Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by Cisco0623:
We will never know the details, but it was obvious the niners made Aiyuk a strong offer that was ready before camp and he sat on it - then finally took that same offer at the end of pre season. The team can only do their part. Agents and players have different ideas.
The TW thing we both guessed as well. Unfortunate but I put that squarely on TW. He had them by the balls and he squeezed. I was more forgiving of BA because that was his first (and many times only) big contract. TW is loaded and been there done that. He doesn't need money. But that's what he is playing for.. That def set the tone. TW took weeks to get in shape and had a down year.
Remember for players their contract is the ultimate prize now. not the lombardi. That's the culture issue with how pro sports has evolved today.
I don't see Purdy being anything like this. He will be Bosa at worst. And that only happens if the FO is low balling him, or has some dumb structure the agent is strongly against imo.
BA watched as his peers contracts kept going up and up. Anyone would wait in that position. SF low balled his ass, just like they do with all their guys at the beginning of negotiating..then ghosted him for months. How about we stop doing that?
Look what happened to him, I'm sure he will be fine BUT in this sport you could be done at any moment and he just came off an elite season. End of the day both sides were at fault, that shouldn't be debated. There is a clear correlation between SF and how they pay their guys (lack of urgency). Let's stop that s**t. Get it done and focus on other stuff. No more media frenzy off season drama.
I'm sure Purdy isn't gonna be a diva about it, he isn't gonna take the first offer and he will absolutely sit out. His agent is part of this and it's a f**k TON of money. He's a good christian boy who says all the right stuff…no different than someone like Kirk cousins and his contracts negotiations have always been way harder than his persona would like you to think.
we will see
They def low balled him early on, but came up near the end and before training camp offered him the deal he got. He said no -they said ok go look elsehwere and nothing was good enough. Yes I wish the FO would get s**t done faster, but this was way more on BA , but who can blame him? When a team captain like TW is teaching everyone to negotiate like this for every single penny.
Agreed on Purdy, but like we are both thinking. He will simply take the Bosa route and let his Agent deal with it. What do we know about his agent?
Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by Cisco0623:
You are complaining about how the league is designed and once you have a qb, and pay him you are now limited. Its the truth, but it is what it is.
The o line was WAY better last year than this year. Brendal must have a bum knee or whatever. He was hot garbage this year compared to last. I was screaming for a upgrade there last draft. Banks and TW regressed. McK was OK but his usually self, meaning he for sure cost us some down.
I agree with you. I think we just dont agree on the details. Their contracts aren't terrible, in fact they are usually very good, but their roster management is more in question for me. If our dumb asses watch every game and say yeah man we need a good center, how the hell do we think that, but they ignore it etc. They gamble on hurt players way to often for my liking.
Brendel was horrible last yr. His metrics are damn near identical. Film is bad both yrs. Colton actually improved imo. Puni is an upgrade. Banks was playing hurt all yr and no Trent is a massive loss. Although Moore was pretty serviceable.
FWIW Trent was just as good, top 5 in PBWR this yr, still elite in every metric among OTs. So no I will disagree with that statement all day.
I wanted SF to draft Tanor Bortolini last yr. He's been the starting center for the Colts and pretty damn good.
the issue is you can't pay everyone top money. SF has top 5 contracts littered all over the place. You gotta pick and choose where that cash goes. Our only relief the past couple yrs was they were paying a QB peanuts. That's gonna change, so available $ that wasn't being invested in the positions you want, probably won't be going there now unfortunately.
We gotta hope for another great draft and hopefully they focus on the trenches. Regardless Brock has to improve and start elevating whomever he's got around him. If not we're f**ked because we can't continue to have those 2019/2023 rosters.
the o line was def worse this year. Not just in pass pro, but running as well. TW wasn't the same. Without him they have always been suspect. Moore was surprisingly not bad, but not TW either. Take your metrics, ill trust my eyes. We used to own the trenches, now we get owned more often than not.
Totally agree the good teams consistently draft well. Its the imperative along with finding a QB. I think the bad drafts from 21-23 is what showed up this year when guys started getting hurt.