Of all the needs the 49ers had this last offseason, the one they didn’t particularly address very much is pass rusher. They have a bunch of middling guys who have shown a bit here and there, Arik Armstead, Eli Harold, Elvis Dumervil, Brock Coyle, Malcolm Smith, a late sign (and late bloomer), Cassius Marsh, and ex-Charger Jeremiah Attaochu.
Armstead, a solid run defender, has not panned out as the pass rusher he was supposed to be. Then again, he has been forced to change his position to make room for Salomon Thomas, from DE to OLB, and lose a bunch of weight to do that. He has always been raw, and with untimely injuries to boot, he hasn’t reached his potential. He has freakish size and speed, but as of now he’s a man without a position. He seemed to be a much better player as a bigger DE rather than a lighter OLB, but we’ll see. We have a lot of guys at DE but at least Carradine is gone. So what the future holds for AA is a mystery, but he’s still in their plans because they picked up his fifth year option. Maybe they try Salomon Thomas as an OLB on pass rushing downs? Shit, I don’t know. All I know is we need more pressure, and none of these guys have been a very big presence (and you can throw in DFB in the mix here) as the dominant edge rushing force.
Eli Harold, we all know about. He’s been underwhelming, yet he sticks around. Dumervil is gone, and Brock Coyle is a decent LB who sucks in coverage. M Smith has yet to play a down for us, and that leads to Cassius Marsh.
Marsh had a couple sacks for us late last year after being pretty much a big fail in New England. The Pats gave Seattle a 5th and 7th round pick for him, nothing too costly, but he lasted all of 9 games before being dumped by the Pats in late November. We signed him the next day. For whatever reason, he seemed to fit here much better, and he’s played well enough to garner a 2 year deal from the Niners as he’s provided some pass rush, and is a solid special teamer.
Which leads to Jeremiah Attaochu. He’s another guy with freakish athleticism who has had some injury issues. Beyond that, he was behind Joey Bosa on the Bolts’ depth chart, so he didn’t get a ton of opportunities once he got healthy,
So there you have it. We have a lot of pieces, a lot of potential, a few too many DEs, and a scheme that needs to be put together to get all these guys in place to wreak havoc. I’m completely fine with how these guys should defend the run, but pass rush has been my concern for a while now.
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Looks like Foster has 9 lives. If he didn’t do it he deserves an early resolution, if he did do it but paid her to perjure herself he likely gets this one pass.
One thing he is guilty of is stupidity, surround yourself with the right people dumbass.
Paid her to perjure herself? That’s pretty conspiratorial. She has a history of this kind of behavior, apparently having done something similar before. How about we give him the benefit of the doubt.
John, see the word IF?
The woman is a liar, and that’s now a stone cold fact. Question is which was the lie that he did or didn’t do it?
As for Foster, I’d say his short history from combine to now shows a series of bad decisions including her, his “benefit of the doubt” box is pretty empty.
Hopefully he wises up.
Yeah, I don’t think Foster has much of a leash as far as the 49ers concerned. Hopefully he is not really guilty and as stupid as Aldon Smith.
Right Winder. Either way I don’t see the DA being able to proceed so now we wait on the gun charge, the weed charge, and whether or not the league decides to levy punishment.
Never remember this . . .
One of the comments that got e excited during the draft was regarding Kentavius Street. After our pick they were talking about him and how great that NC ST D-line was. They had Chubb go #5 overall and two others go in the 3rd round. They were all saying what a great talent Street ois and one of them said, paraphrasing, I now they had Chubb but Street is the one who made it all work.
I know he is out for the year but that comment got me excited about the pick. It is my opinion that it is impossible to have a great defense without very good to great DTs. They shut down the run inside the tackles, which allows the rest of the D to play their assignments instead of loading the box. They also keep the LBs clean and push the front of the pocket into the QBs face so the edge guys can get stats. I feel we got a late first to early 2nd rd pick in the 4th rd. If he is all that then the one year wait is worth every second.
I wish we could go back and edit our spelling and punctuation after the post is made. I need to be a better proof reader. Oh well.
Berger, join the club, just about everyone of my posts has a mistake or two. I just figure people will know what I am talking about. And I love the Street pick. Except for the first 3 picks and Moore they all seem to be risk/reward picks. That just means our team is getting more stable as the time goes. When I think of what Lynch and KS have done with the team in what 16-18 months and the scale of rebuild we have gone through it’s just mind boggling.
I like when you see your mistake just after you hit ‘post comment’ LOL
I do that frequently. So many mistakes and so little time. Yikes!
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