C Jake Brendel Thread

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by pdizo916:
Who?

a total unknown that the niner spinsters are trying to jam down our throats

i think you like stuff jammed down your whatevers..as much as you post this reference

nice snark as usual but cc said nothing wrong... you have to blind or a total homer to not see this full court press from the team.. and from the guys who do editorials on this web site.. breathlessly hyping this guy.. hope they are right and unlike some on this board.. i will come on and say i was wrong about him..... if i am right about him and he turns out to be over rated and not very good... i will take no pleasure in it

Originally posted by JTB1974:

Originally posted by cciowa:
a total unknown that the niner spinsters are trying to jam down our throats

He is not an unknown to Trey which is key. He was Trey's center for basically all of last season.

did he actually play in games that matter. i hope he is what some of you hope he is.. but to me.. the team knew about mack and should have been pro active.. get a good guy on day one of free agency or at least draft a nice guy early instead of going for a running back . concerned about this big piece on the line especially with a qb who is supposed to be our future

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by pdizo916:
Who?

a total unknown that the niner spinsters are trying to jam down our throats

i think you like stuff jammed down your whatevers..as much as you post this reference

nice snark as usual but cc said nothing wrong... you have to blind or a total homer to not see this full court press from the team.. and from the guys who do editorials on this web site.. breathlessly hyping this guy.. hope they are right and unlike some on this board.. i will come on and say i was wrong about him..... if i am right about him and he turns out to be over rated and not very good... i will take no pleasure in it

it's not snark...you do this with everything and end up being wrong all the time lol

Fans and media would like to know the Center Position and whats in store.. Questoins get asked and questions get answered. If you don't want any part of it, don't open the thread

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by Luckycharms:
I specifically remember watching the pre season tape and seeing Brendel look really solid. Anyone else remember this? And or have any film of those games?

I do. I was a big advocate for him making the 53. He didn't but was able to be brought back after clearing waivers so it worked out.

I don't know what his talent level is. Is he another Ben Garland or Daniel Brunskill playing C or is he a 36 year old Alex Mack? Or better?

Does he tap out early on talent, slowly gets worse and exposed more over time or a talent that continues to get better and better?

I like Brendel too. Specially his durability.

"It doesn't really matter who's in there," Mora said. "Jake is in command. It all starts at the center. That's the guy who makes the calls. That's the guy who points out things, adjusts protections. Get guys on the right page. When we do go to silent count, he's the guy who calls the cadence.
"To have a guy who's started 50 games at UCLA — broke an all-time school record — as that guy, as that center, as that voice, as that decision-maker, I think it's pretty comforting for us as coaches."
https://www.dailynews.com/2015/11/26/center-jake-brendel-gives-ucla-line-a-steady-presence/

Aa we know, availability is everything for this team.

I wonder how he'll handle all the new inside stuff: power, gap, 1on1, pulls, IZ, etc.

Running inside to the left should be no problem because Trent and Banks are big strong guys and Brendel will just clean up after and maybe pull, trap or seal to that left side. Running outside to the left again should not be a problem either because of Brendel's athleticism. There may be some issue to the right - depending on who and where the 49ers RG and RT are and their physical athleticism and strength. I think Brendel shares a lot of the kind of athleticism intelligence and durability that a guy named Mike Webster had at the beginning of his career. Not saying he'll have the same career as that guy, but Brendel got a slow start the same as Mike.

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by pdizo916:
Who?

a total unknown that the niner spinsters are trying to jam down our throats

i think you like stuff jammed down your whatevers..as much as you post this reference

nice snark as usual but cc said nothing wrong... you have to blind or a total homer to not see this full court press from the team.. and from the guys who do editorials on this web site.. breathlessly hyping this guy.. hope they are right and unlike some on this board.. i will come on and say i was wrong about him..... if i am right about him and he turns out to be over rated and not very good... i will take no pleasure in it

it's not snark...you do this with everything and end up being wrong all the time lol

Fans and media would like to know the Center Position and whats in store.. Questoins get asked and questions get answered. If you don't want any part of it, don't open the thread

49AllTheTime I suggest not wasting time answering to those clueless people. The best you can do is to either laugh at their ignorance or simply ignore them, which I do. It's like reading Grant Cohn but on the forum. Nothing but trolls.

