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You would think we would have more salary to add players like RBs since we aren't paying out a QB. If you can build a roster similar to Detroit I'd go for it. I don't think that is the plan though. I think we are building a young offense that can really help a young QB rookie or whoever we go with. A big expensive OL, strong stable of RBs, big targets in JT, XL, and Coker etc... Yeah we need defense too, but we really need to get healthy on defense and see what we are working with.

Apparently the Niners can and other teams that were already mentioned like the Cowboys and Texans could not. The Niners also make QBs look better and WR looks better. I mean should we wait and get a QB in the 7th because the Niners have Purdy playing well? I'd say they are more of an outlier team when it comes to offensive positions and success. Top 10 RBs in yards Henry, Barkley, Jacobs, Mason, Hubbard, Conner, Kamara. Gibbs, Robinson, and Pollard. Most of these guys are paid decent contracts with the Niners player being the outlier.

So are we in the "good teams don't do this phase" or is it "we aren't a good enough team to do this?" A strong running game is a good way to get a weaker roster looking better quickly IMO. Try to control the clock and TOP to speed up the game. It's also a great way to get a young QB comfortable more quickly in the league. Again we are talking about 15 million guaranteed over 4 years....

I keep thinking it's looking like a better and better spot for a young QB to land looking at the offense.

The Niners RB room is waaaaaaaaay more pricey than ours. CMC is $19 million by himself. Before the injuries people liked what the Niners were building. People love what the Lions are building and they are locking in their RBs, a 1st rounder and a vet they just extended. The assets allocated to our RB room aren't that crazy honestly.

We need a center still. BC is driving his price up if he keeps showing he can play LT as well in this league. A starting center, 3rd WR (vet), and someone to learn behind Moton (maybe come in during jumbo packages) should finish out the offense aside from depth and of course the most important position (QB).

But it's not a plug and play like teams were thinking. Ask the Cowboys and the Bears thinking they were fine letting Montgomery walk. Ask the Texans who had to trade for Mixon because their backfield held them back. @Bear Handsbroke down the top running teams in the league and they have a very similar allocated of money/investments in the RB room. It's a $15 million guaranteed contract over 4 years. IF we are paying him the full 32 then he is playing very well and earning 8 plus million a year over 4 years. I don't think we are doing the starter/backup scenario. Our OC even said he has plays featuring both backs in the backfield. We are trying to be a RB committee with a RB room that isn't that expensive compared to the league average. IF Chuba plays to his top potential and we pay out all money he will average between Stevenson and Swift's average salary.

He won't get many carries at first. I like his potential though even if it was a dumb decision to draft him where we did including his recovery time.

People need to look at the guaranteed money. If he is playing great then yeah he gets just over 8.3 a year. If he has a decline it was a 15 total guarantee. I’d like to see how it’s structured…

So only 15 of it is fully guaranteed. Not too bad at all. Hell 2 years ago he was average 4.9 a carry and last year he was making something out of nothing every play. We clearly want to be a running team with our pricey guards and RBs.

If I had to guess, I’d say we are trying to copy the Lions with Gibbs and extending Mont. We are at a different stage of the roster building though.

Say what you will about DC, but he definitely isn’t handling Bryce with kid gloves. I know many people on here wanted this.

XL has a TD in 3 of his last 4 games. He actually has improved quite a bit as a blocker as well. Aside from him and Coker (who you said is developing) that leaves Mingo who we just shipped off. The other WRs are veterans. JT is also starting to get comfortable in the offense, but his blocking still needs work. Yeah Tepper pushed for Young but you were hinting at him being a big RAS guy. I do agree though in we absolutely have to hit on these next few drafts. Our top pick this year HAS to be a franchise cornerstone if we want to get out of this mess…

They certainly didn’t use the RAS score when trading up for Bryce. All teams are going to use it to a degree. It helps judge where a player’s ceiling could be. You just can’t ignore other factors too, especially important ones like film/game tape.

One was pick 39 vs pick 72. Wallace has actually showed some promise as well getting over 10 tackles in each of his first couple starts. Also Brugler was high on him who I have more faith in than most scouts. You can’t ignore athletic ability as it should be part of the equation and I’m good with gambling on mid to late picks especially ones that were originally going to sit a year like Wallace was before Shaq went down. https://x.com/Marcus_Mosher/status/1778057337275555970

We need Marty just for round 1

Hopefully they keep developing and we need to keep hitting on our draft picks.

Lamb is banged up too I believe. I wonder when they shut him down?

You only don’t trade down in 2 scenarios IMO. There is a QB you love at your pick and he won’t be there later or there aren’t any decent offers.

Agreed there isn’t a clear 1 in the pass rushers. If we trade down he might be an option.

The Broncos fixed their shitty defense in one offseason while also drafting a QB in the first. It’s possible to do both. DB coming back and players being healthy will help. We haven’t seen Wonnum with Clowney yet. Nothing crazy but should be much better than what we’ve seen. Add some mid tier young FAs and another good draft and who knows how it looks.

It’s a good trade for us, but Mingo is on a cheap deal and they had a high draft grade on him. They may think we just suck at developing WRs and they could be right. Still overpaid though.

The draft trade to get a future 2nd was a nice trade too. There has been some bad ones too no doubt.

Did we do something good???

I think AT wants to be here which is odd and I doubt Miles has any takers.