I know it’s early to be thinking about this, but hey, it beats thinking about the Super Bowl . . .
This is a list of free agents that the 49ers currently have.
Tramaine Brock RFA CB
Ahmad Brooks UFA LB
Blake Costanzo UFA LB
Ted Ginn UFA WR
Dashon Goldson UFA S
Larry Grant UFA LB
Josh Morgan UFA WR
Moran Norris UFA RB
Chilo Rachal UFA OT
Carlos Rogers UFA CB
Reggie Smith UFA CB
Alex Smith UFA QB
Adam Snyder UFA OT
C.J. Spillman RFA S
Joe Staley UFA OT
Will Tukuafu RFA DT
I think we can safely say that Alex Smith gets signed. Something like 3 years/24 mill.
There are a lot of guys on that list that should be signed. There are also guys who can hit the road. Chilo Rachal and Moran Norris are obvious candidates.
Guys like Tukafu, Brock, Spillman, Grant, Reggie Smith, and Constanzo shouldn’t be too hard to bring back into the fold. They are solid backups, and should stay here.
The big names are Ahmad Brooks, Ted Ginn, Dashon Goldson, Joshua Morgan, Carlos Rogers, Adam Snyder, and Joe Staley.
Ahmad Brooks had a solid and very consistent year. I have no idea what he wants, but he was a fundamental piece of one of the toughest sets of LBs in the league. Try to keep him. Ginn? As we saw with KW recently, Ginn should stay, if only as a KR/PR. His opening game heroics set the tone for the great season special teams had all year. His WR skills are awful at best. Goldson? Well, I think the Niners make an offer, but I think he’ll move on. He’s wildly inconsistent, and lacks game awareness. He is a liability in coverage. I keep thinking they’ll move him to SS, but they have Whitner now, so there’s no room. So, he goes. What likely happens is Culliver moves to FS. Morgan was putting together a very good year til he got hurt in garbage time vs TB. If he comes back at full health, keep him. If only for continuity’s sake, as the WR corps is likey to turn over greatly. Rogers on the other hand, should be given a key to the city. He solidified what was a shakey deefensive backfield upon his arrival here. He may not be the fastest guy out there, but his savvy and skills kept him in position most every play. Snyder and Staley? Their health seemed to determin how well the line played. When either of these guys went down, the line play as a whole suffered greatly. So, sign them.
I’m not sure what the front office’s thinking is going forward, but I’d like to think they are of a mind to try and keep things pretty much the same as this recently concluded season.
Forty Niners Forever 
Listened to the NFC title game again- really for the first time since the audio and video sucked over here after halftime. Our defense was awesome in that game as were special teams “except for” returning punts. Lowell Cohn (not Chuck!) makes the point that KW shoulda been out of the game as a punt returner after he had to dive for a punt in 3rd quarter (?). “Game was too big for him” sez LOL. Who to put in? Culliver or Reggie Smith both have experience at the position. LOL sez the game was too big for Harbaugh as he kept KW in and this is because JH is a rookie coach and he did not manage the game well in those respects. Maybe true, prolly:
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120128/SPORTS/120129451/1010/SPORTS?p=all&tc=pgall&tc=ar
Are the Niner coaches leading the NFC in the Pro Bowl?
I haven’t even been paying attention. Watch a meaningless exhibition with no hitting or the red carpet at the SAG Awards? I bet Diane Lane looks good in Versace.
I’ve seen enough. INT then lateral, lateral and give the ball back.
What a joke. Back to the red carpet.
Grab some thirsty, meat!
Yeah the Pro Bowl …… pure joke. They may as well have played with flags.
Yeah, I watched about 10 minutes, and had to laugh. I mean all the players were. The pass rushers were pretty much standing there. On the extra points it looked like the D lines were doing the wave.
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I went to the pro bowl in 1998, and at least they TRIED. That one had the only ejections in pro bowl history (Niner Steve Grogan and Chief Derrick Thomas). Funny, I saw a hockey all star game about 15 years ago, and it was similar. all offesne no defense. No hitting. I remember Joe Gastineau trying to take Montana’s head off in one.
Ha ha, the pro Bowl really?? Baseball is the only sport that has a true all star game. And that is because the best pitchers “Want” to strike out the best hitters. and the Hitters “Want” to get a hit off the best pitchers. Where as Football, Basketball, and Hockey there is too much potential to get hurt if a player goes all out, career ending type injury!! So it is usually a total offensive blow out! I mean come on the Basketball all star game is like 145-135 or some such non-sense.
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