Smith, Brooks were already here, I think Goldson too, I think there was a sense of optimism when in 2011 they actually spent some money in FA, but after that, Baalke went cheap, or gave out bad deals, Vance McDonald, Torrey Smith, Dockett(never played a down). I'll gladly take the current team under John & Kyle over Harbs & Baalke, because Jed is now hands off on all football operations, where he meddled in Harbs and Baalke's business, but when Harbaugh says the locker room is for men or real men, yeah as your boss, I'd be pissed too.
And while the defense was great for us under Harbs, the offense was meh, I mean frigging Greg Roman as OC, then when Harbs refused to fire him, that's when they fired Harbs, I actually wanted Fangio in 2015, Idk how I got through 2015(Tomsula) & 2016(Chip Kelly).
