Plenty of moves this free agency, so let’s just wee what we got.
Gone are a 7th round pick, Arik Armstead, Isaiah Oliver, Oren Burks, Sam Darnold, Clelin Ferrell, and Charlie Woerner.
Here are Maliek Collins, Jordan Elliott, Yetur Gross-Matos, De’Vondre Campbell and Isaac Yiadom.
We have re-signed Flannigan-Fowles, Colton McKivitz, Brandon Allen, and George Odum, and tendered Jauan Jennings.
The glaring thing is to sign Brandon Aiyuk.
And, stop me if you’ve heard this, GET MORE O LINE DEPTH!
| MARCH | |
|---|---|
| 03/16 | The 49ers have re-signed WR Chris Conley to a one-year deal. |
| 03/15 | The 49ers have re-signed LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles to a one-year deal. |
| 03/14 | The 49ers have acquired DL Maliek Collins from the Texans in exchange for a 2024 seventh-round draft pick, signed DL Jordan Elliott and DL Yetur Gross-Matos to two-year deals and re-signed DL Kevin Givens to a one-year deal. |
| 03/13 | The 49ers have released DL Arik Armstead, re-signed QB Brandon Allen to a one-year deal, signed OL Colton McKivitz to a one-year extension and signed S George Odum to a two-year extension. |
| 03/11 | The 49ers have tendered a one-year contract to restricted free agent WR Jauan Jennings. |
| FEBRUARY | |
|---|---|
| 02/23 | The 49ers have released CB Isaiah Oliver. |
| 02/15 | The 49ers have signed DL Earnest Brown IV and DL Raymond Johnson III to one-year deals. |
| 02/14 | The 49ers have signed DL Alex Barrett, DL Austin Bryant, OL Corey Luciano and DL T.Y. McGill. |
| 02/13 | The 49ers have signed OL Sebastian Gutierrez, DB Kemon Hall, S Erik Harris, S Tayler Hawkins, WR Tay Martin, DL Sam Okuayinonu, LB Curtis Robinson, TE Jake Tonges, DL Spencer Waege. |
| 02/10 | The 49ers promoted DL Alex Barrett and DL T.Y. McGill to the active roster from the team’s practice squad. |
Given all the push and pull. I think we are better, if not strictly in depth on the defensive line. Didn’t like to see Burks or Ferrell go, but that is the struggle when trying to balance a shitload of good players on shorter contracts.
Even moreso, I think the change in defensive coaching style will do worlds for this team. The Niners beat the shit out of fair to middling teams, but struggled getting consistent pass pressure on the better teams. All season long I thought we were too passive and soft early. As shown by the numerous early TD drives given up. And the tiring of the D in some of these losses.
I sense we will get more offensive weapons in the draft. And hopefully 3-4 new offensive linemen. Backup TE is still a concern and I’m sure Shanny will go for another RB at some point in the draft.
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Giants News – I have to laugh at JD Davis being bummed out how his ‘winning’ his arbitration case blew up in his face. His agent tried to play hard ball, and in the end lost JD $4 million. They knew the Giants were going after Chapman but still pushed the high number.
Oooops!
Forty Niners Forever 
I will say, I think for once the park played a positive role in Snell picking the Giants over the Astros. With all the walks he gives up, he;d have had a tough time in Houston’s band box.
And the 49ers signed Josh Dobbs! Hey, whatevs. Since Darnold is gone, he’s fine. He’s shown flashes of brilliance and won’t take as many sacks as Sourdough Sam did.
So have the Giants done enough to get to the playoffs. It appears they have, like the players and the contracts. Now just like every sport hope the injury bug stays away!!
All these guys are on either 2 year deals, or 1 and opt-outs.
Not sure how you sustain momentum, but hey, this year should be fun.
Honestly I can’t wait to see how we do against our division. I don’t expect we kick anyones ass except maybe the Rockies but if we take em to .500 that will be a win. I think it’s gonna be a fun year also and the Giants could definitely use one of those.
All about the pitching. As hs been proven over time, good pitching beats good hitting. The Dodgers have failed in the playoffs over and over because of this.
They get overmatched. Last year they were injurd as fuck but hey them’s the breaks.
New thread is up.