2023 Season
Posted: Sat Sep 9, 2023 5:25 pm
Figured we should have a new thread now that we're a day away from the regular season.
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CrimsonCrew wrote:Arik Armstead restructured. Man, that's a strange one. Armstead's cap hits are absurd over the next couple years. I figured he was all but certain to be cut next offseason. I don't have any clue how we make future finances work if we can't cut him. I believe we were already scheduled to be well above the projected cap for next year.
Feels a bit like the Niners are becoming the Saints: getting into these absurd cap situations, but just always kicking the can down the road. It hasn't seemed to have a profound effect on the Saints, necessarily, but they also haven't been particularly good since Brees left. Seems like it's got to come due at some point....
arich35 wrote:CrimsonCrew wrote:Arik Armstead restructured. Man, that's a strange one. Armstead's cap hits are absurd over the next couple years. I figured he was all but certain to be cut next offseason. I don't have any clue how we make future finances work if we can't cut him. I believe we were already scheduled to be well above the projected cap for next year.
Feels a bit like the Niners are becoming the Saints: getting into these absurd cap situations, but just always kicking the can down the road. It hasn't seemed to have a profound effect on the Saints, necessarily, but they also haven't been particularly good since Brees left. Seems like it's got to come due at some point....
With the cap increasing every year, it isn't an awful idea. The front office is way smarter than us and seem to know what they are doing so I will trust them
CrimsonCrew wrote:Bengals cut La'el Collins. He's got a lot of experience playing RT at a fairly high level. Might be worth kicking the tires on him, especially if McKivitz struggles again this week.
Samurai wrote:CrimsonCrew wrote:Bengals cut La'el Collins. He's got a lot of experience playing RT at a fairly high level. Might be worth kicking the tires on him, especially if McKivitz struggles again this week.
Isn't he still re-habbing from a torn ACL? And he was decent in Dallas but seemed to decline with the Bengals. Since his decline started before the ACL, there must be something else going on under the hood. But I agree that we can't let McKivitz cost us a Super Bowl (or be the cause of a serious injury to Purdy) so I would think that Lynch should be anxious to use some of that newly available cap money to find a RT.
CrimsonCrew wrote:Samurai wrote:CrimsonCrew wrote:Bengals cut La'el Collins. He's got a lot of experience playing RT at a fairly high level. Might be worth kicking the tires on him, especially if McKivitz struggles again this week.
Isn't he still re-habbing from a torn ACL? And he was decent in Dallas but seemed to decline with the Bengals. Since his decline started before the ACL, there must be something else going on under the hood. But I agree that we can't let McKivitz cost us a Super Bowl (or be the cause of a serious injury to Purdy) so I would think that Lynch should be anxious to use some of that newly available cap money to find a RT.
Yeah, I'm not sure of the timeline on that. Could potentially be back in the near future? Obviously any solution at this point is going to be flawed, but it's one more name to consider if push comes to shove.
Harry Palmer wrote:CrimsonCrew wrote:Samurai wrote:Isn't he still re-habbing from a torn ACL? And he was decent in Dallas but seemed to decline with the Bengals. Since his decline started before the ACL, there must be something else going on under the hood. But I agree that we can't let McKivitz cost us a Super Bowl (or be the cause of a serious injury to Purdy) so I would think that Lynch should be anxious to use some of that newly available cap money to find a RT.
Yeah, I'm not sure of the timeline on that. Could potentially be back in the near future? Obviously any solution at this point is going to be flawed, but it's one more name to consider if push comes to shove.
Was reviewing the OL play and McKivitz was even worse than I expected, but more interestingly he’s a lot more poor man’s McGlinchy than advertised. Neither is good, but his run blocking is less awful than his pass pro, I thought it was supposed to be the other way round? Just one game though, but considering how well we played as a team he was just terrible. Otoh Banks had taken a big step up from what we’ve seen so far, and Brendel looked pretty solid.
Samurai wrote:Harry Palmer wrote:CrimsonCrew wrote:
Yeah, I'm not sure of the timeline on that. Could potentially be back in the near future? Obviously any solution at this point is going to be flawed, but it's one more name to consider if push comes to shove.
Was reviewing the OL play and McKivitz was even worse than I expected, but more interestingly he’s a lot more poor man’s McGlinchy than advertised. Neither is good, but his run blocking is less awful than his pass pro, I thought it was supposed to be the other way round? Just one game though, but considering how well we played as a team he was just terrible. Otoh Banks had taken a big step up from what we’ve seen so far, and Brendel looked pretty solid.
Yeah, in re-watching CM's run blocking looked average but his pass pro was below average. FWIW, here are the PFF grades for the OL from the game: McKivitz - 45, Burford - 28.6 (guessing the penalties really dragged down his score), Brendel - 57.4, Banks - 51.3 (agree he does look better than last season), Williams - 70.7. McKivitz and Burford will get severely tested this Sunday by Aaron Donald.
CrimsonCrew wrote:Bengals cut La'el Collins. He's got a lot of experience playing RT at a fairly high level. Might be worth kicking the tires on him, especially if McKivitz struggles again this week.
Pattersonca65 wrote:CrimsonCrew wrote:Bengals cut La'el Collins. He's got a lot of experience playing RT at a fairly high level. Might be worth kicking the tires on him, especially if McKivitz struggles again this week.
For sure. Finding anything of value after the season starts is rare. Tomlinson was such a rarity.
CrimsonCrew wrote:But the result is that the Niners have the most cap space in the league, apparently. Not sure what they're planning to do with it. Even with flexibility this year, we don't have it in future years, so I'm not sure how they can make a big move. Could be with an eye toward extending Aiyuk. And you can roll cap space over these days, so there isn't a real detriment to having it, but if it's at the cost of huge cap hits down the road, or worse, big dead money hits (hi there, still-on-the-book Dee Ford), it's hard to see that it's worth it.
CrimsonCrew wrote:Because the owners want a low cap The lower the cap, the higher their profits.