After an unusual flurry of activity in the free agent drowning pool, the search for a speed wide receiver has reached a lull. Emmanuel Sanders agent burned some bridges after his agent promised KC he would sign with them while working out a deal with the Broncos as he told the Niners his client was on his way for a meet-n-greet.
Julian Edelson used the Niners as a bit of leverage as he sought to return to the Pats, and Brandon LaFell signed with the Pats as well. As did most of the sought-after guys like Eric Decker, Jeremy Maclin, Dexter McCluster, and Golden Tate.
Who’s left? Beyond Devin Hester and troubled and inconsistent Kenny Britt, it’s a who’s who of who? Sindney Rice, Santonio Holmes, and Jason Avant are names, but but their bodies have betrayed them. The rest are low risk-low reward types.
Hey Michael Spurlock is available.
Forty Niners Forever 
NJ, I think it comes down to whatever is left at 30. Or he makes a move. Who knows? The deal around AJJ was they had him pegged a week before the draft, even though he was a huge reach at 28 (or whaatever he was drafted at). It turned out he was a reach in the 3rd round. As down as I am on the deep passing offense, I don’t think AJJ revives himself as much more than a glorified 3 in KC.
Which means what going forward? Well, it seems that when Baalke has a guy in mind, he makes it happen. As in the trading up for Reid last year, and the name in the envelope from earlier.
I guess the question is, does he have someone stuck in his brain as the must-have for this draft? Being as there are a shitload of guys he could use, I’d think he waits to see what shakes out. Someone on his board should fall to 30 simply because there are a lot of great guys, and someone should be there when we pick.
Just as long as that certain someone isn’t a goddamn WR.
D-Jax to the Niners? That’s a hoot. How long do you think it would take before he’d start to bitch and moan after learning he’s leaving the high-powered and fast-paced Eagles offense to become a part of Jimbo’s stone age grind the meat Mickey Mouse operation? Jackson would have thrown his first of many temper tantrums on the plane ride over. I feel sorry for his stewardess. That’s right. I still call those bitches stewardesses. Anyone got a problem with that?
If the window is closing oin anything, it’s the defense. Replacing J Smith is a priority. We still don’t know if the current group is up to the task. Getting a big guy in the middle as well is a need. The LBs are young and solid for the next 3 years though. The DBs will shake out soon enough.
The question, as usual, swirl around the offense.
Russia? Thank God for Obama. ” In his farewell address to the nation, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns the American people to keep a careful eye on what he calls the “military-industrial complex” that has developed in the post-World War II years.” That was in ’53. 60 years later we spend 580 BILLION dollars a year on defense. 580 BILLION!!! Eisenhower was right. That’s more insane than John McCain (that rhymes, I like it). 580 Billion is 30 times the amount the next country spends. The Republicans and guys like John McCain can’t wait to go after countries like Syria and Russia. Republicans are dying to put boots on the ground because boots on the ground keep our war machine rolling. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and others? 911 was like Christmas for them. McCain was next in line if it wasn’t for Obama. What McCain and Republicans forget is that when they go to war, people die. Young boys, young children, fathers, husbands, family men….. die. But not the elite’s family members. They get exemptions, and go off to college – their boys don’t join. Please explain to me why we went into Iraq and over 3,000 American troops were killed? They were killed so the rich in American could get richer. We spent 2 trillion in Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s at least 1 trillion in the pocket of a lot of defense contractors that the American tax payer pays for. The reality is Republicans love to find ways to tap rich veins that are connected to our deficit. It’s an easy payday.
Republicans have also done it with healthcare. Now that healthcare is estimated to save America over a trillion dollars in the next ten years, that’s exactly why Republicans hate health care. That money, that trillion dollars in the ten years, would go to the super rich if it wasn’t for Obama’s healthcare. Thank God for Obama. Healthcare and he’s shut down two wars, and didn’t get us involved with Syria or Russia when guys like John McCain were screaming about Obama’s “flekless foreign policy.” And let’s have another 8 years of Hillary as well…… For one simple reason. No more wars.
Crimea was handled perfectly by Obama. He had a measured response and needed Chancellor Merkle (sp?) in Germany. At first she wasn’t on board – luke warm to sanctions. That might have been because she wanted to see how Obama would respond. She knew Obama needed Russia for peace in Syria and with Iran. Obama, unlike Bush or McCain would have, responded with a cool, calm and collected, “What Putin is doing isn’t that smart.” Obama said in the long run this will hurt Putin and Russia, and then Merkle jumped on board because Obama didn’t do what Republicans would do, “escalate this to the brink of war.” So now we have Germany, who will btw be hurt by sanctions because they buy gas from Russia, joining in the effort to sanction Russia, and that’s huge because what Germany does the rest of Europe follows. And now the war mongers, who were calling Obama weak have been exposed as war mongers. John McCain? That guy’s insane. And to think he was almost president. Yikes!
Wrong blog, skippy.
This isn’t Democrats Forever?
I recognize the false logic from some of your football diatribes, so I guess it was humor you were going for there.
Not all Marines are war mongers. Some actually realize that war is a last option, and even then war isn’t a good option. I take it we shouldn’t put you in this category.
Way to kill a thread, pal.
New thread is up.