Well, have you ever lived down in the ghetto?
Have you ever felt that cold wind blow?
If you don’t know what I mean,
Won’t you stand up and scream.
Cuz there’s some things goin’ on that you don’t know . . .
Good stuff from those Southern rebels, Ronnie Van Zant and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Famously named for their high school gym teacher and part-time real estate agent Leonard Skinner, who told Ronnie and his friends they wouldn’t amount to shit.
Speaking of things goin’ on, there ain’t shit goin’ on. Well, actually there’s this.
Jim Harbaugh (who might do well to change his wardrobe if he doesn’t want to be instantly recognizable) was spotted in Virginia at V Tech’s pro day. The obvious guy to scout is Kyle Fuller, their cornerback and younger sibling of a couple NFL guys in Vincent and Corey Fuller. Good size, good speed, and started as a true freshman. Possible 2nd rounder? I guess it depends on who they pick in the 1st round.
The wildcard here is QB Logan Thomas, a freakishy fast and big dude (6’6″, 2fitty). In addition to the fastest 40-time for a QB (4.60), he also did the best vertical jump (35.5 inches), three-cone drill (7.05 seconds), 20-yard shuttle (4.18 seconds) and broad jump (9-feet, 10-inches). Plus, he’s got enormous hands, 10 and 7/8 inches across.
He was projected as a 7th round flier before the combine, but folks jumped up and took notice after. He’s raw as hell, but his arm is bigger than Kappy’s. As is eveything else. If this is the new NFL, I’d say draft him with one of our 4th round picks. Maybe even our last 3rd round pick. Who better than Jim Harbaugh to guide him on his path to NFL success?
Forty Niners Forever 
Final Four: Kansas, Iowa St, Arizona and Louisville.
Rock Chalk, Jayhawk denies the Cardinals a repeat.
Is Ursula Andress a Catholic School Girl? Dunno but Suzi Q certainly is:
Jared Allen taking a second visit to the Squawks. Not in his prime but still causes trouble for O lines.
They’ve lost some guys. Not too worried about J Allen.
You run at Jared – He’s not much in that regard.
Still a good situational Pass Rusher I guess.
Harbaugh didn’t go to see Fales pro day, Chryst went instead.
They must want him, then.
Right because the chief pulled a misdirection and went to Virginia Tech
As Spit would say “Jesus Jeep Christ”? Well okay. Looks like the O coaches are looking fer a 3rd QB to draft
Harbaugh was looking at the kid I think would be a good project Pick –
Logan Thomas VA Tech.
Big kid, big arm, needs a lot of work but, an interesting project IMO.
Britt would be easy. A contract that pays by games suited up w/ behavior related caveats. No defense is going to ignore him deep and if he catches a long ball or two probably both a safety and a corner are committed. That’s all we need because CK7 is not going all Peyton Manning in one year.
I don’t understand youse guys who want to take money from proven vets to pay a guy who quits playing on the field ’cause he’s unhappy with the game plan or play calling. When a guy gets shopped around, a bunch who know him are saying their team can do without this guy. So can we.
Thought is DSJ won’t pull this shit if this is a one year deal and no more guaranteed money next year. For the vets = How much is a possible ring worth to them to wait a bit to get paid?
I understand the line of thought but I put it off more to wishful thinking. Why would you think Jackson means a possible ring when 90% of this blog has complained for years we don’t throw the effin’ ball? Who’s throwing the ball to him? The guy that doesn’t look past pre-snap reads of who’s over Crabtree? How is he going to hold the ball in the pocket long enough for a deep route to clear? Does he come with his own protection guys? Why wasn’t Moss the ticket to the SB?
Good questions NF. Wish we had the answers to the coaching dilemmas you mention along with all the rest of us on here many times. As you saw above our discussion is predicated on our pass game Changing. Period. Is it wishful thinking? Likely but so what? We wanna talk about “what if”. Because what we have has been beaten to death.
You got any suggestions how our pass game might improve?
Hey NoFear49er –
I’m leaning your way too.
Anthony Davis and Britt are local guys from Jersey.
Might be a good situation for Britt to have a low key confidant at his side too?
I’d have to look back to see if they played together while at Rutgers but, either way, Anthony is a quiet guy with no known issues off the field, which is where Britt seems to lose focus.
That’s the reason for the outs for not being suited up or bad behavior. If it comes up he’s done with no loss to speak of in the money/contract department. He has to decide he wants to play or he’ll be of little use. He’s got lots of talent if he wants to play. He could turn into quite an asset or a no-loss trial.
