Oft-maligned AJ Jenkins showed up in Atlanta to work out with Colin Kaepernick. Kappy, seen here hanging with the flotus (http://instagram.com/p/WVGSuGNBNd/) will hopefully get back to Atlanta and get AJ on schedule to make an impact this season. He’d better be all in, otherwise he’ll be cast out with the rest of the WR corps.
As it is now, the Niners need to pick up at least 4 WRs. Mossy Randy and Ted Ginn will go their own way, and Kyle Williams and Mario Manningham are coming off pretty substantial injuries.
In other words, we are back to ground zero in regards to wideouts. Crabs had a very good year, and Manningham was doing very well before he was injured. He’s got the longest rehab, and last I heard he was out of his cast and boot, but other than that, no idea. The WRs in the draft aren’t fairly impressive, but there are some intriguing FAs out there.
Namely, the guy I liked in the 2008 draft, Ramses Barden out of SLObispo. He’s 6’6″ and is buried on the Giants depth chart. He had one start and had 9 catches for 138 yards. Decent route-runner who has great hands. He’d be a red zone wonder. The other guys are either very pricey (Mike Wallace, Wes Welker, Victor Cruz, Greg Jennings) or very brittle (Danny Amendola, Danario Alexander). Dwayne Bowe is available. How good is Bowe? He puts up big numbers, but I haven’t seen him play. I hear things like he doesn’t go after balls and is overrated but who knows? he’d help, but again, he’d be a big $$$ guy. Not sure if he’s worth it.
There are plenty of 2nd-tier guys like Brian Hartline, Michael (Hey!) Spurlock, Manny Sanders, and David Nelson who could be signed fairly cheaply to provide depth. I’m sure there are fliers in the draft we could get, but I haven’t looked into that yet.
Forty Niners Forever 
RJF has versatility and provide continuity. He won;t be too expensive. They’ll probably keep him. Ice? No. FA will be used for WR at the least. Maybe a DB as well. I don;t see them going too big in FA, but drafting and keeping 15 guys ain’t happening either. Young is good, too young is crazy.
Francois according to reports is being courted by Green Bay, Philadelphia and the Ravens.
The interest escalates his value and prices him out of the Forty Niner comfort zone unless Ricky Jean likes it here and gives a hometown discount.
Soap will be gone.Rjf could easily bail as well if he gets a solid offer. Unless the 49ers feel Ian Williams can be serviceable they “Will” draft a NT.
Like John Jenkins Georgia ..
The 49ers could draft and legitimately keep 15:
3 wide receivers (replacing Moss, Manningham and Kyle)
1 tight end (Walker)
1 running back (Brandon Jacobs)
1 3rd string qb (Alex Smith)
2 safeties (Trenton Robinson and Goldson)
3 defensive tackles (take your pick – Soap, Turk, RJF, Dobbs or Ian Williams)
1 outside linebacker (Haralson)
1 kicker (Akers)
2 corners (Brock, Cox or even Rogers)
There’s you 15 picks, and they could all make the team provided they aren’t duds and provided we don’t overpay for guys like Delanie Walker, RJF and others.
Remember – Dobbs, Williams and RJF were either 7th rounders or undrafted free agents.
You cannot seriously expect to fill all those spots with rookies, Spitty. They will get some FAs. Especially at wideout. And while Rogers and Whitner are slipping, they won’t simply cut them loose. They may fall down the depth chart (a la Shawntae Spencer), but they won’t be cut loose if they are under contract.
Spit, there are already 16 non starting players on the team. How many of them become starters next season? Then we have the draft where 7 or 8 will maybe 5 make the team 53 + 8 practice. Then FA guys, likely 3. After that we have undrafted guys and try outs.
The idea that this SB level team will turn over it’s roster to even half the degree you suggest at a time when the cap is not forcing the issue makes no sense.
They need to use some of the 15 picks to trade for future picks. 2014 is relatively stable but 2015 will be the more difficult year cap wise.
Last season the Forty Niners had only one draft pick (James) contribute to their Super Bowl run.
I have a hard time accepting that you would gut a Super Bowl Team and replace them with 15 rookies turning over almost one third of your roster. This dilutes your talent level to an expansion franchise.
Remember also that their only rookie James didn’t get on the field until Game 13 against Miami.