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by JTB1974:

Originally posted by cciowa:
a total unknown that the niner spinsters are trying to jam down our throats

He is not an unknown to Trey which is key. He was Trey's center for basically all of last season.

did he actually play in games that matter. i hope he is what some of you hope he is.. but to me.. the team knew about mack and should have been pro active.. get a good guy on day one of free agency or at least draft a nice guy early instead of going for a running back . concerned about this big piece on the line especially with a qb who is supposed to be our future

Exactly. The team did know about Mack's intentions and still made no major moves to replace him, so that should tell you how they feel about Brendel. Think I'll trust their evaluations of him over cc's.

The fact Shanalynch hasn't signed anyone else, they must be pretty confident Brendel can handle things. He'll have to earn the job...he has competition in West, Poe & maybe Zakelj. Jake's 29, so has been around long enough to know how to handle the pressure, which could be a reason Coach is happy with him, at least for this season. I see West becoming an OL fixture in the not too distant future, though.

Originally posted by cciowa:
nice snark as usual but cc said nothing wrong... you have to blind or a total homer to not see this full court press from the team.. and from the guys who do editorials on this web site.. breathlessly hyping this guy.. hope they are right and unlike some on this board.. i will come on and say i was wrong about him..... if i am right about him and he turns out to be over rated and not very good... i will take no pleasure in it

who's hyping him? People are talking about him because he might end up as the starter....people want to know more about him, why's that a bad thing?

I would have loved them to bring in a "big name" at center...most fans love that s**t. Go look at some of the quality starting centers in the NFL and where they were drafted. They s**t as s**t aren't all 1st rd picks.

As far as you saying your right lol...dude you don't even know who he is or have watched anything on him. How the hell can you come to a conclusion about a player with what you actually know? How about we wait until at least training camp to delegate someone as a s**tty player or not

Oh look its the usual complainers.

Originally posted by richterkbelmont:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by pdizo916:
Who?

a total unknown that the niner spinsters are trying to jam down our throats

i think you like stuff jammed down your whatevers..as much as you post this reference

nice snark as usual but cc said nothing wrong... you have to blind or a total homer to not see this full court press from the team.. and from the guys who do editorials on this web site.. breathlessly hyping this guy.. hope they are right and unlike some on this board.. i will come on and say i was wrong about him..... if i am right about him and he turns out to be over rated and not very good... i will take no pleasure in it

it's not snark...you do this with everything and end up being wrong all the time lol

Fans and media would like to know the Center Position and whats in store.. Questoins get asked and questions get answered. If you don't want any part of it, don't open the thread

49AllTheTime I suggest not wasting time answering to those clueless people. The best you can do is to either laugh at their ignorance or simply ignore them, which I do. It's like reading Grant Cohn but on the forum. Nothing but trolls.

yup... these trolls give 49er fans a bad name

Originally posted by CorvaNinerFan:
The fact Shanalynch hasn't signed anyone else, they must be pretty confident Brendel can handle things. He'll have to earn the job...he has competition in West, Poe & maybe Zakelj. Jake's 29, so has been around long enough to know how to handle the pressure, which could be a reason Coach is happy with him, at least for this season. I see West becoming an OL fixture in the not too distant future, though.

I'd like to see them give someone like West a legit opportunity to be the starting centre come week 1. I doubt It happens though since Kyle typically prefers experience over youth. My preferred starting 5 would be something like this.

Williams Banks West Moore Brunskill

We'll see how it goes through training camp and pre-season though.

Breakout player of the year.

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:
Breakout player of the year.

I like the way you think.

We pretending he's going to be elite yet?

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
We pretending he's going to be elite yet?

he can retire right now and be a first ballot HOFr