Thanks, Winder. the NFL, in actions nearly as fast as Congress, is finally considering a ‘less punitive’ approach to marijuana, aka wacky tobacky, pot, reefer, dope, tea, chronic, sticky opiated Thai sticks )a story for another day), Maui Wowie, Acapulco Gold, Panama Red, Semsimilla, and, in a nod to the late great George Carlin, Toledo Windowbox. My favorite was a strain of African pot that a nameless friend has been growing in the hinterlands of coastal CA since the mid 70s.
But I digress. Pot, which has lately been given kudos but former players in easing pain, easing the effects of CTE, and basically doing what the heavy narcotics can do for players, but with MUCH less fallout, is getting a look by the NFL as something that may help instead of being a reason to be fined and/or suspended.
The NFLPA recently formed a pain management committee that is studying, among other things, the use of marijuana to manage pain and whether it should be permissible under the NFL’s policies. This sounds great but then you read something like this from them:
“We have to do a better job of knowing if our players are suffering from other potentially dangerous psychological issues like depression, right? So if I look at this myopically as just a recreational use of marijuana and miss the fact that we might have players suffering from depression, what have I fixed? Worse yet, you may have solved an issue that gets the steady drumbeat in a newspaper but miss an issue like chronic depression . . . where a person theoretically might be able to smoke more weed because it makes them feel better but it’s not curing their depression.”
“So to me, as we’re looking at that front end — and it’s been a long process — the reason why I think it’s more complicated than just making a quick decision about recreational use is we look at these things as a macro-issue. And what we try to do is what a union’s supposed to do: improve the health and safety of our players in a business that sometimes can seriously exacerbate existing physical and mental issues.”
Hmmmm. Is ‘feeling better’ considered a side effect? Or a problem? “Are you in pain? Well, this Percodan won’t fix your sore muscles, but it’ll mask the pain. Take this Zanax. It isn’t highly addictive. Take it for 10 years and then try not to get hooked. Oh yeah, and see the guy over there? The steroids, masking drugs, and HGH he’s not passing out (wink wink) won’t hurt you at all.”
Beyond the fact that there are now 6 teams that play in states that have legalized recreational pot use, the NFLPA is fucking living in the 30s if they think marijuana is more dangerous that the opioids, painkillers, and anti-depressants being handed out like candy to players and team doctors, and the general public for that matter.
Anyhow, this’ll likely pass once Josh Gordon’s suspension ends. Sorry Josh!!!
Forty Niners Forever 
In the NFL mindset of ‘speed kills’, the TE from Ole Miss, Evan Engram nailed it.
Got me thinking of VD.
6’3″/234 is somewhat smallish for an NFL TE but, he posted a 4.42/40.
Put up a 6.92 3-cone as well.
Very nimble effort.
Wondering if he might be considered as a ‘bigger’ WR?
VD was an excellent blocker, which may have hampered his receiving acumen somewhat?
Hence, if Engram can catch better than block, I’d be curious to see how the WR position would fit, if at all?
3rd time it bombed? WTF?
Let me rephrase it and see what happens.
The TE from Ole Miss, Evan Engram nailed it too.
Got me thinking of VD.
6’3″/234 is somewhat smallish for an NFL TE but, he posted a 4.42/40.
Put up a 6.92 3-cone as well.
Very nimble effort.
Wondering if he might be considered as a ‘bigger’ WR?
VD was an excellent blocker, which may have hampered his receiving acumen somewhat?
Hence, if Engram can catch better than block, I’d be curious to see how the WR position would fit, if at all?
Well, for some reason I can’t get it to pass muster.
Simply wanted to call attention to TE Evan Engram 6’3″/234 4.42/40
Great speed, somewhat small for an NFL TE.
Check him out.
Sorry Chuck, didn’t notice that you recovered it up above.
N-e-v-e-r mind…
Jordan Willis from K-State was another impressive candidate.
6’4″/255 4.53/40 1.54/Split 39″Vert (26 Sacks)
Hard to know how to evaluate them with our proposed Defensive scheme change.
Is he a DE or OLB?
Great speed and acceleration either way.
Just no stats, in terms of Pass Coverage ability, to make a case as an OLB with some of these guys.
The combine…….what dreams are made of. Oh I forgot it was the Maltese Falcon.
Yeah, and the Giants just dropped another one.
Better now than later. they could go 5-35 and I wouldn’t really care.
For those of you who have nothing to do.
That is cool. Just hearing the names is great. Roger Craig, Jimmy Davenport, Bob Clemente, Bob Gibson. You got Part II?
No, but it does bring back memories, especially the Mays/Chicon incident. They must have part II somewhere
Chuck- once the tape is over you can get part 2. I had to press the little arrow on the uppe right corner.
This stuff was a little before my time (born in 61) but it’s crazy that guys like Torre and Craig among a ton of others became managers down the line.
I was pretty young then too but for half of the 62 season I took my transistor radio to school and listened to the games when I could. It was just a golden time for me and baseball/Giants was a big part of it.
