Ambry Thomas, CB - Michigan, 3rd Round Pick

Originally posted by walker807:
Has any player gone from bust label to "he better suit up" faster than Thomas lol. Thank God it clicked for him!

Yeah, it's pretty incredible - Shanalynch hit on another gem.

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by walker807:
Has any player gone from bust label to "he better suit up" faster than Thomas lol. Thank God it clicked for him!

Yeah, it's pretty incredible - Shanalynch hit on another gem.

Absolutely agree. If you have a pass rush and great defensive backs, your pass defense becomes impenetrable.

Originally posted by Sickaa:

Originally posted by walker807:
Has any player gone from bust label to "he better suit up" faster than Thomas lol. Thank God it clicked for him!

Lol true.

After his first game. Fans was like "this guy sucks"

A fee months later. "We're screwed If he doesn't suit up".

Seriously though, sky's the limit for this young man.

Hope he's all-pro next year! I'll add in, MVP in a super bowl win too.

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by walker807:
Has any player gone from bust label to "he better suit up" faster than Thomas lol. Thank God it clicked for him!

Yeah, it's pretty incredible - Shanalynch hit on another gem.

Absolutely agree. If you have a pass rush and great defensive backs, your pass defense becomes impenetrable.

Sure is nice to have someone we feel good about opposite Moseley, especially going into a big game like this. I already feel like he'll be able to hold his own out there. And while the front seven are definitely the stars of our defense and deservedly so, our 5 starters in the secondary with Thomas starting are pretty damn solid in their own right.

Originally posted by walker807:
Has any player gone from bust label to "he better suit up" faster than Thomas lol. Thank God it clicked for him!

Getting picked on as a rookie CB is one thing, but it was the mental mistakes (illegal hands to face x2 on critical downs) that ruffled hella feathers. He seems to have shored up the mental lapses and has been evolving.

No matter who we play going forward, Rams/Bengals/Chiefs, he's going to be under fire.

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by Sickaa:

Originally posted by walker807:
Has any player gone from bust label to "he better suit up" faster than Thomas lol. Thank God it clicked for him!

Lol true.

After his first game. Fans was like "this guy sucks"

A fee months later. "We're screwed If he doesn't suit up".

Seriously though, sky's the limit for this young man.

Hope he's all-pro next year! I'll add in, MVP in a super bowl win too.

He's definitely one to watch out for In the future.

I don't know if I ever saw a CB improve this much in 1 season. He was terrible at first. Looks like a good player now.

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
I don't know if I ever saw a CB improve this much in 1 season. He was terrible at first. Looks like a good player now.

And people were screaming after a few games about how he won't improve and that he's a bust that should be cut...

Just like they were saying that Ryans should have been fired mid-season.

Add Gilmore in the off-season and we're set

He had a really rough summer. I still expect good things from him and for to be the eventual starter when Mosley gets paid. I think he's a gamer. Might not be a practice player but he showed up as a rookie in big moments last year especially in the playoffs.

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
He had a really rough summer. I still expect good things from him and for to be the eventual starter when Mosley gets paid. I think he's a gamer. Might not be a practice player but he showed up as a rookie in big moments last year especially in the playoffs.

Psssh. Better keep Mosely. Even if Thomas works out, we still have him under contract for two more seasons after this year, right around the time Ward's (CB) contract is up (1 year left). I hope Thomas improves to the point where we can count on him as a starter, but we aren't there yet and I don't think we should let a starting caliber corner go when we have the money to resign him.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
He had a really rough summer. I still expect good things from him and for to be the eventual starter when Mosley gets paid. I think he's a gamer. Might not be a practice player but he showed up as a rookie in big moments last year especially in the playoffs.

Psssh. Better keep Mosely. Even if Thomas works out, we still have him under contract for two more seasons after this year, right around the time Ward's (CB) contract is up (1 year left). I hope Thomas improves to the point where we can count on him as a starter, but we aren't there yet and I don't think we should let a starting caliber corner go when we have the money to resign him.

I agree to this but they let a pro bowl G walk. I like Mosely and would love to keep him but someone will offer him money and I doubt we match it. I think Thomas will be fine.

Originally posted by ninersrule4:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
He had a really rough summer. I still expect good things from him and for to be the eventual starter when Mosley gets paid. I think he's a gamer. Might not be a practice player but he showed up as a rookie in big moments last year especially in the playoffs.

Psssh. Better keep Mosely. Even if Thomas works out, we still have him under contract for two more seasons after this year, right around the time Ward's (CB) contract is up (1 year left). I hope Thomas improves to the point where we can count on him as a starter, but we aren't there yet and I don't think we should let a starting caliber corner go when we have the money to resign him.

I agree to this but they let a pro bowl G walk. I like Mosely and would love to keep him but someone will offer him money and I doubt we match it. I think Thomas will be fine.

The difference is we had already drafted a guy they felt good about starting last year. I don't think they feel good about starting Thomas. There's nothing to suggest right now that Thomas will be fine. He wasn't Mike Rumph, but his rookie year wasn't encouraging either and then he followed it up with a not so good preseason/training camp. Mosely has got to be a priority number 1 free agent and I'd get this deal done before the season is over. They let a 13 million dollar guard walk. I don't think Mosely will cost us that much. He'll be expensive, but not 13 million UNLESS we let this drag out to March, then all bets are off.

This kid has been all over the place in just over one season with the 49ers. Went from looking like a complete bust the first 8 weeks of the season to becoming a solid starting corner 5-6 weeks later to looking a very good starting CB the last 2 games of the season and playoffs. He looked like an emerging good looking 21 year old starting corner going into the off season but then had an awful camp and pre season and I mean awful and got banged up and there were even questions wether he would make the team lol. He was always going to make the team because he's 21 and a 3rd rd pick from a year ago and showed he can be a starting NFL corner but man has he seemed to regress. Luckily we don't really need Him right now with Ward & Mosley as our starting Cb's and Womack looking like a really promising player and taking control of the Nickel CB spot. Really, Ambry might need even dress the first few weeks or season with Lenoir being the 4th CB right now, so hopefully he can get his mind right because at some point we probably will need him and man he looked way to promising during our playoff run as a 20yr old rookie CB to just washing out a year later. I think something is wrong mentally with him and hopefully he can get his mind right, especially if he's not dressing the first few game or more to start the season........