DeAngelo Beason

We are absolutely fugged if Bryce Young doesn't massively improve next year. For all the hate I spew out about Bryce Young, I really wish the guy would just be good. He can do it. Drop back, plant your foot, and throw the damn ball dude.

This is a fair point, but I think people are forgetting just how bad the 49ers were back then. They were getting a top 5 pick every year for like a decade. Alex Smith was selected by the worst team in football. Bryce Young MADE US the worst team in football. Huge difference.

It's 100% part of the problem. I am not saying we don't need upgrades. Of course we do. That said, we had a two touchdown lead ONCE in the ENTIRE season. One time. That's insanity. It absolutely sets the defense up to fail when you have garbage time of possession and can never get a lead that affords them the luxury of playing aggressively.

I don't see how you can logically make that argument when the team beat two of the top teams in the entire league during the regular season. Now imagine the additional games we would have won against absolute tip top competitors like SF and SEA had we had a professional QB. You can throw any random stat at the problem you want, but the proof is in the pudding. We all watched it live. This roster would have produced 13 wins (wins against SF and SEA, two wins against NO, and would have swept the Bucs) and (almost certainly) a #1 seed with a remotely competent QB. Those were not games where we needed an all star performance to win. Those were games where a very, very modest stat line would have netted us an easy win. Nearly every measurable aspect of the team would have been significantly improved with a competent QB.

Couldn't have said it better myself. We are doomed if we sign this bum long term.

5 of the top 10 defenses in the league didn't even make it to the playoffs. To suggest that the roster isn't built to compete right now because the defense isn't ranked highly is not backed up by reality when the majority of the top defenses didn't even make the playoffs. I'm not arguing that the defense doesn't need to be upgraded. So does the offense. Every team in the league could say they need upgrades at various positions. I'm arguing that upgrading the defense won't matter, at all, so long as Bryce Young is the QB.

I'm going to say what probably shouldn't need to be said but I guess I have to break it down anyway. They were the 15th ranked scoring defense. This matters because Evero's style is bend but don't break, which we did a lot of. The Panthers ranked around 20th in the league in time of possession. The longer the defense is on the field, the more yardage and points they're going to give up. We were toward the bottom of the league at like EVERY offensive category. In essence, we hung the defense out to dry. So I say, once again, Bryce Young is a plague that has infected the entire team. He's horrible, and he's dragging everyone down with him.

I truly hope the Rams go on to win it all. It'll make me feel a lot better that we took the champs down the wire and could really argue that we beat ourselves when we played them.

We also clearly have no leaders on the defense capable of adjusting schemes. We tip our hats on our blitz scheme so often and when the QB audibles you never see a defensive audible. I don't believe anyone on the defense is empowered or capable of adjusting the play.

One thing I noticed in this game (and I say this as the biggest of Bryce Young haters) is that Bryce did do a solid job of throwing into voids in this game, and leading receivers on crossers. There were a few times where I was thinking "where the hell is he throwing it" only for a receiver to appear out of nowhere and catch it in stride. Mike McDaniel might be a guy that can squeeze a little bit of production out of the otherwise ghastly Bryce Young. His offenses heavily feature that style of passing game. I've heard Idzik is drawing interest from other teams. If so, bringing McDaniel in at OC would be a stellar move. I know it'll never happen, but fun to think about.

I think a tackle in round 2 or 3 makes sense. We have guys we can shift over to LT to survive if Ickey isn't ready in time. Round 1, I don't see how we can go anything other than LB. We need a psychotic LB who plays with his hair on fire and can take away the middle of the field.

He'll be back next year.

You're talking about one game. I'm talking about a season-long trend that establishes a very likely cause. I'm not saying we can't stand to upgrade some pieces on defense. I'm saying that when your offense is constantly trailing the defense has to play for the run. That's backed up by the facts.

When you almost never hold a lead for the entire season, the defense can never pin its ears back and rush the passer. It still all goes back to the QB not being able to put points on the board. It was exceptionally rare this season. If you take Atlanta week 3 and the Jets off the board (the only games where we led for more than half the game and put the defense in said situation to pin its ears back) we led a GRAND TOTAL of around 164 minutes the entire season (per chatgpt). That's 11 minutes per game outside of the two aforementioned games. That is absolutely putrid. I've said it many times, but literally no one on this team can be properly assessed because of the QB.

I'm definitely not. He's atrocious.

Yeah I think they're going to lock him down. Nothing crazy. Short term $3m/yr deal or so tops.

I think many are expecting a huge contract but he's not there yet. I'm thinking 2 years $8m, or he may (wisely) go for a 1 yr deal around $3m so he can earn a monster deal.

I don't see this roster as being flawed at all. I think this is a roster that has been built to bail out a terrible QB and it can only do so much. It's time to put an actual professional behind center. We will quickly see that this is a terrific roster ready to win big, and win now.

To whom it may concern, I'm the one who gave him the bottom vote. He's THE liability on this team. With a competent QB that has moderate physical tools we are competing for a championship. This roster, as I've said for a while, is very well assembled and ready to compete right now. It is hamstrung by the QB.

Fortunately for us we don't have many guys here that'll break the bank. Coker will get a decent little contract though.

It seems that way now but honestly who knows? It's really a non-conversation. There's no point in speculating at how good anyone will be next year.

Canales needs the opportunity to bring in his own DC. Evero is not good.

This is the problem with Bryce Young. We all see him have a very pedestrian performance and somehow think it's special. That was a very, very average game. There was absolutely nothing special about it. It is a testament to how ungodly awful he is that when he goes out and has a middle-of-the-road performance that we view it as being spectacular. The dude had 35 seconds and 3 timeouts to go 30 lousy yards and completely imploded. He's absolutely terrible.

Coker and TMac are basically equals as #1s. I like XL but he and Bryce aren't on the same page at all. The pass to the end zone Bryce threw that was flat as hell and gave XL absolutely no chance to run under is a prime example. I just don't know what it is, but every ball he throws in XL's direction is absolutely terrible.

I wouldn't say it's a foregone conclusion that he misses next season. He may still be rehabbing for the first half of the season or so though.