San Francisco 49ers Discussion

Quite possibly the worst news coming out of that game...if not the worst, not far off. Purdy with a complete tear, needing surgery, probably minimum 6 months recovery, that leads right into August & training camp.

Here we go! I'm in the go talk with Brady camp when you're allowed, suck it up & see if they can work something out for a year. Sure up that O-Line for Brady, then keep it for Purdy. Brady will naturally attract a few good free agents. The cap has gone up something like 15 million. We dont need Brady to run, or throw it deep, just dink & dunk to Ayuik, Deebo, CMC, Kittle. Try & do a Manning & Broncos last ride. Doesn't matter if he just hangs on with the team, if it gets us the 6th.

Hopefully Brady comes in close to vet minimum for the opportunity to play for his childhood team.

Would rather just ride with Lance if Brady is asking for any type of decent money. With him it is similar to his last year with the Patriots, has his performances fallen off a cliff or is it the team that is a mess? It was the latter the last time but I wouldnt want to risk a very tight cap situation on it not being at least somewhat the former this time.

Looks like Brock needs full Tommy John surgery...that's at least 1 year. No 2023 for him if so. On Twitter from one source....disaster if so.

That one opinion seems to have set up Niner fans of course! Some random Dr. just giving his opinion. Coach & GM of the 'opinion' that it'll be the 6 months recovery, with the 6 months being full go. Until Brock gets that surgery it's really up in the air.

That last interview with both guys was pretty full on. Jimmy is done (he was done last season though!!) and we're rolling with Trey & Brock and probably a seasoned vet as back up QB3. John Lynch is staying. Kyle looked exhausted during that interview. During the 12 game win streak he looked good, less stressed than before, but he looked wrecked yesterday.

More active than we thought yesterday I think! DL is gonna be lit this season...Bosa, Armstead, Hargraves, Jackson! Darnold one I'm ok with, we need 4 qbs on the roster, 3 active, draft another guy for practice squad...I know a lot are saying Jake Haener, which would be cool, but might not be there when we pick. If Trey Lance can't beat out Darnold, then that says enough. Purdy, providing rehab goes well, should be presumptive starter, no question...but might not be til week 2/3.

I think they pick up one or two more guys today, maybe O line or secondary. Right now they're banking on young guys on the o-line, which is risky but could pay off. Zakelj & Poe are waiting in the wings & have high potential, more so than Banks who was a 2nd rounder & played solid this past season.

Adrian gave you good info there - obviously direct from Ticketmaster is the best route but those games will likely sell out quickly.

Once you get into resell I'd advise looking at SI Tickets. They only charge minimal baseline fees rather than the % basis that most resell sites (including I think the NFL ticket exchange). Can save something like 25-30%. It is Sports Illustrated ticket service so have that reputable backing and have used them a few times myself and had no issues. Saved me over a hundred per person for a playoff game.

I've bought on Ticketmaster when schedule comes out (albeit in the Chip Kelly year!!), but these days I just buy from Stub Hub/Seat Geek, easier & you get better tickets - I like to sit in the same section everytime in Levis, so matters to me, and I don't worry about small savings when I'm traveling that far to see a game. Regular season isn't too bad & if you don't care where you sit, you'll get ticketmaster ones no problem. Night games are great btw (they start just before sunset on the west coast so half & half day/night!)..playoffs obviously next level! (Picture from Cowboys divisional round).

They're resellers, probably selling season ticket holder seats. With regular season games, as mentioned, you could wait till close to the game to get tickets & even on these sites prices will come down a bit. As soon as the schedule comes out, you'll see tickets galore on these sites for all games. With these sites, you will pay more for the better games and more again for primetime games. It's the fees on these sites that cost a tonne, which you don't have to pay with tickets that come out with ticketmaster. With ticketmaster I find its hard to get good seats right away, and impossible to get playoff tickets.

