2019 Team Information (Needs)

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Our late 1st better be a C or G.

^This, a thousand times this.

OFF-SEASON OUTLOOK/PLANNING:

PART ONE: INITIAL OFF-SEASON SNAPSHOT

Effective cap space before any transactions:
$20.1 Million

Draft Capital:
1, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7

2020 UFAs:
DE Blair, Moore, Armstead
S Exum, Ward
TE Toilolo, Celek
CB Dontae Johnson, Verrett
WR Sanders, Matthews
OL Garland
OT Coleman
DT Day

2021 UFAs:
CB Sherman, Witherspoon, Williams
DL Thomas, Buckner, Jones
S Tartt, Harris
FB Juszczyk
WR Taylor
TE Kittle
QB Beathard
RB Coleman
K Gould (team/player option)

RFA/ERFAs (We Should Re-Sign All of These to the 90-man roster):
OL Brunskill, Lauderdale
RB Wilson, Breida
TE Dwelley, Helm
DL Valoago
QB Mullens
CB Moseley
LB Lee
WR Bourne

FINANCIAL DECISIONS

Low-cost "Keepers" for 2020:
DE Blair (due to injury)
DE Moore (same)
OT Coleman (same)
S Ward (try to keep because we have a starting caliber backup with Moore)

Most Realistic Cap-Clearing Moves Via Cut or Trade:
Tevin Coleman ($4.9 million)
Marquise Goodwin ($3.7 million)
Jerick McKinnon ($4.5 million)
Total cleared for 2020: $13.1 million

Potential Cap Relief "Restructures":
Weston Richburg ($3.8 million)
Joe Staley ($4.8 million)
Dee Ford ($9.7 million)
Jimmy Garoppolo ($15.7 million)
Estimated Potential 2020 Savings: At least $5 million, but up to $25+ million in a best case scenario.

Savings from extensions:
DeForest Buckner: $10.9 million
Richard Sherman: $4.9 million
Total potential 2020 savings: $15.8 million

Potential Cap Space Cleared With Cuts/Trades/Restructures/Extensions: $30-50 million or more

Positions to Draft Due to Performance or Future Free Agency:
DE, WR, IOL, CB, S, LB

Final Opinions:
The Kittle and AA deals (if extended or franchised) will be the most costly on the cap I believe, and Sanders would cost a fair amount too. We'll have more breathing room in 2021, but we have to prepare to lose some guys. Keep your stars, but don't overpay for anyone who isn't a true impact player. Barring something unforeseen, we REALLY need to trade down and stock up on key players who provide depth in 2020 with potential to start in 2021.

Todd McShay has us drafting running back JK Dobbins from Ohio State with pick 31. Seems like a waste as we don't need help at RB at all.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NFL_Draft/comments/ebrzii/todd_mcshay_2020_nfl_mock_draft_10_round_1/

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

OFF-SEASON OUTLOOK/PLANNING:

PART ONE: INITIAL OFF-SEASON SNAPSHOT

Effective cap space before any transactions:
$20.1 Million

Draft Capital:
1, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7

2020 UFAs:
DE Blair, Moore, Armstead
S Exum, Ward
TE Toilolo, Celek
CB Dontae Johnson, Verrett
WR Sanders, Matthews
OL Garland
OT Coleman
DT Day

2021 UFAs:
CB Sherman, Witherspoon, Williams
DL Thomas, Buckner, Jones
S Tartt, Harris
FB Juszczyk
WR Taylor
TE Kittle
QB Beathard
RB Coleman
K Gould (team/player option)

RFA/ERFAs (We Should Re-Sign All of These to the 90-man roster):
OL Brunskill, Lauderdale
RB Wilson, Breida
TE Dwelley, Helm
DL Valoago
QB Mullens
CB Moseley
LB Lee
WR Bourne

FINANCIAL DECISIONS

Low-cost "Keepers" for 2020:
DE Blair (due to injury)
DE Moore (same)
OT Coleman (same)
S Ward (try to keep because we have a starting caliber backup with Moore)

