Well, football season is in full nothing-but-hype mode as teams position themselves for the draft and the upcoming free agency period. The 49ers got off to a roaring start (*urp*) with the signing of C/G Nick Zakelj, he of the 47 point word score in Scrabble. Not bad in and of itself, unless they really think he is starter material. Funny thing is, though, Ben (owwww!) Bartch and Spenser Burford are free agents as well. Barth is a walking injury waiting to happen, so I don’t see him as a priority. Burford? No, not really as well.
So, we look to be replacing a center and 2 guards. On top of already needing to find Trent Williams’ replacement, and finding a swing tackle.
I really hope they look at the draft AND free agency. We need a lot to fix this line.
Among our lengthy list of free agents, the guys to sign are Eddie Dinero Piniero, Skyy Moore, Clelen Ferrell, and Kevin Givens. The dumps are Bartch, Bourne, Burford, Gross-Matos, Pinnock, Curtis Robsinson, TTaylor, and PTaylor Jr.
I’m iffy on Jennings, Brian Robinson, Morstead, Wallow, and Weeks.
My only issue with these guys is their backups ON the team aren’t beating them out. Jennings brings a ton of balls and swagger to the WR room, and he carries a lot of weight. If he goes, we have one guy who is hurt a lot, and diddly squat. Cowing and Watkins are following the trail blazed by AJ Jenkins and Danny Gray.
Brian Robinson didn’t get a chance to play that much, but his backups were invisible. Given a decent O line, I think he could really be productive, but 99% of that is on Shanahan and his reluctance to give CMC rest. Morstead and Weeks could be fairly easily replaced, but we might as well keep them since they are known commodities. I guess I’d keep Wallow as he played well despite his depth in the depth chart.
San Francisco 49ers Forever 
Hennessy’s a free agent? I thought he signed a 2 year deal at the end of 2024.
Huh. He’s a free agent. But he’s in the same boat as scrabble-boy. He’s a fine backup/depth guy. We need starters at C and LG and backups at LT and RT.
Tried to post this up there.
If you have about 4 hours to kill, you can listen to that playlist. There’s about 150 songs on it.
I listen to a lot of old beat club stuff some of it is really good.
If it wasn’t for ST this would be the deadest time of year. I don’t watch the combine stuff except when the athletic downloads it and even then I get tired of it quick.
Things look rosy then reality hits. LV Raiders have very high draft capital and 90 million in salary cap space. Here is another kick in the head.
They have pick #1 Fernando Mendoza. Their oline is ranked the worst in the NFL. Along with no good WR’s. They will be competing with us and bidding up the two position group prices.
Last draft the two picks before us before Upton Stout were both LV and they took the last two decent OT at end of 3rd Rd. At the time I believed we were targeting one of those and we’re stuck taking the consolation prize of a 180 lb CB.
#98 Caleb Roger’s, #99 Charles Grant
#100 Upton Stout
Stout was one of our better players.
Well, we are picking 5 spots in front of LV after they take Mendoza.
So, they’ll be chasing us.
Has anyone heard from loco to see how he weathered that freeze that hit NC?
Haven’t heard anything either way. I don’t know his FB hande so I haven’t seen anything there.
I find it interesting that both Rourke and Mendoza were on the same team yet they used Rourke as the starter even with a bad knee. I have a feeling that Rourke might be something special if he is completely healed.
If that is the case then we are definitely gonna trade Jones
They did open his practice window for 3 weeks at the back end of the season so he could take valuable full offensive team opposing snaps against their own D.
That would give them a decent gauge on his skillset and team fit.
Like you said Winder, he played hurt over a good bench warmer, it does say something about him.
I think the 49ers can get some good picks for Jones. A low-mid 1 isn’t out of the realm of possibility as this is basically a one-QB draft and that’s the ex-Cal Bear Mendoza.
And hey, they can always sign Zack Wilson and rehab his career. Rourke could be something as well.
I see a lot of talking heads saying he is worth a 3. They will get a comp pick 3 the next year so what’s the gain?
I just don’t think thats true at all. He’s a 2 plus a late round or a player IMO and to your point, it is possible the need of a decent starting QB could push his value even higher. That would not be a shock to me.