Detroit had no choice but to go all in on Stafford. The 8 wins last season from Stafford's last quarter passing drives shows that he carries the franchise on his shoulders. Once that finger tendon ruptured in week 14, the season fell apart.
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Steelers acquired TE Vance McDonald and a fifth-round pick from the 49ers in exchange for a fourth-round pick.
Signed to a five-year extension by the previous regime in December, the 49ers tried to trade McDonald this offseason, but they had seemed content to stick with him the last couple weeks. Now they are giving him away for almost free. It is a great move for the Steelers, who lacked real weapons at the position. It will take him some time to settle in, but McDonald should push Jesse James for targets sooner rather than later.
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Source: Adam Schefter on Twitter
Aug 29 - 12:08 PM
Imo niners are a wild card smokeyHardly call it free....McDonald signed a 5 year $35M extension in what turned out to be former GM Balke's last great move. With Brooks being released earlier this week that's another $9M off the payroll for the team and adds more ammunition to their war chest as they rebuild the roster from the ground up.
Joe Staley, Eric Reid, Pierre Garcon, Kyle Juszczyk and Navarro Bowman are the only vets left on the roster who you can argue are earning overs or competitive market rate for their respective positions. The 49ers wont be competing this year but at least they have a payroll that reflects this.
Imo niners are a wild card smokey
Front 7 is a staple beastliness which can always cover for deficiencies at DB. Don't sweat the small stuff! You'll be pleasantly surprised this seasonBreaking News....49ers scouting team make bee-line for draft war room in the knowledge they now have a top 5 overall pick based on GG.exe prediction.
Edit: I'm scared to death of our defensive backfield situation....I think we will be much improved, actually have a real NFL calibre offense, rush the passer, stop the run and everything but I'm not sure our DBs are suited to the scheme being implemented....most of these guys seem like bump and run cover guys and not read and react types.
Front 7 is a staple beastliness which can always cover for deficiencies at DB. Don't sweat the small stuff! You'll be pleasantly surprised this season
Was away for a few days so I just got back and watched a few weeks 3 highlights...man, Trubisky is going to be a star
Maybe but that new kid, I think his name is Hoyer something, looks like the second coming of Tom Brady.
Tartt is a gun in waitingWard hasn't played a snap yet this pre-season as the single high free safety....by all reports the most important db in the scheme being deployed....will keep my powder dry for now and maybe the top 5 on the depth chart are NFL worthy but I'm worried about what comes off the bench from there.
I'm not knocking the 9ers at all..I think thomas will be a great defensive lineman.
I just think of all the crap the bears copped for ensuring they drafted trubisky..to me it looks a home run pick.
And they were the only team who moved up this yeara to get a qb in rd 1, that didn't give up a future 1st round pick.
Tartt is a gun in waiting
So why didn't Megatron simply join another team?The Stafford deal is just insane.
I dont know why teams over pay for people like him. He is in the group with Dalton, Cousins, Flacco.
Megatron retired because he was sick of playing with him because he's just not that good.
So why didn't Megatron simply join another team?
Stafford was drafted following the 2008 0-16 season. Since then they have at least been competitive and have made the playoffs three times. I can see why management would want to keep him and build around him rather than blowing the whole thing up and starting over. $27 million per year is just the current cost of doing business if you're a top 15 QB in today's league.The Stafford deal is just insane.
I dont know why teams over pay for people like him. He is in the group with Dalton, Cousins, Flacco.
Megatron retired because he was sick of playing with him because he's just not that good.
Stafford was drafted following the 2008 0-16 season. Since then they have at least been competitive and have made the playoffs three times. I can see why management would want to keep him and build around him rather than blowing the whole thing up and starting over. $27 million per year is just the current cost of doing business if you're a top 15 QB in today's league.
You've got to remember this is the league that gave Brock Osweiller a 4 year, $72 million deal and also gave Kirk Cousins $44 million for 2 years work.
They even refused his demand for a trade.The Lions won't release him.