Most Realistic Cap-Clearing Moves Via Cut or Trade:
Tevin Coleman ($4.9 million)
Marquise Goodwin ($3.7 million)
Jerick McKinnon ($4.5 million)
Total cleared for 2020: $13.1 million

Potential Cap Relief "Restructures":
Weston Richburg ($3.8 million)
Joe Staley ($4.8 million)
Dee Ford ($9.7 million)
Jimmy Garoppolo ($15.7 million)
Estimated Potential 2020 Savings: At least $5 million, but up to $25+ million in a best case scenario.

Savings from extensions:
DeForest Buckner: $10.9 million
Richard Sherman: $4.9 million
Total potential 2020 savings: $15.8 million

Potential Cap Space Cleared With Cuts/Trades/Restructures/Extensions: $30-50 million or more

Positions to Draft Due to Performance or Future Free Agency:
DE, WR, IOL, CB, S, LB

Final Opinions:
The Kittle and AA deals (if extended or franchised) will be the most costly on the cap I believe, and Sanders would cost a fair amount too. We'll have more breathing room in 2021, but we have to prepare to lose some guys. Keep your stars, but don't overpay for anyone who isn't a true impact player. Barring something unforeseen, we REALLY need to trade down and stock up on key players who provide depth in 2020 with potential to start in 2021.

I love this...really appreciate the time on this.

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

OFF-SEASON OUTLOOK/PLANNING:

PART ONE: INITIAL OFF-SEASON SNAPSHOT

Effective cap space before any transactions:
$20.1 Million

Draft Capital:
1, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7

2020 UFAs:
DE Blair, Moore, Armstead
S Exum, Ward
TE Toilolo, Celek
CB Dontae Johnson, Verrett
WR Sanders, Matthews
OL Garland
OT Coleman
DT Day

2021 UFAs:
CB Sherman, Witherspoon, Williams
DL Thomas, Buckner, Jones
S Tartt, Harris
FB Juszczyk
WR Taylor
TE Kittle
QB Beathard
RB Coleman
K Gould (team/player option)

RFA/ERFAs (We Should Re-Sign All of These to the 90-man roster):
OL Brunskill, Lauderdale
RB Wilson, Breida
TE Dwelley, Helm
DL Valoago
QB Mullens
CB Moseley
LB Lee
WR Bourne

FINANCIAL DECISIONS

Low-cost "Keepers" for 2020:
DE Blair (due to injury)
DE Moore (same)
OT Coleman (same)
S Ward (try to keep because we have a starting caliber backup with Moore)

Most Realistic Cap-Clearing Moves Via Cut or Trade:
Tevin Coleman ($4.9 million)
Marquise Goodwin ($3.7 million)
Jerick McKinnon ($4.5 million)
Total cleared for 2020: $13.1 million

Potential Cap Relief "Restructures":
Weston Richburg ($3.8 million)
Joe Staley ($4.8 million)
Dee Ford ($9.7 million)
Jimmy Garoppolo ($15.7 million)
Estimated Potential 2020 Savings: At least $5 million, but up to $25+ million in a best case scenario.

Savings from extensions:
DeForest Buckner: $10.9 million
Richard Sherman: $4.9 million
Total potential 2020 savings: $15.8 million

Potential Cap Space Cleared With Cuts/Trades/Restructures/Extensions: $30-50 million or more

Positions to Draft Due to Performance or Future Free Agency:
DE, WR, IOL, CB, S, LB

Final Opinions:
The Kittle and AA deals (if extended or franchised) will be the most costly on the cap I believe, and Sanders would cost a fair amount too. We'll have more breathing room in 2021, but we have to prepare to lose some guys. Keep your stars, but don't overpay for anyone who isn't a true impact player. Barring something unforeseen, we REALLY need to trade down and stock up on key players who provide depth in 2020 with potential to start in 2021.