An interesting Combine report regarding my preferred WR Corey Davis.
Might not have to spend a top 10 Pick on him?
Entering the combine, the consensus top three wide receivers for the 2017 NFL Draft were Clemson’s Mike Williams, Washington’s John Ross,and Western Michigan’s Corey Davis.
Williams was impressive during the field drills on Saturday, but Ross was the talk of the combine, as he set the record for the fastest 40-yard dash time,
breaking Chris Johnson’s mark.
WalterFootball.com first reported that Davis wouldn’t workout at the combine, and injuries will keep him from running at his pro day as well.
Those are lost opportunities for Davis, as a number of teams have told WalterFootball.com that Williams and Ross had been graded higher entering the combine.
In surveying six teams, four of them had a late first-round/early second-round grade on Davis, while two teams thought he could go in the top 20.
Every team likes Davis as a player and off the field, but some teams just feel that his talent level is indicative of a late first- or second-round pick.
One team picking early in the second round has Davis as one of its targets for early in Friday night.
However, the three other teams think that Davis is more likely to get picked late in the first round, and that team won’t get a shot at Davis on Friday night.
Two teams felt that Davis is deserving of going in the top 20.
WalterFootball.com reported Saturday that Davis was in the pool of possibilities for Tampa Bay with the 19th-overall pick.
Team sources have said that Davis has interviewed well while in Indianapolis, so the combine was beneficial for him in that regard.
It is unclear how much working out Davis will be able to do before the draft, but team sources say they don’t anticipate changing their grade on Davis.
His years of good tape and production speak for themselves.
Ross has wheels, certainly, but…he’s under 6′ and, has under 1800yds worth of College production.
Davis is 6’3″ and almost tripled his production.
Williams + previously broken neck + NFL speed = Scares me to death.
See where it goes….
Berger I’m going to lean towards Mahomes/Webb in the QB discussion.
See whether any of them become a reality for us.
I’d still be fine with Schaub for a year or 2 followed by Terrell on the cheap LATE. (like RD5 or beyond).
For that matter, Ponder could also be in that discussion at the right price.
I go Defense early in this Draft.
I actually think Webb is better than Goff. We’ll see?
I even added this kid to my Late RD ‘why not?’ list at QB.
Sefo Liufau 6’3″/232 from Colorado.
He can’t run worth a lick but, he completed almost 63% of his pass attempts.
http://www.draftcountdown.com/player/sefo-liufau/
Reminds me of Keenan Allen, NJ. I was screaming to draft him as his shitty combine and pro day times were not indicative of his ability. He’s been injury prone but shit, he’s worlds better than what we had. Instead we got VMcDropsalot.
I think that was another of Baalky’s rubs to the franchise when they gave him that big contract. VM probably won’t make the team this year.
The thing with both VD and VMcD was timing with the Harbaugh System too I think Winder.
VD was the better blocker due to his strength. Harbaugh didn’t throw to TEs much, which didn’t help either guy.
VMcD was a pretty productive WR at Rice when he came out. Again, he was schooled on being a better blocking prospect with Harbaugh.
I did see better production from VMcD when Gabbert was pitching to him.
Kaep was a flame-thrower, which also cost both guys some catches.
Shanny will involve the TEs more as Receivers in his System.
Won’t take long to see who has the required hands to succeed, once they settle on the QB making the throws.
So much has to be retooled now, that I’m at a loss to predict how this Draft Board is going to come together.
Simply by my own musings, this Class is much deeper in talent on Defense.
Whether they follow that direction is anyone’s guess?
Pieces that now don’t/won’t fit, will likely be offered as Trade bait, or simply released, depending on Cap ramifications.
Goff hasn’t been very impressive, but I pin a lot of that on Jeff Fisher. He’s never been very imaginative with his offenses.
True enough in that regard Chuck.
IMO, Goff was a Market draw for LA.
I’m just hoping we don’t fall into that same trap of ‘needing’ a QB to quantify the Shanny Offense.
Be smart, pick for quality, regardless of position and, build the foundation for the future.
Protect the QB/Sack the QB.
Get a QB….
Yeah right now they have to get a quality QB that is a veteran. A rookie would be a waste of time on this 49er team. This new team has to worry about producing now not five years down the line. .
Well, they can do both, Nip. Get Hoyer/Schaub and draft Terrell. St this point they can afford to take a flier on a sleeper QB if they get a reasonable guy like Hoyer. Work on Terrell for a couple years, see where it gets them, and draft a QB in 2018 as well. A more better guy.
FA starts pretty soon and hopefully we can get a bead on how we will rebuild. I know most of the pro’s say that this is a defensive draft but I would like to see us use this draft for offense. While the other teams are drafting D we should swoop in and snag some good offensive players.A good offense will give us a better reading on the D we have and the ones we pick up in FA. My 2cents.
I agree Winder. I think the defense is further along than the offense and can be fixed by plugging in a few free agents. The offense is in more need of impact players.
That said, I think we may get a pass rusher with our 2nd pick.
Jonathan Allen.
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