Originally posted by ato314:
So happy Juice is back
Yeah, he'll finish off his entire career a Niner.
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Mar 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Yeah, he'll finish off his entire career a Niner.
Mar 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Originally posted by Ensatsu:
What in the world is going on. So they cut him, take a dead cap hit, and then sign him back anyway. Is Paraag asleep at the wheel?
i can't say i know the specifics but it almost feels like a power struggle where maybe he was a cap casualty then kyle appealed to jed to get him back. we go backwards by bringing him back, i was hoping for new concepts on O and a younger fresher team. this is a mid 30s FB who was at his best 2019 to 2021 era. no FB would have kyle with a bit of a new look offense and 2 TE.
Mar 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Originally posted by Ensatsu:
What in the world is going on. So they cut him, take a dead cap hit, and then sign him back anyway. Is Paraag asleep at the wheel?
nothing outta the ordinary. the team saved $.5M with the move.
they were paying the dead cap hit with or without him. had they not cut him, he was scheduled to make $4.5M this year. re-signed him for $4M. hence the savings.
that was a good, smart move.
Mar 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Love Juice but I thought we where committed to turning a new page
Mar 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Originally posted by JMC52:
Love Juice but I thought we where committed to turning a new page
Why not, the guy they replace him with would have to learn a new system and probably wouldn't be as good. Juice still has some juice.
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Mar 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Originally posted by JMC52:
Love Juice but I thought we where committed to turning a new page
We made an offer to him that he refused from reports, he was released, explored the open market for 5 days, realized best place was in SF, know his wife Kristin wanted to stay in the Bay Area, so have no issue with this.
Originally posted by mayo49:
Originally posted by JMC52:
Love Juice but I thought we where committed to turning a new page
Why not, the guy they replaced him with would have to learn the system and probably wouldn't be as good. Juice still has some juice.
Farrell wasn't signed to be Juice's replacement, Farrell is the replacement we needed when we lost Woerner, we tried the Lions TE last year, who was a RFA, but they matched the offer sheet.
Mar 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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I really would like to know why Wbzers think bring him back is so great. With the projection of this team towards t younger and less bloated from a salary srandpoint, how is this good? He isnt a great blocker anymore, poor short yardage runner and catches maybe 1 ball per game. He is the highest paid FB in the league at 34 And spare me the leadership BS.
Mar 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Originally posted by mayo49:
Why not, the guy they replace him with would have to learn a new system and probably wouldn't be as good. Juice still has some juice.
Because you need to get younger at some point. New players come in and have to learn the system that's how it is. This team is far and away from reaching another SB and Juice is old now. And he's not as good as he use to be. Plus they don't utilize him enough anyway besides on wide open passes like once every few games. He can't run like a proper FB. There's no reason to bring him back other than he's Kyle's buddy.
Mar 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Originally posted by eric_anthony:Originally posted by mayo49:Why not, the guy they replace him with would have to learn a new system and probably wouldn't be as good. Juice still has some juice.
Because you need to get younger at some point. New players come in and have to learn the system that's how it is. This team is far and away from reaching another SB and Juice is old now. And he's not as good as he use to be. Plus they don't utilize him enough anyway besides on wide open passes like once every few games. He can't run like a proper FB. There's no reason to bring him back other than he's Kyle's buddy.
That argument applies to more important positions. He's still elite at the things we need him to do. I don't mind keeping him while we find his replacement.
Mar 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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I'm happy he's back. He's not the reason we didn't match Greenlaw's contract offer. He's also the best FB in the league even at his age and we know how much Kyle likes to run 21 personnel.
Mar 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Originally posted by pelos21:
Originally posted by eric_anthony:
Originally posted by mayo49:
Why not, the guy they replace him with would have to learn a new system and probably wouldn't be as good. Juice still has some juice.
Because you need to get younger at some point. New players come in and have to learn the system that's how it is. This team is far and away from reaching another SB and Juice is old now. And he's not as good as he use to be. Plus they don't utilize him enough anyway besides on wide open passes like once every few games. He can't run like a proper FB. There's no reason to bring him back other than he's Kyle's buddy.
That argument applies to more important positions. He's still elite at the things we need him to do. I don't mind keeping him while we find his replacement.
What is he elite at?
Mar 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Mar 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Juice is barely on the field such a waste of a roster spot he may have been good once but it was horrible to resign him after he was cut, would have rather spent some of that cash on getting Greenlaw back.
Mar 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Originally posted by ssuhaide:
Juice is barely on the field such a waste of a roster spot he may have been good once but it was horrible to resign him after he was cut, would have rather spent some of that cash on getting Greenlaw back.
I think they lost out on Greenlaw so they can afford to get Juice back. The Juice deal was done after Greenlaw signed with Denver.
Mar 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Originally posted by father49er:
Originally posted by ssuhaide:
Juice is barely on the field such a waste of a roster spot he may have been good once but it was horrible to resign him after he was cut, would have rather spent some of that cash on getting Greenlaw back.
I think they lost out on Greenlaw so they can afford to get Juice back. The Juice deal was done after Greenlaw signed with Denver.
Put it this way. Would you rather have kept Mason over juice because they basically got the exact same money...