Originally posted by Baldie:
Originally posted by 49ersking:
Originally posted by teylo31:
But just think if we would have kept Buckner and not drafted kinlaw and not resigned that scrub ass armstead. That one still haunts
Yes, bad move by the 49ers in keeping Armstead. He is collecting paychecks, and lately Fred Warner, except a good game here or there, is getting into that category as well. Maybe that's his max potential, who knows.
A part of trading Buckner though was being able to extend Kittle after that move I believe.
This. It hurt A LOT to lose Buckner, and it's unfortunate that Kinlaw has lost a lot of development time due to injuries and hasn't seen the field.
But trading Buckner meant that we re-sign Armstead, we draft Kinlaw... and we also have the cap flexibility to extend Kittle.... AND Jimmy Ward, who extended that offseason as well.
Hopefully Armstead and Kinlaw come back strong as our DT1 and DT2 in the last half of the season & playoffs.