This is why winning the superbowl this year is important. So many players are gonna end up leaving. The key players you would have to lovk down in the next two years are Kittle, armstead, sanders, williams, juice and dj jones. Then we have to decide what we are gonna do with our secondary. I feel there gonna be major changes coming at those spots. Both our starting safeties will be free agents, along with our starting corners.

IMO best case scenario is to sign Sherman on a two year deal to take over one of the safety spots. Sign Williams to man the slot and EMos to develop on a cheap deal. If Tartt can sign a fair deal, the team can focus on drafting a starting corner with the first round pick. Let ward and Spoon walk.

Breaking down how I see each position:

QB - We're set here. Mullens isn't going anywhere. Beathard might get traded finally in 2020, but if not, when it comes to #3 QBs you could do a lot worse than CJB.

RB/FB - We're set here through next year, but we would be wise to extend Juice. We will probably add another RB, maybe an UDFA, and I wouldn't be surprised if we looked at adding more of a workhorse back to complement the fact that Mostert and Breida are speed demons.

TE - We'll see if Dwelley continues to grow. He's been a solid #2, but hasn't done anything flashy yet. I won't go so far as to say we can't upgrade him. I would love to have a monster 2TE attack like we had with Vernon/Delanie or the Patriots used to have.

OL - Obviously we need to prepare for Richburg not recovering from injury. Garland is not starter quality, and Person is aging and has no upside. Brunskill should be starting somewhere on the line next year, in my opinion. We should draft an interior OL regardless.

WR - We need to hope we can keep Sanders at the right price and that Hurd/Taylor fully recover. Those three back and performing well would give Jimmy three more guys he trusts.

DL - I'm inclined to think we feel pretty good about the NT spot if we extend DJ Jones. Jullian Taylor seems to win most of his battles, he just doesn't have the closing speed that Jones and Street have. We definitely need to upgrade our edge depth. Though it's not like we lacked quality edge depth this year, it's just that all of them got hurt. A team can only carry so many guys on the roster.

LB - The depth here is putrid. Al-Shaair has a chance to develop *maybe*, but let's be honest, he is easily replaceable. Nzeocha and Lee are who they are, and don't show any signs of ever being anything more. We absolutely must shore up this area with more guys like Greenlaw who can step in as starting-level talents with limited or no drop-off.

CB - We are only good through next year at CB before we have to make contract decisions. So it would be wise to draft someone now in preparation.

S - Tartt and Ward are always hurt. Moore looks promising, but our SS backup is horrendous. He is a liability and needs to be replaced with a quality player, ideally someone good enough to actually supplant Tartt. If we are unable or unwilling to re-sign Tartt, we don't want to have a gaping hole in the secondary at that key position. We've already seen what that looks like.

Great stuff OTC!

I'll give it a go from a player's standpoint:

Offensive Personnel
QB: Jimmy Garoppolo; Nick Mullens & C.J. BeatHard

[--- Time to trade C.J. BeatHard]

RB: Jerick McKinnon; Matt Breida, Raheem Mostert, Tevin Coleman & Jeff Wilson Jr.

[--- Tough call here. Even if McKinnon can get back to form, salary cap is tighter now. Let Coleman go and test the market. Bring back if there are injuries. Draft a RB]

FB: Kyle Juszczyk

[--- Losing him is a killer. Continue to develop a hybrid like Daniel Helms]

TE: George Kittle; Ross Dwelley, Levine Toilolo, Daniel Helm & Garrett Celek

[--- Celek Time is over. I would not be opposed to a top pick at TE if the TE is BPA over WR. Kyle would work wonders with another dynamic TE but I get the sense, Jalen Hurd is slated for a pass catching role from the F...a chess piece. He has three ability to surpass Dwelley. Let Toilolo go and bring back for injuries or additional run blocking support. Start long term discussions with Kittle]

