Jay Roosevelt

Seems like there's a good chance, especially with Ben Johnson pulling out.

I've heard this year's 4th + next year's 1st. I'd be content with that, but that's about the max I'd be comfortable with.

I'm not crazy about that either, but if we can come out of this offseason with a quality HC and a franchise QB then I can live with not having a 1st rounder next year.

Better get on board the Payton train, folks.

It's going to be Payton.

This.

I think there's a better chance than some may realize that Levis rises and Young falls due to his size. Stroud could be viewed by some teams as the "happy medium" between the two.

I'd hate to give up a high pick just to acquire a head coach. But I wouldn't be against Payton coming here.

I prefer Shane Steichen to Ben Johnson simply for the fact that Steichen's resume is better in terms of QB development. Certainly coaching Jared Goff to the numbers he put up this year is impressive, but in my view helping to develop both Justin Herbert and Jalen Hurts is more impressive.

He's dead to me.

I'd prefer Steichen, but Johnson is good too.

Shane Steichen all the way. Wouldn't mind Ben Johnson.

Chiefs traded way up to get Mahomes. Stop cherry-picking.

We needed depth anyway; I don't see how this effects us too much.

It's the right approach. Now we just have to pick the right coach.

Oh God, yes.

I'm skeptical he can replicate his performance with the 49ers. But I'd prefer him to some of the other candidates being discussed.

No point in letting Wilks go just to hire a younger, less experienced version of him. We need an OFFENSIVE-MINDED coach, period.

The way I see it there are two paths: PATH #1: Hire Steve Wilks full time and bring in Derek Carr - and a competent O.C. - to give us an at least average passing game and use the draft to (hopefully) upgrade the pass rush and offensive weapons, particularly WR depth and TE. PATH #2: Hit reboot and replace Wilks with a young offensive mind who can develop a QB we draft in the 1st round, by trading up if necessary.

If we had Derek Carr at QB right now we'd likely have already clinched the division. He's a solid QB. That said, in the long run we can do better.

At this point who the fug knows.

This is exactly why we need to go get a young offensive-minded HC. A good one can make a pedestrian QB look really good and a good QB look top-tier. Baker is an example of a pedestrian QB playing really well. Jalen Hurts is an example of a good QB playing at an MVP level. Both are examples of how much a good offensive mind at HC matters when it comes to QB play and development. Shane Steichen needs to be at the top of our list. I don't know if he'd be interested in us if a team like the Chargers with an established franchise QB has an opening, but we damn sure better try to lure him here.

Steichen + Anthony Richardson is my ideal scenario. We'd probably need a bridge QB (Minshew?) for a year but that's a hell of a combo to build the future of the franchise around.

This x 100.