Ambry Thomas, CB - Michigan, 3rd Round Pick

Originally posted by 91til:

Originally posted by 9moon:

Originally posted by DimezandDots:

Originally posted by Howlett49:

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Originally posted by 9moon:
I hate this rule. so stupid !!!

I was hoping AMB will be wearing Eric Wright's #21 !!

Ok I'll bite, why is it stupid? It allows players to have freedom to choose what number they want, and not be restricted to a certain number range, like WR, RB, TE, LB, DB can go anywhere from 1-49, now all OL can wear 50-59, it was only for Centers, now DL can choose 50-59, it used to be just 90-99. It's a great rule.

As for 21? No, that's Gore's number to me, the only 3 numbers I wouldn't give out that aren't retired are 21(Gore), 52(Willis), and 74(Staley)

Moon is stuck in the 80s

Didn't Deion Sanders wear number 21 with the 49ers? XD

21 should never be Gores !!

Do you know what Eric Wright did for the 49ers ???

He became our best CB after 2 years of being in the shadow of Ronnie Lott..

TELL me I'm wrong... tell me !!

Originally posted by 9moon:

Originally posted by 91til:

Originally posted by 9moon:

Originally posted by DimezandDots:

Originally posted by Howlett49:

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Originally posted by 9moon:
I hate this rule. so stupid !!!

I was hoping AMB will be wearing Eric Wright's #21 !!

Ok I'll bite, why is it stupid? It allows players to have freedom to choose what number they want, and not be restricted to a certain number range, like WR, RB, TE, LB, DB can go anywhere from 1-49, now all OL can wear 50-59, it was only for Centers, now DL can choose 50-59, it used to be just 90-99. It's a great rule.

As for 21? No, that's Gore's number to me, the only 3 numbers I wouldn't give out that aren't retired are 21(Gore), 52(Willis), and 74(Staley)

Moon is stuck in the 80s

Didn't Deion Sanders wear number 21 with the 49ers? XD

21 should never be Gores !!

Do you know what Eric Wright did for the 49ers ???

He became our best CB after 2 years of being in the shadow of Ronnie Lott..

TELL me I'm wrong... tell me !!

Eric Wright was great but he was injury prone. If he were a Niner today he'd be crucified on this board. But we know he made arguably the most clutch defensive play in franchise history. He's franchise royalty to me like DC because of what he did to preserve "The Catch".

https://49ershistory.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/drew-pearson-and-the-1981-nfc-championship-game/

But of course it can and will be retired in Gore's honor sometime before he makes it to Canton.

Originally posted by maxsmart:

Originally posted by NYniner85:
"And they didn't think he was going to play in 2019," Peters said. "And the kid battled back, started the first game. I think he even intercepted a pass the first game (vs. Middle Tennessee State). He really just proved to his teammates and coaches how tough he was mentally and physically. So that showed up a lot, too."

Due in part to the bout with colitis, Thomas opted out of the 2020 season, which made his evaluation more difficult. Still, he was one of the seven 49ers rookies who were on hand at the Senior Bowl, which gave the 49ers another level of analysis. He also had a strong Zoom-call session with defensive backs coach Cory Undlin in the run-up to the draft and got powerful recommendations from University of Michigan coaches.

Risky that they drafted a guy in rd 3 with ulcerative colitis since it's usually chronic and recurrent

Newer medications are game changers. I've had UC since I was 21 now 54 the early years where pretty rough but with the introduction of Biologics like Remicade, Humira and Entyvio I have been in remission for 10 years. The hardest part is the time it takes to get diagnosed and get treatment to get it under control and he's past that point. If he fails I doubt it will be because of UC.

Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:

Originally posted by 9moon:

Originally posted by 91til:

Originally posted by 9moon:

Originally posted by DimezandDots:

Originally posted by Howlett49:

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Originally posted by 9moon:
I hate this rule. so stupid !!!

I was hoping AMB will be wearing Eric Wright's #21 !!

Ok I'll bite, why is it stupid? It allows players to have freedom to choose what number they want, and not be restricted to a certain number range, like WR, RB, TE, LB, DB can go anywhere from 1-49, now all OL can wear 50-59, it was only for Centers, now DL can choose 50-59, it used to be just 90-99. It's a great rule.

As for 21? No, that's Gore's number to me, the only 3 numbers I wouldn't give out that aren't retired are 21(Gore), 52(Willis), and 74(Staley)

Moon is stuck in the 80s

Didn't Deion Sanders wear number 21 with the 49ers? XD

21 should never be Gores !!

Do you know what Eric Wright did for the 49ers ???

He became our best CB after 2 years of being in the shadow of Ronnie Lott..

TELL me I'm wrong... tell me !!

Eric Wright was great but he was injury prone. If he were a Niner today he'd be crucified on this board. But we know he made arguably the most clutch defensive play in franchise history. He's franchise royalty to me like DC because of what he did to preserve "The Catch".

https://49ershistory.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/drew-pearson-and-the-1981-nfc-championship-game/

But of course it can and will be retired in Gore's honor sometime before he makes it to Canton.

I don't remember him being injury prone until his last 2 years.. but that was only groin...

and if he was a 49er today, i can believe that he may be crucified by you guys and that's only because today's D aren't allow to play ROUGH !!

TODAY'S GAME IS BASICALLY FLAGLESS COMPETITION...

Originally posted by 9moon:
21 should never be Gores !!

Do you know what Eric Wright did for the 49ers ???

He became our best CB after 2 years of being in the shadow of Ronnie Lott..

Wright was dope.