XWR: Emmanuel Sanders; Marquise Goodwin & Jordan Matthews
SWR: Trent Taylor; Kendrick Bourne, Richie James Jr. & Dante Pettis
ZWR: Deebo Samuel; Jalen Hurd

[--- Sanders is a must-sign for 2 years. Goodwin is cut like McKinnon to help pay for others. Matthews walks. WR needs to be a top two pick]

LT: Joe Staley; Justin Skule
LG: Laken Tomlinson
C: Weston Richburg; Ben Garland
RG: Mike Person
RT: Mike McGlinchey; Daniel Brunskill & Shon Coleman

[--- Lots of work needed here esp. on the interior. C, G and future T for Staley. Skule is not a long-term solution. Coleman and Brunskill are quality depth BUT you need first round talent for Staley's replacement. Tomlinson is average at best, Richburg can't stay healthy and could be done and Person is depth now. Big resources need to be spent here with an added focus on pass protection. Build it up with the same determination as the DL now]

Defensive Personnel
LDE/W9: Arik Armstead; Dee Ford & Ronald Blair
2i: D.J. Jones; Solomon Thomas, Kentavius Street & Sheldon Day
3T: DeForest Buckner; Jullian Taylor
RDE/W9: Nick Bosa; Damontre Moore & Jeremiah Valoaga

[--- Preston Smith was my target in FA for SAM and because of his ER. We badly need another "speed" ER if we're going to run a W9. Resign D.Moore. We also need another D.J. Jones clone as one NT can't ever make it through 16 games. Gotta see how Blair's knee is. Consider dropping Thomas, Street and Day. All easily replaceable but a speed ER to spell Ford and Bosa is a top priority. Resign Buckner, resign AA or FT.]

SAM: Dre Greenlaw; Azeez Al-Shaair & Mark Nzeocha
MIKE: Fred Warner; Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
WILL: Kwon Alexander; Elijah Lee

[--- We definitely could use a quality depth veteran here and esp. on that has ER ability in case of injuries in W9. The WILL is hurt every year and is a crucial piece to this defense. Draft pick and veteran]

RCB: Ahkello Witherspoon; Emmanuel Moseley, Jason Verrett & Tim Harris
SCB: K'Waun Williams; D.J. Reed
LCB: Richard Sherman; Dontae Johnson
FS: Jimmie Ward; Tarvarius Moore
SS: Jaquiski Tartt; Marcell Harris & Antone Exum

[--- CB and S should certainly be a high target as well. Ward needs to be resigned but now he can test the market. Is he loyal? Moore should challenge him this year. Like ER's in a W9, you can never have too many quality DB's. We could really use a playmaker. That's just not Witherspoon, Tartt or Ward]

Special Teams
LS: Kyle Nelson
PK: Robbie Gould
P: Mitch Wishnowsky

KOR: D.J. Reed & Richie James
PR: Richie James; (Trent Taylor)
GR: Raheem Mostert & Tarvarious Moore

[--- Mitch's leg is dead already on kickoffs. Consider a challenger. Also, Cordarrelle Patterson was another target of mine. He's in the pro bowl now. We need both a new Special Teams coach and dynamic returner]

The theme this year should be upgrading average starters on the OL, extra focus on pass protection, special teams and depth in the front 7 and developing young WR's more.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Great stuff OTC!

I'll give it a go from a player's standpoint:

Offensive Personnel
QB: Jimmy Garoppolo; Nick Mullens & C.J. BeatHard

[--- Time to trade C.J. BeatHard]

RB: Jerick McKinnon; Matt Breida, Raheem Mostert, Tevin Coleman & Jeff Wilson Jr.

