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I'm not talking about practice. I'm talking about live game reps. 3 years is a really long time to go without any consistent live game reps. It's hard to see a path for him becoming a successful QB. Not that I'm advocating they should move on from him, but they need to be realistic about his chances and make decisions accordingly. If he doesn't pan out they need draft picks and young players at premium positions. Not a RB with an injury history. They didn't make this trade because of Trey Lance anyways. They made it because they think they can win a Super Bowl this year. Personally I think they are overrating their own chances. The NFC is weak but they still need to actually beat whatever AFC team makes it there if they get that far.

Uh sure, it always works out when a team sells the farm to give their underperforming young QB a chance to succeed. That's why EJ Manuel and Sammy Watkins have become a legendary duo. Being serious here, Trey Lance will be out of football for 3 straight years and showed nothing before his injury. Why would they put their faith and their draft capital in his hands?

Not really. What actually happened is that KC pulled back into a deep cover 2 shell for most of the 1st half. That coverage makes it easy to run the ball. Our run blocking was also the best it looked all year. Those two factors meant easy opportunities for Singletary. And good for him that he took advantage of those opportunities and forced KC to change their defensive game plan. But the truth is we could get a lot more from the running game if we had a RB with any kind of burst. That's why we drafted Cook in the 2nd round, Beane and the coaches know this. I would absolutely love Singletary as a 2nd RB. As a workhorse he gives us a decent baseline but zero upside. I hope Cook figures it out soon. He's the kind of RB that could, in theory anyways, punish defenses for conceding the short areas of the field.

Sure. We handed it to Singletary on 1st and goal from the 10, the blocking was there and he still got stopped at the 3-4 yard line. That drive ended with 0 points.

We don't hand him the ball inside the red zone because Dorsey knows it's a wasted down. He should have scored against the Chiefs but doesn't have enough burst to get into the endzone. We're 6 games into the season and we have exactly 1 rushing TD from a player not named Josh Allen, and it just so happens that that TD was from our one RB with burst. I don't think that statistic can be excused away. I appreciate what Singletary does for us between the 20s but there a lot of opportunities being left on the field. It's natural for fans to want the position to be upgraded.

Maybe I'll stop thinking about replacing him when he runs into the endzone a single time this season.

They shouldn't give up on him but they also shouldn't be selling out for the short-term until they know for sure that they have a QB. This is equivalent to the Bills trading up for Sammy Watkins after EJ Manuel's rookie year. Arguably worse because it's for a RB.

I guess part of the problem is they're a little vague about their process. And there are too many times where their grades don't match with what people see which creates questions about their process. According to this they give all DBs that don't have the ball thrown their way a neutral grade: This means they are not watching every snap. And that's just DBs. Who knows what other shortcuts they're taking.

They don't grade DBs if the ball isn't thrown their way (this is why they always grade Tre White lower than he should be) which leads me to believe they do not actually watch every snap. I have also read that they use broadcast footage, not All-22, and sometimes will grade entire position groups at the same time on a single snap instead of watching each individual player. Doing some rough math there would be about 48,000 individual player snaps to watch on any given week where all 32 NFL teams play. There's no way they are watching every one of those, I don't care how many unpaid interns they have.

Uh, no. Not a single person on here was asking us to give up this much for McCaffrey. Trades aren't done in a vacuum. I was a huge proponent of trading for him but not for that haul.

It really isn't though. When you don't have a QB, every move you make should be about setting yourself up to get one. The 49ers have hit the absolute ceiling of a team with a mediocre QB - make the Super Bowl and lose to a superior QB. Their rushing offense has been really good for years. The more I think about this trade the less it makes sense.

If they traded away 3 decent draft picks for the privilege of losing to us in the Super Bowl that's their choice I guess.

Hey maybe we'll get lucky and they'll surprise the Chiefs enough to steal a win.

A team with medicore QB play is not a RB away from a Super Bowl run. It isn't the 1980s.

Lol the 49ers are incredibly dumb. This might be the worst trade I've ever seen. In 2023 they now have two 3rds, a 5th and a 7th. With no franchise QB to build around. