"Big Play" Dre Greenlaw-OLB-Arkansas is a 49er

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Lol shocker

He'll be on IR shortly.

So much for that timeline! I thought he would be back this week but of course in true form we will be paying the Rams with a bunch of back ups like ALWAYS. What do we have 4 starters on defense total?

Originally posted by elguapo:
So much for that timeline! I thought he would be back this week but of course in true form we will be paying the Rams with a bunch of back ups like ALWAYS. What do we have 4 starters on defense total?

It's unreal but I think you're about right. The starters available on D going into the Rams game...Bosa, D.J. Armstead, Warner, Moseley...well, five starters & that's it. Shanahan mentioned he's hoping Ward will practice tomorrow...hoping Ward can get back vs. the Rams and help the backend of this D, which badly needs it after seeing what happened last game.

Originally posted by LottDMontanaO:

Originally posted by elguapo:
So much for that timeline! I thought he would be back this week but of course in true form we will be paying the Rams with a bunch of back ups like ALWAYS. What do we have 4 starters on defense total?

It's unreal but I think you're about right. The starters available on D going into the Rams game...Bosa, D.J. Armstead, Warner, Moseley...well, five starters & that's it. Shanahan mentioned he's hoping Ward will practice tomorrow...hoping Ward can get back vs. the Rams and help the backend of this D, which badly needs it after seeing what happened last game.

Our backup Defenders made Arizona's backups look good

Yo Dre you play's this week?

Give him half the snaps and next week let him loose vs Minnesota

Originally posted by LottDMontanaO:

Originally posted by TheXFactor:
Our defense isn't the same without him.

Agreed. His speed and tackling ability have really been missed.

Warner & him play well together in chasing things down & holding things down. Right now with Greenlaw out, Al-Shaair has been forced to try to pick up the slack. He's done well but there is definitely a drop off. When you can have Al-Shaair in as a complementary piece playing alongside Warner & Greenlaw in those packages, this LB group is much better and tough to deal with.

Agreed. Hopefully we can get back to full strength here really soon

Is he coming back this week or what? This Vikings game would be a reallllly good time to play again

Originally posted by Silky:
Is he coming back this week or what? This Vikings game would be a reallllly good time to play again

yes, we need this defense at it's best this week.

This might be the biggest game for us so far this season just because of playoff implications.

Silver lining is that Marcell Harris has gotten more playing time at LB and I think you're starting to see him develop and improve there. You hate that it's because of an injury, but it's a positive at least that he's better prepared going forward. The LB group, along with the rest of the team is getting better.

Originally posted by KittleMeThis:

Originally posted by Silky:
Is he coming back this week or what? This Vikings game would be a reallllly good time to play again

yes, we need this defense at it's best this week.

This might be the biggest game for us so far this season just because of playoff implications.

Since he's coming back from a groin injury, he won't see that many snaps

Originally posted by OnTheClock:
Silver lining is that Marcell Harris has gotten more playing time at LB and I think you're starting to see him develop and improve there. You hate that it's because of an injury, but it's a positive at least that he's better prepared going forward. The LB group, along with the rest of the team is getting better.

Ehhh, I hope we've seen the last of Marcell "Whiffner" Harris once Greenlaw is healthy. The dude misses waaaay too many tackles.

Should we extend Greenlaw this offseason? I would considering the arrow is trending up on his career and he likely is worth more after a full season next year.

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

Silver lining is that Marcell Harris has gotten more playing time at LB and I think you're starting to see him develop and improve there. You hate that it's because of an injury, but it's a positive at least that he's better prepared going forward. The LB group, along with the rest of the team is getting better.

Ehhh, I hope we've seen the last of Marcell "Whiffner" Harris once Greenlaw is healthy. The dude misses waaaay too many tackles.

Is there a stat that can confirm? I really don't feel like he's missed as much as people think.

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by OnTheClock:
Silver lining is that Marcell Harris has gotten more playing time at LB and I think you're starting to see him develop and improve there. You hate that it's because of an injury, but it's a positive at least that he's better prepared going forward. The LB group, along with the rest of the team is getting better.

Ehhh, I hope we've seen the last of Marcell "Whiffner" Harris once Greenlaw is healthy. The dude misses waaaay too many tackles.

Is there a stat that can confirm? I really don't feel like he's missed as much as people think.

Not sure about the stat to confirm Harris' missed tackles but from what I've seen this year (and previous years), he has unfortunately missed too many in open space. Didn't see it yesterday - saw Harris make at least one really good play near the LOS using his speed. Need to re-watch the game.

What's great about Greenlaw and having him back in there w/ Warner is they both play so well off of each other with their speed and sure tackling to handle things in the middle when facing RBs or WRs catching those short passes and also vs. the running game.