IMO, we don’t have enough balls in the air for the guys we already have so it’s not that big a deal except to keep the defenses honest and provide potential for a long game if it works out. I’m pretty confident a guy like Jackson is upset by half-time he isn’t a big enough part of the game and starts dropping balls if any come his way. Hoping the hyena changes his spots for us is a little on the ridiculous side.
Another reason I don’t want him is we may try to change our game to what we don’t do very well to justify the money. It’s a sure way to lose too many games to even reach the playoffs. If and when CK7 starts looking at his deep options and putting the ball on some guys down there then we might want to look at upgrading some deep talent and maybe get our money’s worth. While the field of vision ends ten yards beyond the LOS what’s the point besides keeping a safety deep? And taking a TE off the field to boot!!!
Pretty much sums it up for me NoFear49er.
Always liked Britt while at Rutgers.
Big time talent, small time effort when it matters it seems.
He’s not a very focused or driven guy I guess?
Boldin might be an excellent mentor for him too.
Things that can’t always have a price tag attached are the work ethics and business-like attributes guys like Boldin and Gore bring to a locker room.
It’s contagious.
Phil DSJ is a volatile personality.
Sure, he’s a valuable piece that could likely help us get over the hump but, he’s also a ‘me first-type’.
Not sure how willing he’d be to make a sacrifice such as it were.
Hey….Stranger things have happened.
We gave Moss a shot and he did what Moss was notorious for, playing when the mood struck him.
Totally vanished in the SB too.
Could be that our Offense just isn’t cut out for those types of personalities too?
Yup the blue collar moniker may be more than just a slogan
So we’re super deep, right? How do our backup guys fit in moving forward? Spillman, Morris, Hampton, Jacobs. Bay Area Sports Guy has some ideas:
http://www.bayareasportsguy.com/49ers-free-agency-departures-opportunities-unheralded-players/
Read the overnight comments and share some of the views and concerns. This is the bottom line for me:
Jackson is a truly elite WR. He is also an elite return man. In the SB and last years Squawks champ game the Niners were devastated by a return in each game. The Niners don’t have that kind of firepower in the return game, they have the fair catch.
Also, comparing the O from 3 years ago to now is not reasonable. Gore is a diminished player and that is just fact. The O has to change like it or not. The coaches are clearly trying to put 3 WR on the field more. The arguments about how will Kap have time to throw deep change with Jackson added to VD, Crabs and Boldin, also, Jackson makes a living on the intermediate throws as well as having the true deep threat. No team can risk 8 and 9 man fronts with those 4 on the field. The run game gets a break simply because of Jackson’s presence which has to back up a safety. Those 4 on the field represent probably the best 4 of any team and at the very most only 2 of them can see a double team leaving the other 2 in single coverage.
Kap can’t throw deep accurately? B.S., he threw deep plenty in college, what he can’t do is throw deep accurately when that play is used maybe 6 times in a season. Kap is now in his 3rd year as a starter in the same system, if the coaches don’t trust him now they never will and the team needs to see what they have if they are really considering a top 5 contract IMO.
The difference between a second tier guy like Britt and Jackson is considerable. The idea that Jackson drops a lot of passes and takes off plays didn’t seem to hurt his production very much last year when he was not in a contract year, 1332, 82 with 9 TD on a team with other productive WR. That’s not wishful thinking it is fact. Anyone believe he will try less than last year in a contract year? He may be crazy but he ain’t dumb.
Britt is more of a risk since he is one step away from suspension, I.E. he may not play and as such is worthless.
It is a risk and expensive to sign Jackson but not franchise destroying like Dallas, more a calculated risk to add dimension to the passing game and the O overall. The team must be more creative and productive and a receiver of Jackson’s ability comes along very rarely.
I say do it today.
Well said 12. Agree. We need an elite addition to our passing game for the good reasons you mention. Will it be a risk? Yes. Will it be expensive? Yeah we know that too. Will it work? It certainly could, very well indeed. That will depend on coaches getting out of their hypnotic trances and running an actual passing attack. Using deep threat as more than a decoy but to, gasp, actually score with. Fancy that.
Coaching/coaches, ball in yer court. DSJ or whomever fast we get Do Not give us more gimmicky ginn crapola. Expand our repertory of passes fer Gods sake. Mooks.
Agree about your decoy point Phil. It has it’s place but so does a completion or 2 deep and who knows, maybe even a score???