Sixteen Reasons
Mar 15, 2013 Vulcan Mind Probes
The Twitter news feed has been bonkering hot this week, for those of you who are Twitterholics. Leave the computer to take a leak and when you get back there’s a message: “29 new Tweets.” Goodness!
The Jets make the feed with great regularity, even though they stink and haven’t done anything at all in Free Agency. They have skillfully managed to run an endless loop of leaking news that they are trading Darrell Revis and then publicly denying their own leak. You’d think the media would catch on to this hucksterism, but they are too busy tripping over themselves trying to out-Tweet each other.
True to form, GM Trent Baalke has pretty much slept through the first three days of Free Agency, allowing us all to work ourselves into a lather of fretfulness and anxiety. The Seahawks are making it worse by loudly beefing up their defense and turbo-charging their offense, while our own defense has lost three key players.
But, Baalke always has a Plan. The first item in his Plan is to convince us he actually HAS one. So far, we’re biting, though it goes against our nature not to whine when certain phases of the Plan involve doing nothing. The second item is to storm the Twitter wire in the second tier of Free Agency with a rapid series of helpful, if not spectacular, signings.
Unfortunately, the Plan this year is called 16 Draft Picks. It would seem to make little sense to fill out the team with a slew of second tier free agents when these very positions will be filled in the draft. If the Plan goes according to plan.
Baalke filled one key role late Thursday by signing special teams ace and backup LB Dan Skuta. We all noticed, mostly in horror, what happened to our Special Teams last year when Blake Costanzo departed for greener pastures elsewhere. Most notably we noticed this in the Super Bowl during the first ten seconds of the second half when the game went from serious trouble to emergency room life support.
Baalke also signed widely viewed underachiever Glenn Dorsey to help shore up the D-line that has lost Isaac Sopoaga and stalwart backup Ricky Jean-Francois. To less than awed reaction from us blognoscenti, I might add. Dorsey will join the mix of Demarcus Dobbs, Ian Williams, and Will Tukuafu to fill in around mainstays Ray McDonald and Justin Smith.
That leaves a Free Safety replacement for the departed I’ve Already Forgotten His Name. That is probably the one position we need to fill in Free Agency that we can’t fill in the draft — not for this year, anyway. I’d expect the replacement to be signed today or some time this weekend, with Charles Woodson the current front runner. And there’s a good chance we’ll sign CB Nnamdi Asomugha shortly, too. Forcing me to finally learn how to spell his name without looking it up.
And that’s likely to be a wrap for our FA action this year. Sigh. Not very sexy, that’s for sure.
Tags: Blake Costanzo, Charles Woodson, Dan Skuta, Darrell Revis, Demarcus Dobbs, Glenn Dorsey, Ian Williams, Isaac Sopoaga, Justine Smith, Nnamdi Asomugha, Ray McDonald, Ricky Jean Francois, San Francisco 49ers, Trent Baalke, Will Tukuafu
March 15th, 2013 at 5:15 am
i for one am happy about the dorsey signing !
i do think we can replace goldson in the draft , it’s elam from fla !
March 15th, 2013 at 5:16 am
don’t worry about not being able to spell asomough’s name ! nobody else can spell it either , so nobody will know the difference !
March 15th, 2013 at 5:17 am
hey , i beat BEGRER to first comment !
March 15th, 2013 at 5:19 am
asomough would be a nice pickup too imo !
March 15th, 2013 at 5:21 am
oops i mean A-S-O-M-U-G-H-A !
March 15th, 2013 at 5:22 am
SEE what i mean ! ?
March 15th, 2013 at 6:12 am
Perhaps we’ll have to adopt the Bart Simpson spelling: ass oh moo gah!
March 15th, 2013 at 7:09 am
rob- You’re 3 hours ahead of us out here. I would love to see your Bonsai Bob comments when I tune in each morning!
March 15th, 2013 at 7:12 am
Anybody watch the Food Network? I stayed up late last night to watch Americas Worst Chefs. That is a funny show!
March 15th, 2013 at 7:13 am
Maybe it is called the Food Channel?
