Hall of Fame LB, Patrick Willis

I think being IR'ed after week 6 will be a blessing in disguise. Willis has logged a lot of mileage on his body and an extended offseason will do his body good. If Justin Smith retires, Willis will be the undisputed leader of the defense.

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Originally posted by thl408:

I think being IR'ed after week 6 will be a blessing in disguise. Willis has logged a lot of mileage on his body and an extended offseason will do his body good. If Justin Smith retires, Willis will be the undisputed leader of the defense.

Willis always was the leader. He leads the team huddle, and took over as the on field captain as a rookie.

Smith leads by example, but I think Willis is the captain of our D.

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by thl408:
I think being IR'ed after week 6 will be a blessing in disguise. Willis has logged a lot of mileage on his body and an extended offseason will do his body good. If Justin Smith retires, Willis will be the undisputed leader of the defense.

Willis always was the leader. He leads the team huddle, and took over as the on field captain as a rookie.

Smith leads by example, but I think Willis is the captain of our D.

Willis took over when Spikes left the team.

If there's anyone I would bet on being a lifer with us, it's Pat.

I think letting this lingering injury heal for good will see him come back even better than he has been in years.

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Originally posted by thl408:
I think being IR'ed after week 6 will be a blessing in disguise. Willis has logged a lot of mileage on his body and an extended offseason will do his body good. If Justin Smith retires, Willis will be the undisputed leader of the defense.

I think you are right. Plus, he will have Bow next to him and Borland behind him, so those two will push him even more. Don't be surprised if he is in the running for comeback player, or DPOY.

I don't really have sports hero's, but if I did, Patrick Willis would be it. One thing I am hoping for going forward, is that we start drafting guys like we did in the Scotty McGloughlan days. I think a team needs a good core of very talented high character players. I dont know if it was Harbs fault or not, but when he took over, we really started bring in a lot of questions character players. We really where the Bengals west.

Originally posted by thl408:
I think being IR'ed after week 6 will be a blessing in disguise. Willis has logged a lot of mileage on his body and an extended offseason will do his body good. If Justin Smith retires, Willis will be the undisputed leader of the defense.

I hope so. We need his strong veteran presence to help with this regime change.

How is the rehab coming along?

is Willis going to be asked to take a pay cut? its very possible..check out baalke's start contrast in answers about contract w/ VD and Willis....wouldn't be surprised if they are planning to approach willis on a salary cut



Q: Is Patrick's salary an issue or do you see him playing at that number?

Baalke: Well, you know, from years of visiting with me I'm not going to discuss salaries and cap numbers with the media. We feel real good about where Pat's at and we'll leave it at that.

Q: Do you envision Vernon on this team next season?

Baalke: Absolutely. Absolutely. I think if you look into those numbers, they're not as daunting as you may think.

Originally posted by iLL49er:
is Willis going to be asked to take a pay cut? its very possible..check out baalke's start contrast in answers about contract w/ VD and Willis....wouldn't be surprised if they are planning to approach willis on a salary cut



Q: Is Patrick's salary an issue or do you see him playing at that number?

Baalke: Well, you know, from years of visiting with me I'm not going to discuss salaries and cap numbers with the media. We feel real good about where Pat's at and we'll leave it at that.

Q: Do you envision Vernon on this team next season?

Baalke: Absolutely. Absolutely. I think if you look into those numbers, they're not as daunting as you may think.

Two totally different questions. Bother were strong endorsements.

Any news on the rehab?