Getting Benji Back

[Omega Atrocity]

If Philly Brown plays like he did in the super bowl, he is a star caliber receiver. He was one of the only bright spots on the field.

[CarolinaNCSU]

I like the WRs next year...KB, Funch, Philly, and Ginn could be a helluva top 4 if the young guys keep progressing.  Cotch as a potential 5th is a wildcard...but we may also be in a position in the draft to take a home run shot on a guy like Braxton Miller and have a potentially young/crazy potential WR group. 

[dldove77]

37 minutes ago, Panther53521 said:

Everyone is forgetting about Stephen Hill. He was having a great off season before the ACL. He has had a lot of time to bond with KB.

My issue with Hill is he's never proven that he can catch consistently. We've had enough of that. If the (normally) sure-handed Cotchery is gone, we need to replace his hands. 

[SOJA]

Re: the future. 

A few years ago the 9ers were considered perennial contenders that were absolutely stacked and had a ton of draft picks. So the 9ers drafted a lot of high reward/high risk guys that they could afford to sit for awhile. Now the 9ers had some bad luck and Jed York is a fuging idiot and fired Harbaugh BUT the 9ers are now in complete disarray because they wasted all of their draft picks on busts. 

The point I'm trying to make is Gettle is going to draft whoever can contribute to this team. He's always done that. Only exception I can think of is David Mayo. 

[dldove77]

I don't think BPA and contributor have to be mutually exclusive. I could make an argument how if the BPA is a LB we could make him a contributor next season. 

[KB_fan]

2 hours ago, dldove77 said:

So, I haven't dug too deep into it yet, but if the top TE prospect is available at 30 and he's the BPA on our board, would anyone think that DG wouldn't pull the trigger? I think the only BPA he wouldn't draft in round one is a QB or DT. 

No one predicted a LB last year in round one. Upgrading the backup TE position in round one this year is an interesting idea if the chips fall that way. 

I've definitely got the idea that another excellent TE prospect would be great to add to the team this year... give time for Greg to mentor the guy.

I do trust Gettleman...

BUT, ... it would be really hard to imagine taking another LB in round 1.   QB and LB are our positions of least need that I can see.  And also, as you said, at DT we're pretty solid.

I'd hope 1st round would go to the trenches (DE / OT), but could also be ok with CB, TE, or a truly top RB/FB prospect.

[pantherphan96]

How crazy that in one year we can go from Ted Ginn our #1 WR to having KB, Funchess, Philly, and Ginn as our 1-4 WRs? Not to mention a top 3 TE in Olsen and top 5 RB in Stewart.