[--- Tough call here. Even if McKinnon can get back to form, salary cap is tighter now. Let Coleman go and test the market. Bring back if there are injuries. Draft a RB]

FB: Kyle Juszczyk

[--- Losing him is a killer. Continue to develop a hybrid like Daniel Helms]

TE: George Kittle; Ross Dwelley, Levine Toilolo, Daniel Helm & Garrett Celek

[--- Celek Time is over. I would not be opposed to a top pick at TE if the TE is BPA over WR. Kyle would work wonders with another dynamic TE but I get the sense, Jalen Hurd is slated for a pass catching role from the F...a chess piece. He has three ability to surpass Dwelley. Let Toilolo go and bring back for injuries or additional run blocking support. Start long term discussions with Kittle]

XWR: Emmanuel Sanders; Marquise Goodwin & Jordan Matthews
SWR: Trent Taylor; Kendrick Bourne, Richie James Jr. & Dante Pettis
ZWR: Deebo Samuel; Jalen Hurd

[--- Sanders is a must-sign for 2 years. Goodwin is cut like McKinnon to help pay for others. Matthews walks. WR needs to be a top two pick]

LT: Joe Staley; Justin Skule
LG: Laken Tomlinson
C: Weston Richburg; Ben Garland
RG: Mike Person
RT: Mike McGlinchey; Daniel Brunskill & Shon Coleman

[--- Lots of work needed here esp. on the interior. C, G and future T for Staley. Skule is not a long-term solution. Coleman and Brunskill are quality depth BUT you need first round talent for Staley's replacement. Tomlinson is average at best, Richburg can't stay healthy and could be done and Person is depth now. Big resources need to be spent here with an added focus on pass protection. Build it up with the same determination as the DL now]

Defensive Personnel
LDE/W9: Arik Armstead; Dee Ford & Ronald Blair
2i: D.J. Jones; Solomon Thomas, Kentavius Street & Sheldon Day
3T: DeForest Buckner; Jullian Taylor
RDE/W9: Nick Bosa; Damontre Moore & Jeremiah Valoaga

[--- Preston Smith was my target in FA for SAM and because of his ER. We badly need another "speed" ER if we're going to run a W9. Resign D.Moore. We also need another D.J. Jones clone as one NT can't ever make it through 16 games. Gotta see how Blair's knee is. Consider dropping Thomas, Street and Day. All easily replaceable but a speed ER to spell Ford and Bosa is a top priority. Resign Buckner, resign AA or FT.]

SAM: Dre Greenlaw; Azeez Al-Shaair & Mark Nzeocha
MIKE: Fred Warner; Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
WILL: Kwon Alexander; Elijah Lee

[--- We definitely could use a quality depth veteran here and esp. on that has ER ability in case of injuries in W9. The WILL is hurt every year and is a crucial piece to this defense. Draft pick and veteran]

RCB: Ahkello Witherspoon; Emmanuel Moseley, Jason Verrett & Tim Harris
SCB: K'Waun Williams; D.J. Reed
LCB: Richard Sherman; Dontae Johnson
FS: Jimmie Ward; Tarvarius Moore
SS: Jaquiski Tartt; Marcell Harris & Antone Exum

[--- CB and S should certainly be a high target as well. Ward needs to be resigned but now he can test the market. Is he loyal? Moore should challenge him this year. Like ER's in a W9, you can never have too many quality DB's. We could really use a playmaker. That's just not Witherspoon, Tartt or Ward]

Special Teams
LS: Kyle Nelson
PK: Robbie Gould
P: Mitch Wishnowsky

KOR: D.J. Reed & Richie James
PR: Richie James; (Trent Taylor)
GR: Raheem Mostert & Tarvarious Moore

[--- Mitch's leg is dead already on kickoffs. Consider a challenger. Also, Cordarrelle Patterson was another target of mine. He's in the pro bowl now. We need both a new Special Teams coach and dynamic returner]

The theme this year should be upgrading average starters on the OL, extra focus on pass protection, special teams and depth in the front 7 and developing young WR's more.

To be honest, I think we already have a guy who can come in and replace Day without costing us hardly anything. Givens! He can serve the Day role as the backup to both interior spots. Street and him can compete for the backup 3T and 2i spots. Loser goes to the PS.