March 15th, 2013 at 7:30 am
Berger
I replied to your RJF post in the last thread
It is Food Network and I watch “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives”
Try Travel Channel with “Man vs Food”
March 15th, 2013 at 8:07 am
bullit- I agree we are low on funds and signing RJF to what he got would have been difficult. My point was that he is a good player and I knew he would get his pay day. His loss creates a big hole in our (lack of) rotation if others do not step up. I did not think much of him as a NT but he was really good at DE.
PFT is saying we are in serious talks with Woodson and Asomugha.
March 15th, 2013 at 8:17 am
Just thinking that Fangio and Tomsula didn’t think RJF could be either Soap’s replacement or eventually replace Justin Smith so they let him test the free agent waters and he landed for him paydirt. Let’s see how he does in Indy.
They have been right on most of the guys they let go such as Spikes, Lawson, Snyder, Rachal (that’s too obvious), Spencer, Balmer, Clements, Morgan and Mays.
Back to last year if only we had drafted Jared Crick…
March 15th, 2013 at 8:20 am
Berger
Remember our pass rushers were
Lawson (sort of), Travis LaBoy and Tully Banta-Cain?
That was like 3-4 years ago with
Lewis and Roman as our safety tandem.
We’ve come a long way.
March 15th, 2013 at 8:42 am
I hope the Jared Crick sentence was a joke.
March 15th, 2013 at 8:57 am
Just reviving our discussion from a year ago so not a joke.
I would take Crick over Looney and
we won’t know how this works out for another 2 years.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:02 am
Jive turkey gobble gobble Petey?
From ESPN
“Coach Pete Carroll insists that the Seahawks will remain a run-first team.
Last year, the Seahawks ranked dead last in pass attempts at just 25.3 per game. That led to a career-high 315 carries for bruising feature back Marshawn Lynch. Now that Percy Harvin is in the mix and Russell Wilson has a year of experience under his belt, it would only make sense to open up the passing game more despite these claims from Carroll: “We’re gonna do exactly what we wanna do with continuing to send the message about how physical we are, how we attack with the running game and fit off that. … This is not a change at all.”
March 15th, 2013 at 10:02 am
Jesus H. Christ couldn’t raise Asomugha from the dead last year. From PFF: Nnamdi allowed > 66% of passes his way to be completed. He allowed 15.9 yds/catch. And to top it off, Asomugha yielded a 120.6 passer rating to QBs which was second-worst among ALL cornerbacks. And to tippy top it off, he’s a Cal Bear. Next!
March 15th, 2013 at 10:04 am
BTW, who’s Seattle going to add to their arsenal today?
Pete the Cheat is kicking our collective off-season ass.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:06 am
Holy crap… we already have a useless POS who gave up a 120 rating in Donte Whitner. We’re trying to upgrade, not give opposing passers an early Christmas gift. Besides, any guy whose game suddenly disappears when gets paid is not on my nice list. Nnamdi can shuffle off to buffalo IMHO.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:00 am
Elvis Dumervil has a huge contract with a big guaranteed amount
“Signed a six-year, $61.5 million contract. The deal contains $43.156 million guaranteed, including a $3 million signing bonus and Dumervil’s first, second, and third years’ base salaries. 2013: $12 million, 2014: $10 million, 2015: $8,193,335, 2016: Free Agent”
Elway is now going public and bitching that Dumervil’s contract is “out of whack” and he should take less money. Dumervil had 11 sacks last year.
Denver gave him the contract and Dumervil has honored his end. Asking Dumervil to give up guaranteed money would be stupid on his part.
Bronco management is having regrets in the middle of the deal. Possibly they should have had heavy incentives in the original deal but they didn’t so John Elway is crying.
It’s all about good faith and Elway gave Manning $20 mil/yr and didn’t blink with another $40 mil guaranteed if Manning takes the fiels in Game 1 of 2013.
March 15th, 2013 at 12:42 pm
Luis Delmas won’t be playing for the Niners.
He re-upped with the Lions for
two-years, $9.465 million contract.
Ed Reed might be in play leaving Houston without a deal.
March 15th, 2013 at 12:48 pm
Dumervil just caved and took a $4 mil pay cut.
It appears contracts are now made to be broken both ways.
Might as well just make them all one year deals.
March 15th, 2013 at 1:36 pm
Denver screwed up the paperwork and filed the Welker deal which caused Dumervil to be released. He’s now a FA. Hahaha.