Will have to check that out next time. How they aren't just taking over the resellers market if they have small nominal fees is beyond me...SH/SG have fees of around $150 for the playoff games!

Finally get our picks started tonight. Very happy to see Aiyuk wasn't moved and hoping they don't let Trey go, especially if it is anything less than an early 2nd plus other picks.

The team goes in with no real needs, which is good as we'd be in trouble otherwise given how long we'll still have to wait. OT, Edge, S, Kicker would be nice but BPA all the way.

Didn't think they'd make all their picks last year but they proved me wrong. Surely 11 picks is too many with a stacked squad so presume there'll be some movement. Hope they dont try to package too many of their thirds to move up though, would rather a few lottery tickets when there shouldnt be too much more chance of a late 2nd or early 3rd being great than their late 3rds

Agree with all of that, I'm happy with that draft. That is two years in a row where everyone looked to try to copy the 49ers, last year all the players who had Deebo like abilities flew off the board.

The analysts rarely rate our drafts highly with the current leadership, aside from their first in 2017 where they 'stole' Foster along with taking the consensus top pick Thomas and we all know that ended up being a disaster. Since then we've continued to pivot to trusting data points for players that aren't really taken into account by analysts, like specific scheme needs, intel from college sources, internal tracking data, and interviews - which means they appear to not be great 'value'.

Feel similar about Moody, it is nearly a carbon copy of us taking Wishnowsky right ahead of the Patriots and everyone, including myself, grumbled. We got the better punter there who is on his second contract, when most of that 4th round never ended up being close to the same value. Kicker was our biggest hole so we were either paying top dollar or using a draft pick on it. When you're competing for SB I don't see how you can go with the 'pick a guy off the street' approach. Moody looks like he'll be able to get kickoffs into the endzone too which will improve our special teams significantly.

Th other guys looked to be for spots where the team felt a guy had an opportunity to make the team and went BPA. We don't need to draft trait project guys with boom or bust ranges of outcomes, instead we need and draft for good culture fits who can be at minimum solid backups quickly, do a great job on special teams, and upside to become a star is a bonus. Can see the Brown and Winters competing for starter roles during the year and being starters next year, with at least one of the TEs being in the rotation - the rest backups.

OT is like C and G last year, I trust the team that they have it covered with the guys they're developing and have signed. Fisher will be the annual UDFA hype candidate to be tracked all through camp. Really interested in how Poe looks in camp after a year of development.

Final bit of agreement is on the freed up money, feel we should have an FA player or two coming in this week.

The last time I stayed in the city I Airbnb'd it in the Marina district (AirBnb has been clamped down on though in the city, not as much choice now). Been lots of times so dont like hotels or touristy areas there. I have stayed in Union Square before Airbnb arrived on scene, it's ok there, central anyway but in the city...I rather be near the water & Crissy Field/Presidio. The last few times I've done the playoff games, I just stayed in a hotel near the airport as I only came over for the game & one day in the city...it's easier that way. If you stay in the city, pencil in 2 hours to get to Levis if you're going by train.

Purdy cleared & good to go in camp, will be 2 days on 1 day off! QB1! Battle is on for back up make no mistake between the other 3! As with Joey Bosa, Nick waiting for the new contract before showing up. I think it gets done next week just before the pads go on & it gets real.

He's gone now. Kinda stole a 4th from the Cowboys. Glad he's gone now because the debate for the most part can stop. Pity it didn't work, absolutely, but it didn't for all the reasons in the above comment.

As @Foxtrol said, the move to 3 was the issue. Lawrence was 1 (only guaranteed solid qb in that draft) & everyone knew the Jets wanted Wilson after the pro day (can never understand pro days but anyway!) so after that Niners were getting only the 3rd best qb at best, and it's always risky, whether Lance of Fields.

Now sort Bosa if thats possible (he may well be waiting on Chris Jones, which if so, is out of the Niners hands). And sign Robbie Gould now. Put Moody on IR & just roll with Gould (if Moody is actually injured).