RDE: Ford, Armstead, [new acquisition]
3T: Buckner, Thomas, Street/Givens
NT: Jones, Taylor, Street/Givens
LDE: Bosa, Blair

Speed dial: Damontre Moore

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

To be honest, I think we already have a guy who can come in and replace Day without costing us hardly anything. Givens! He can serve the Day role as the backup to both interior spots. Street and him can compete for the backup 3T and 2i spots. Loser goes to the PS.

RDE: Ford, Armstead, [new acquisition]
3T: Buckner, Thomas, Street/Givens
NT: Jones, Taylor, Street/Givens
LDE: Bosa, Blair

Speed dial: Damontre Moore

Yeah, I was kind of bummed we didn't bring him up...closer to the Jones' role but i understand, Street is a high pick and they want to see if he has anything too. Blair and Moore are tweeners still. Great for giving Bosa and AA a rest in rotation. But I wouldn't mind a more pure speed rusher for nickel for Ford security. Thoughts?

Team Need: Better Special Teams play. Seriously, we're always at a disadvantage on ST. Mostert is a good gunner, but our return game is terrible. At this point, all I hope for is that we don't fumble.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

To be honest, I think we already have a guy who can come in and replace Day without costing us hardly anything. Givens! He can serve the Day role as the backup to both interior spots. Street and him can compete for the backup 3T and 2i spots. Loser goes to the PS.

RDE: Ford, Armstead, [new acquisition]
3T: Buckner, Thomas, Street/Givens
NT: Jones, Taylor, Street/Givens
LDE: Bosa, Blair

Speed dial: Damontre Moore

Yeah, I was kind of bummed we didn't bring him up...closer to the Jones' role but i understand, Street is a high pick and they want to see if he has anything too. Blair and Moore are tweeners still. Great for giving Bosa and AA a rest in rotation. But I wouldn't mind a more pure speed rusher for nickel for Ford security. Thoughts?

Yeah, I mean if Blair is recovering well, I'd still try to keep him on a one-year deal so we can see if he can be the Solomon Thomas replacement after next year. Speed though, yeah we definitely could use some more speed to threaten wherever there might be a weakness to that. Wondering if there is a pure pass rush specialist we can take that maybe isn't great against the run, but is monstrous as a pass rushing closer.

Originally posted by NinerBuff:

Team Need: Better Special Teams play. Seriously, we're always at a disadvantage on ST. Mostert is a good gunner, but our return game is terrible. At this point, all I hope for is that we don't fumble.

For real. Totally ill prepared for the onsides, end of the game laterals, never do fakes ever, their gunners constantly splitting and the first one down, can't kick out of the EZ in crucial moments, zero chance of a return for a TD, FG game is atrocious, blocked kicks, etc.

I'm not a fan of Russell Wilson's dad.

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

Yeah, I mean if Blair is recovering well, I'd still try to keep him on a one-year deal so we can see if he can be the Solomon Thomas replacement after next year. Speed though, yeah we definitely could use some more speed to threaten wherever there might be a weakness to that. Wondering if there is a pure pass rush specialist we can take that maybe isn't great against the run, but is monstrous as a pass rushing closer.

Most definitely want to keep Blair. But a late season ACL and the bend/turn of an ER plus the need to anchor. I hope he can recover though! I really like him.

Yeah, for speed on the W9, you're going to want an ER in the 250's to low 260's. Dee Ford. Junior Gallette is available but someone like that. A role player who can bring the speed and ER variety in nickel. We've seen how Ford makes the whole DL complete. I know Phoenix even suggested using the first pick on ER again. It's hard to argue that in a W9...it's the equivalent of a FQB in the WCO in terms of importance.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Solomon Thomas is due $8.9m in 2020. $4.6m is dead cap space, so if you cut him you will save $4.3 next year.
I highly doubt the front office gives up on him though. https://t.co/pgzjAYtlus

— John Chapman (@JL_Chapman) December 18, 2019

Send him to Denver.