Gore is more recently dope

Originally posted by Oilcan:

Originally posted by maxsmart:

Originally posted by NYniner85:
"And they didn't think he was going to play in 2019," Peters said. "And the kid battled back, started the first game. I think he even intercepted a pass the first game (vs. Middle Tennessee State). He really just proved to his teammates and coaches how tough he was mentally and physically. So that showed up a lot, too."

Due in part to the bout with colitis, Thomas opted out of the 2020 season, which made his evaluation more difficult. Still, he was one of the seven 49ers rookies who were on hand at the Senior Bowl, which gave the 49ers another level of analysis. He also had a strong Zoom-call session with defensive backs coach Cory Undlin in the run-up to the draft and got powerful recommendations from University of Michigan coaches.

Risky that they drafted a guy in rd 3 with ulcerative colitis since it's usually chronic and recurrent

Newer medications are game changers. I've had UC since I was 21 now 54 the early years where pretty rough but with the introduction of Biologics like Remicade, Humira and Entyvio I have been in remission for 10 years. The hardest part is the time it takes to get diagnosed and get treatment to get it under control and he's past that point. If he fails I doubt it will be because of UC.

Agreed, and it is because of these biologics that Ambry can almost guarantee this will not be a problem. We have come a long way since Azulfidine, cortisone, antispasmodics, surgery of both rectum and colon with colostomy, to immunosuppressives (azothioprine, cyclosporine, and tolfacitinib), until now as noted above the 3 biologics have made UC a controlled disease. I don't see this as being a risk thanks to new biologics.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

A year ago, before Thomas' opt-out, he was one of @seniorbowl highest graded CB. Niners feel like they stole him at pick 102. pic.twitter.com/RMhQF8T3Q9

— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) May 15, 2021

Freaking awesome! Read that he was locking s**t down in 7 on 7s too and Lance didn't go his way. Liked what I heard from both him and Demmo yesterday and hope it keeps trending up, I'm still worried about that CB room

Originally posted by pasodoc9er:
Agreed, and it is because of these biologics that Ambry can almost guarantee this will not be a problem. We have come a long way since Azulfidine, cortisone, antispasmodics, surgery of both rectum and colon with colostomy, to immunosuppressives (azothioprine, cyclosporine, and tolfacitinib), until now as noted above the 3 biologics have made UC a controlled disease. I don't see this as being a risk thanks to new biologics.

pasodocs stamp of approval, we good boys!

Originally posted by 49ers808:

Originally posted by pasodoc9er:
Agreed, and it is because of these biologics that Ambry can almost guarantee this will not be a problem. We have come a long way since Azulfidine, cortisone, antispasmodics, surgery of both rectum and colon with colostomy, to immunosuppressives (azothioprine, cyclosporine, and tolfacitinib), until now as noted above the 3 biologics have made UC a controlled disease. I don't see this as being a risk thanks to new biologics.

pasodocs stamp of approval, we good boys!

In all honesty, i think Ambry could have easily gone in Rd 2 but his UC scared some teams off. I would give a tip of the hat to our guys and the team docs for knowing exactly what UC is and how it is controllable. Because of that i think we got a gem. Need to see more, but i think Ambry is going to remind of us a lot of another guy, a RB wth 2 artificial ACLs...that is still playing ...yrs later. We'll see. Truly Kudos to kyle and JL for chasing this down and getting it right...stealing us a jewel. He still has to prove it but....

Originally posted by pasodoc9er:

Originally posted by 49ers808:

Originally posted by pasodoc9er:
Agreed, and it is because of these biologics that Ambry can almost guarantee this will not be a problem. We have come a long way since Azulfidine, cortisone, antispasmodics, surgery of both rectum and colon with colostomy, to immunosuppressives (azothioprine, cyclosporine, and tolfacitinib), until now as noted above the 3 biologics have made UC a controlled disease. I don't see this as being a risk thanks to new biologics.

pasodocs stamp of approval, we good boys!

In all honesty, i think Ambry could have easily gone in Rd 2 but his UC scared some teams off. I would give a tip of the hat to our guys and the team docs for knowing exactly what UC is and how it is controllable. Because of that i think we got a gem. Need to see more, but i think Ambry is going to remind of us a lot of another guy, a RB wth 2 artificial ACLs...that is still playing ...yrs later. We'll see. Truly Kudos to kyle and JL for chasing this down and getting it right...stealing us a jewel. He still has to prove it but....

I hope so. But if I'm being honest, I do think Adebo was plan A and if the two were available at that spot, he would've been the choice

Originally posted by 49ers808:
I hope so. But if I'm being honest, I do think Adebo was plan A and if the two were available at that spot, he would've been the choice

He was plan A imo. We never really say who we like and they straight out said they were targeting Adebo. I think Ambry might be a better playmaker and can do kickoffs at least for this year

Originally posted by thl408:
There were three CBs taken directly in front of Ambry Thomas. This was the guy Adam Peters supposedly targeted. SF must have felt lucky that none of the three teams in front of the 49ers selected AThomas.

Sounds good but we can't really say that without more info that those others were not higher on the overall board. e.g.,... Lynch's target could've been 1 of the 3.

Originally posted by random49er:

Originally posted by thl408:
There were three CBs taken directly in front of Ambry Thomas. This was the guy Adam Peters supposedly targeted. SF must have felt lucky that none of the three teams in front of the 49ers selected AThomas.

Sounds good but we can't really say that without more info that those others were not higher on the overall board. e.g.,... Lynch's target could've been 1 of the 3.

I think Lynch wanted Adebo more than any of them and when he went 20+ picks earlier he just let Peters take the pick.

Just realized Thomas and Lance since they really didn't play last season have 1 less year wear 'n tear on their bodies than all the other draft picks, advantage 49ers.