Championship window.

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Just remember the last time we acquired a Sanders for a title run.

Woot woot I put a hundred on them to win the super bowl and got to cash the ticket for 300$. Hadn't done that till this year put down a hundred at 25/1 before the draft. Now that they have Sanders again it has come full circle. Woot woot

Originally posted by ChazBoner:

Originally posted by BlackGoat49:

Originally posted by ChazBoner:

10 games left, most against teams with winning records. Could easily end up 9-7

Lol this guy

Ur right. 19-0. LETS GOOOOOOOOOO!

That's more like it. Thank you.

JK, in all seriousness and as awesome as it is to be undefeated now, we still have issues to fix. Kyle said it recently that we still haven't played our best football. We'll need to if we're going to beat the four-leaf-clover-holding leprechaun, Russell Wilson, whose team always has the ball bounce their way it seems. Rams are still not out of it either.

As of right now, I think the jury is still out on just how good this team really is. I know we're good, but HOW good are we really? We have some big tests coming up that with gauge that. And I can't wait to see what we do, especially with starters coming back.

Panthers X 1 (MVP RB Candidate, Top flight defense, young up-and-coming QB)
Seahawks X 2
Rams X 1
Saints X 1 (Dominating most teams this year on both sides of the ball)
Ravens X 1
Cardinals X 2 (team really catching its stride now, had 8 sacks last week)
Packers X 1 (Very good defense and offense)

Originally posted by Izyniner:
Woot woot I put a hundred on them to win the super bowl and got to cash the ticket for 300$. Hadn't done that till this year put down a hundred at 25/1 before the draft. Now that they have Sanders again it has come full circle. Woot woot

Nice thought but that team was already loaded, had a veteran future HOF QB and a HOF receiver. This team doesn't have either of those but I still like the thought.

Foreshadowing

Assuming good health (by NFL standards) we have a solid 3 year window open right now.

- The DL will soon be locked up long term
- The QB is locked in long term
- All but one starting OL are controllable
- Breida will be a RFA and can be easily extended
- Kittle will soon be locked up long term

This biggest question to the long term success of our championship window will be what we do with the secondary. Sherman isn't getting any younger, Witherspoon may require a massive $15M+/year extension if is play continues. Not obvious long term (and sustainable) options at safety. Maybe Tartt, maybe Ward, maybe Moore. But each is either not controllable long term or an unknown on the field.

Also, finding a viable long term answer at WR to take heat off of Kittle will be important as well.

Originally posted by Oakland-Niner:
I'm not sold on Armstead. He's playing well, but I think he's more a product of the guys around him. As we've seen, anyone we plug is having success: Solomon, Taylor, and Blair.

I think some desperate team is going to drop big money on Arik only to find out they signed the Pre-Bosa/Ford Arik.

common sense lines up with your take.

Advance stats seem to paint a very pro AA picture.

Contract year is just the wrong time to pay out a one year wonder. Teams get burned time and time again doing that.

Originally posted by TyCore:

Originally posted by Oakland-Niner:
I'm not sold on Armstead. He's playing well, but I think he's more a product of the guys around him. As we've seen, anyone we plug is having success: Solomon, Taylor, and Blair.

I think some desperate team is going to drop big money on Arik only to find out they signed the Pre-Bosa/Ford Arik.

My thoughts exactly.

There is 0% chance they let AA walk totally free. At the very least they will tag him and trade him. No team will have the opportunity to "drop big money" on him. It would be fireable asset management if they just let a top DL walk out the door for absolutely nothing of immediate value.

Regardless, they can easily pay him and everybody else. Cap space is immense starting in 2021.

Super Bowl is in Miami this year.

Same stadium as this:



And this:

Still can't believe this season turned out to be a championship window, so crazy.

Originally posted by D0PEMAN:
Still can't believe this season turned out to be a championship window, so crazy.

you have to believe, brother.

Originally posted by D0PEMAN:

Still can't believe this season turned out to be a championship window, so crazy.

Seriously! First year obviously was start of a rebuild. Second year was a blessing in disguise as Jimmy G got hurt. Reuben Foster was a mistake we needed to get rid of and all the losing we got Bosa in return. Now we're in year three at 6-0.

I think the trade indicated the front office and coaching staff see this as the opening. Can't wait for Sunday's!

Hatred of the loathsome detestable Packers is welling up inside of me again.
That's a good sign of things.

Originally posted by jays9ers:
I think the 9ers brass realizes that this team is fully capable of winning a championship right NOW. This defense is something special and we may not be able to retain everyone next year. Which is why I think we've spent draft capitol next year for this season.. The window to win is now.

Slow your horses and don't jinx us. We've played a bunch of bad teams. 2nd half of the schedule will show were we really are and if we are ready to compete. Can't compare to the pats either as they're defending superbowl champs and we just drafted in the top 3 again.

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Just remember the last time we acquired a Sanders for a title run.