Sorry I just don’t see this happening and it would be a clusterfuck if it did.
Ten or twelve is not unlikely though. The salary cap is forcing our hand. You’ve got major escalation down the road with Aldon and Kappy. The team will have to work hard to keep under the cap. Higher priced vet reserves may soon be a luxury we have to do without.
Exactly, Grump. I didn’t think Haralson would be cut, and you did. Looks like you were right. He’s not gone yet, but he’s hangin’ on by a thread. The more rookies that make the team, the better. I also incorrectly thought that the 49ers should package up picks and move up to get four or five really good players. But the reality is, the 49ers need all 15 of those picks. This could be Baalke’s most important draft. I also believe like Unca that the 49ers will bring in free agents to fill holes. But like NJ wrote, Baalke will be all about getting great deals on serviceable players. This is an important off season for the ‘9ers. More important than last year, that’s for sure.
I highly doubt 10 or 12 Grump unless you think the current depth guys are likely gone.
Well, officially, we are at two now, as Alex and Akers are gone, which would almost certainly mean two spots for rookies. And neither of those is likely to be in the first four rounds. We’ll just have to see how it shakes out.
TT, the Super bowl run of the previous year had 5 rookies contribute pretty heavily. Most of the 10 made the team.
Like I said, I don’t see 15, but certainly 7 or 8 can make the grade and contribute.
Not surprising to anyone here, The Niners are releasing Akers prior to FA sigining / and Draft.
They will call up Ray Wersching, Mike Choker Cofer,
Steve Miss-A Mile and others….
You forgot Wide Richey.
And Cortez the Killer…
Is Tommy Davis still alive?
Niners just need to get a whole gaggle of WRs from any and every source possible, including the draft. You can’t have a guy who can sling like Kap, and have shit for wideouts and slot guys, and have TWO stonehands TEs like we’ve got. It’s just weird how they’ve been unable to get and keep a decent WR corps. It’s imperative that this be fixed. Get some big dudes who can run and catch the dang ball and run after they catch it, fer Kreissakes…
Yeah, and Keenan Allen would be great. I saw him play live at Cal about 4 or 5 games. His half brother was a crap QB, and he still caught the heck out of the ball. If he’d have had a real Div 1 QB throwin’ to him, he’d be a top 10 pick…
Keenan Allen is exactly what we need at receiver, and again that’s why I wouldn’t rule out drafting a receiver at 31. It is a crime not to have good wide receivers with a qb like Kaep!
Keenan Allen, Xavier Rhodes, Shariff Floyd, Vacarro and Star will all probably be gone at 31. I wouldn’t hesitate to draft Frenso State’s safety Phillip Thomas in the first round if these other guys are gone. With all of our needs, trading up would be hard, but if Keenan Allen fell to 20, I’d trade up with the Bengals (if the Bengals were interested – they don’t need a wide receiver) to get Allen. If Allen or Rhodes or Star don’t fall, I’d have Phillip Thomas as my fall back option.
David Akers, whose season started out with an epic NFL record-tying 63 yarder in the elements in game 1 of the 2012 season in Green Bay, will be cut shortly if you believe the rumors now swirling.
No tag on Goldson, as expected….. thus far. And no tag on my boy, TE Jared Cook. He might not be as expensive as some might think. Not a lot of teams out there with salary cap room. Goldson could find himself taking less than the 8 million per year he wants. Getting close to high drama time in the NFL. Lol…. Goldson just can’t seem to catch a financial break. Not the year to be looking for a big deal.
As expected, by me. Lest you forget.
You think Goldson is gone. I don’t.
Unless yer Joe Flacco.
Shit, even Brady only went 9 mill this year. Don’t think Goldson gets 6, let alone 8.
Don’t forget the salaries of all those drafted rookies have to fit into the rookie pool.
Also it’s mainly only the top 51 salaries that count against the cap until the first day of the regular playing season.
Goldson won’t be tagged say the Niners and he can try an make a deal next week .Just not sure their will be takers,though he has stayed healthy and is hitting his prime right now.Hoping still they can work something out,cause now their looking at Spilman, McBath, Robinson and Thomas interanly.
Not keen on that.Get me Jonathan Cyprien now!! Or a host of other good Safety’s.
Or they could take a flier out on Ed Reed for a season, who knows?
Interanally?
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