March 15th, 2013 at 1:37 pm
Paraag would never bone head one like that.
March 15th, 2013 at 1:43 pm
Wow that’s awesome. And right after they tried to cut him 4 Million? Gee, think he might be looking for a payday now? I almost wish we were in a position to bid him up, just to eff Elway over one more time.
March 15th, 2013 at 1:52 pm
Denver is forced to release Dumervil and pay him $12 mil for 2013. That’s all dead money.
Screw with the salary cap and try to be clever and you get burned.
Broncos trying to buy a Lombardi Trophy and failing miserably.
March 15th, 2013 at 1:53 pm
The dead money is $5 mil for Denver
March 15th, 2013 at 4:39 pm
i think nnamdi asomugha deserves another chance ! last year was bad for him but he was playing in the wrong scheme for him and didn’t have any d-line/passrush help at all ! 2011 wasn’t too bad for him in philly , and he was considered a top 5 cornerback when he was with oakland !
March 15th, 2013 at 4:46 pm
we’re looking at craig dahl from the lambs ! he looks pretty good as a SS candidate ! imo he’ll be a backup at both safety spots , but maybe a replacement for whitner ? anybody have any thoughts on dahl as a potential starter at SS ?
March 15th, 2013 at 4:55 pm
BULLIT are you serious ! know what else is funny ? they say he and his agent failed to fax the broncos back in time to meet the dealine ! will he really make out like a bandit now ? he now becomes a UFA ! hey if he gets tons of money and still CAN SIGN ANYHWERE maybe he’ll come here for a chance to win a superbowl and only take 2 mil more ! that would give him 15 mil this year !
lol
March 15th, 2013 at 5:04 pm
Rob
This from Howard Balzer Sporting News on Dahl just tweeted
“Dahl was routinely burned in coverage with the Rams, and was caught numerous times tackling the air around him. He started all 16 games last season, but he will never be viewed as a starter at any point over the rest of his career. Dahl isn’t a capable replacement for Dashon Goldson”
Just one man’s opinion but Sporting News is based in St Louis.
March 15th, 2013 at 5:07 pm
getting back to reality here’s one from nfl.com
” that the team is engaged in ‘serious’ discussions with cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha ”
so suppose we sign nnamdi , if we do you have to figure it’s rogers and asomoghua starting at CB for us ! if this happens , does anybody think moving culliver to FS might be something we’d consider ? ( i heard the possibilty raised somewhere ) anybody think gulliver would be good enough at FS to be a satisfactory replacement for goldson ?
March 15th, 2013 at 5:12 pm
Aldon Smith had surgery to repair his torn labrum.
He should be good to go.
They need to bring Kerry Rhodes in
to play FS and Nnamdhi works on a 3 year deal for $18 mil back loaded.
Otherwise I would take a long look at UFA Brent Grimes CB Falcons coming off an injury but visiting the Fins today.
March 15th, 2013 at 5:14 pm
BULLIT thx for that ! i was thinking of him more as a SS , not a replacement for goldson but maybe for whitner who is no spring chicken imo . from that report it looks like he’s being looked at as an extra DB, maybe the top backup at both safety spots ? from what i’ve seen he doesn’t look to bad of an option there .
March 15th, 2013 at 5:20 pm
I’M very happy to see we signed a spec teams ace ! can’t have too many of those imo ! if we had him in the superbowl to stop that KR we might have not been in position to be the victime of the crabtree hold / non call ! we might have taken home our 6th ! good offseason so far imho ! so we’ve been picking up help in areas where we struggled in that superbowl! spec teams and WR! now on to DB !
March 15th, 2013 at 5:26 pm
It would be tough to replace both starting safeties in the same year.
I am pushing for Rhodes who can also bring the wood and is a good cover guy
March 15th, 2013 at 5:48 pm
man BULLIT ! MY HOPE was that we’d keep goldson and replace our weakest link (whitner vs. the pass) ! now we have our work cut out for us ! i was thinking we might grab a safety with coverage skills to take whitner’s spot ! your boi rhodes might fit the bill there ! imho from what i see the niners are trying to add help in free agency but go after our eventual starters in the draft ! we now are going to draft d-line and safety high imo !
