I really wanted Watson that year too and didn't really care for Solomon Thomas but I was thrilled when we traded up to nab Reuben Foster at the end of the first round so I don't have anything to brag about. And who knows, maybe Watson ends up in San Francisco anyway? Best of luck to Solly in Vegas. That was a big miss for Lynch and Shanahan with their first Niners draft pick but they did redeem themselves by nabbing Kittle in the 5th round that year.
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That trade moving back from 2nd to 3rd was so promising too. Kind of reminds me of Vlade getting Bogdan and then completely whiffing on the rest of the 1st round.
I'm not the best at scouting anything, let alone football but I watched a decent amount of Solomon tape in college and was dumbfounded as to why he was regarded so highly. He didn't look like he was good at anything to me and we found that out during his career here.
I'm not the best at scouting anything, let alone football but I watched a decent amount of Solomon tape in college and was dumbfounded as to why he was regarded so highly. He didn't look like he was good at anything to me and we found that out during his career here.
It’s all just seems slightly off to me. Between the lawyer’s original statement, no one knowing / hearing anything at all ever until now, the lawyer being Cal McNair’s friend/neighbor...
Maybe Deshaun’s actually a monster and I’m naïve. But idk... you’d think there’d be SOMETHING before the last few days if he was such a rampant serial abuser.
Maybe Deshaun’s actually a monster and I’m naïve. But idk... you’d think there’d be SOMETHING before the last few days if he was such a rampant serial abuser.
Two things seem suspicious about this situation:
(1) All of these cases are going through one lawyer, Tony Buzbee, who seems to be courting publicity for himself either instead of or in addition to following through with actual legal proceedings. He may or may not have direct ties to the Houston Texans organization but he apparently did pay for multiple billboards out of his own pocket urging the team to draft Johnny Manziel so he's got fairly significant personal investment in the team as a fan at least.
(2) Nothing has been filed with the Houston police department yet.
I'm not going to speculate though. The type of allegations being made are difficult to prove which is probably why so much effort is being made to establish a pattern of behavior and essentially find Watson guilty in the court of public opinion. If Watson settles out of court to prevent the cases from dragging on and disrupting his season he's going to look guilty. Certainly it's going to be hard for any team to trade for him right now if the public believes he's guilty, however good he is on the field. I wouldn't want him on the 49ers if what he's being accused of is true. Nothing to do really but wait and watch. Based on past history, people have a fairly short memory when it comes to professional athletes and accusations of sexual misconduct. But the political climate now is different than what it has been so who knows?
(1) All of these cases are going through one lawyer, Tony Buzbee, who seems to be courting publicity for himself either instead of or in addition to following through with actual legal proceedings. He may or may not have direct ties to the Houston Texans organization but he apparently did pay for multiple billboards out of his own pocket urging the team to draft Johnny Manziel so he's got fairly significant personal investment in the team as a fan at least.
(2) Nothing has been filed with the Houston police department yet.
I'm not going to speculate though. The type of allegations being made are difficult to prove which is probably why so much effort is being made to establish a pattern of behavior and essentially find Watson guilty in the court of public opinion. If Watson settles out of court to prevent the cases from dragging on and disrupting his season he's going to look guilty. Certainly it's going to be hard for any team to trade for him right now if the public believes he's guilty, however good he is on the field. I wouldn't want him on the 49ers if what he's being accused of is true. Nothing to do really but wait and watch. Based on past history, people have a fairly short memory when it comes to professional athletes and accusations of sexual misconduct. But the political climate now is different than what it has been so who knows?
Even after all the signings, with the restructures the Niners still have 20,000,000 in cap space.
Did the restructuring of guys like Westburg and Ford just push the problems down the line? To go from having limited room, to making some pretty big resignings and still having all that room seems too good to be true.
Did the restructuring of guys like Westburg and Ford just push the problems down the line? To go from having limited room, to making some pretty big resignings and still having all that room seems too good to be true.
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I figured you'd be happy about that development.With this front office, I wouldn't assume Jimmy is gone yet. They might be jumping up only to trade down for a better package. They might be taking the OT from Oregon to continue stacking the O-Line. Maybe they're acquiring a prize asset for a big trade that they've already been working on? Or they might have a QB they want to take there but are they really going to enter next season with Super Bowl hopes and a rookie QB? I can't read what they're planning here.
Yeah I think they like to remain flexible. That decision to trade Buckner and then use the pick on another DT for instance was what allowed us to pay Armstead and add another young asset without committing all of the cap space on the d-line. They also quickly pivoted away from Kwon Alexander when Dre Greenlaw and Fred Warner started looking like Pro Bowl quality backs. Jimmy is on the market if someone really wants him but they're not going to trade him without a good reason. Drafting a QB to groom behind him and/or as injury insurance for a guy who looks like he's chronically injured makes a lot of sense.