March 15th, 2013 at 5:55 pm
as far as asomogha goes , i was thinking something like three years 18 mil with incentives ! like making the pro bowl and 7.5 picks or more ! this way if he’s serious and he values a chance at a title more than anything we might be able to sign him ! (imho we’re taking our time with him trying to get our best deal !) this way if you play like an all pro you get paid ! if you play like an average joe , it’s take what you get and it’s good to go !!!
March 16th, 2013 at 8:14 am
Maiocco just wrote this:
“The 49ers figure to be the most active team in the NFL during the draft with an expected 14 draft picks, including an anticipated three compensatory selections.
It led one prominent league source with intimate knowledge of the 49ers to predict plenty of surprises during the three-day draft, which runs Thursday, April 25, through Saturday, April 27.
“The 49ers have the firepower to make more moves and influence the draft more than any team in the NFL,” the source told CSNBayArea.com. “With all those draft picks, and half of them who can’t truly make the 49ers’ roster, they will be the most dangerous player in the draft. They’ll shake it up like we’ve never seen before.”
March 16th, 2013 at 8:15 am
From Maiocco:
Prominent source predicts 49ers to “shake it up like we’ve never seen before” in draft.
March 16th, 2013 at 8:23 am
No time to be impatient.
The last 2 seasons should tell you that Baalke doesn’t overpay
and gets good players when the dust settles.
Seahags gave Harvin a huge contract that will severely impact their salary cap.
This is the same guy that’s openly clashed with his last 2 head coaches Childress and Frazier
and who’s told his QB he wasn’t good enough to be on his team.
You want to talk about prima donna divas?
March 16th, 2013 at 8:27 am
If things don’t go as well as expected for the Seahags their 12th Man will look at Harvin and Percy will likely start throwing
everyone under the bus.
That scenario should be most amusing.
March 16th, 2013 at 10:43 am
I hope to hell they “shake it up like we’ve never seen before.” What do we have, like 16 picks? They need to package them up and come out drafting no more than six total. Move up twice into the middle of the 1st and nab Vaccaro and the DT on top of their wish list. Follow that up with a CB, DE, WR and TE. That makes six. Now. Was that so hard?
March 16th, 2013 at 1:22 pm
And if you go by the “Draft Pick Value Chart,” our top two picks (31) and (34) overall would jump us up to (13). That’s part A done.
March 16th, 2013 at 1:51 pm
The 49ers have signed safety Craig Dahl. Pardon me if I’m not thrilled.
March 16th, 2013 at 1:53 pm
And we just signed Dahl to a 3-yr deal. A shitty safety who also happens to be slow and white. Are we not even trying now?
March 16th, 2013 at 1:56 pm
This move thoroughly pisses me off. If anyone remotely likes this move, STFU and keep it to yourself. That means you, Rob.
March 16th, 2013 at 1:58 pm
That might as well just sign Nnamdi to a 4-yr deal and completely ruin my day.
March 16th, 2013 at 2:03 pm
“They” “They” (2002) was a Wes Craven presents horror flick that was almost as bad as this Dahl signing. Almost.
March 16th, 2013 at 2:15 pm
Baalke on Dahl: ” “He is an experienced veteran with excellent intangibles, who has working knowledge of the NFC West.”
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He’s the Alex Smith of defense. I hate him already.
March 16th, 2013 at 2:31 pm
Del is on a roll!
March 16th, 2013 at 3:31 pm
Pro Football Focus ranked Dahl 78th out of 88 safeties. The other ten were either blind, crippled, dead or registered Democrats.
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That punchline was for Berger.
March 16th, 2013 at 4:08 pm
Thank you Ed! I’ll just say this:
March 16th, 2013 at 5:25 pm
Dahl’s a ST guy, Dennis. Unwad your panties. I liked you better when you were silent. What a goddamn worthless fan you are. 8 years of whining about Alex. So now it’s piss your pants about every other decision? Spare us all and shut the f*** up.
March 16th, 2013 at 5:26 pm
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March 16th, 2013 at 5:30 pm
WE
March 16th, 2013 at 5:33 pm
WE
signed craig dahl !
imho he’ll get a look as both a FS and SS ! maybe he’ll get a shot at whitner’s spot at SS ?
March 16th, 2013 at 5:35 pm
DEL this is just for you !
i like the craig dahl signing !
March 16th, 2013 at 5:38 pm
Yeah, but you like Cox, too. Just sayin’…
March 16th, 2013 at 5:40 pm
imho DAHL will be the main backup at both safety spots ! that puts him as our 6th DB ! that’s before the draft ! i fully expect us to use a 1st or 2nd rd. pick for a safety ! i like the kid from fla elam !
March 16th, 2013 at 5:41 pm
GRUMPY
hey who knows maybe we’ll draft dick johnson !
March 16th, 2013 at 6:04 pm
DAHL is also a help on special teams ! we needed that !
March 16th, 2013 at 6:46 pm
Chuck, I know you missed me when I was gone. You’re just too ashamed to admit it. That’s OK. Unlike you and Stuart Smalley, I don’t require daily affirmation. Nor do I crave the attention. Now if you’ll please excuse me, I’m headed down to 4949 Centennial Blvd. to hold a candlelight vigil for our secondary — it’s dead.
March 16th, 2013 at 7:12 pm
NICE offseason recap !
http://www.49erswebzone.com/commentary/1107-taking-look-49ers-offseason-moves-dahl-goin-here/
add …( dahl is a good backup at both safety spots imho and a help on spec teams !)
March 17th, 2013 at 5:58 am
Per Matt Barrows Dahl signed for
three-years, $5 million deal (with an $800,000 signing bonus)
No mention of guaranteed amount.
This signing gets you as excited as when they signed Haggans last year.
March 17th, 2013 at 8:34 am
If we would have puchase Barbie Dahl it would have cost much less!
March 17th, 2013 at 9:00 am
Barbie probably had a better year last year, too. But can she change direction or she is another Taylor Mays?
March 17th, 2013 at 9:02 am
She’s flexible anyway…
March 17th, 2013 at 9:04 am
You guys seem to know a lot about Barbie. I’m looking the other way now.
March 17th, 2013 at 9:13 am
Rob, they didn’t sign Dahl to backup both safety spots. The Niners signed him to replace Goldson.
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“They told me that there was an opportunity to play in the voided safety position in the secondary,” said Dahl, 27. “I’m hoping to come in here and mesh well with the secondary and fill that void.”
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He’s going to be our starting safety. Digest that for a moment. Has it sunk in yet? It doesn’t need to be St. Patrick’s Day to drive one to the bottle after finally realizing that news.
March 17th, 2013 at 9:18 am
Did you know? The Barbie Doll has had over 43 pets including 21 dogs, 12 horses, 3 ponies, 6 cats, a parrot, a chimpanzee, a panda, a lion cub, a giraffe and a zebra.
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I wonder how many of those animals she had sex with?
March 17th, 2013 at 9:25 am
On this St Patrick’s day and after hearing Dahl is going to be our starting safaty, I’m feeling a little snake bitten!
March 17th, 2013 at 10:48 am
March 17th, 2013 at 11:27 am
You know why St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland?
He couldn’t afford the plane fare.
March 17th, 2013 at 6:47 pm
Yes, I heard airlines are charging for food now!
BA DUM tssshhh.
March 17th, 2013 at 7:32 pm
Yup. Just got back from Houston on Unicont. You had to pay if you wanted to eat.
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Airplane food is bad enough without the insult of having to pay for it. No goddamn peanuts even.
March 17th, 2013 at 7:33 pm
He’s a place holder for the transformation of the Secondary.
Fret not faithful.
We are but a work in progress.
I could see Woodson coming on to assist with the needed transition of the youth movement.
Beware the Pass Rush additions.
March 17th, 2013 at 7:39 pm
You buy the booze Chuck.
More kick for your traveling dollar.
Helps with the overweight nudges that clog the aisle too.
Had to deal with one of them on our flight to Vegas last year.
500Lb backside in a 100Lb Coach seat.
She felt the need to spread her cheeks in the aisle rather than cut off the circulation to her lower extremities apparently.
There should be a flight requirement forbidding that sort of harrassment.
If your carry-on has to fit in an overhead bin, your butt should have parameters equal to seat width.
March 18th, 2013 at 5:18 am
New post is up.
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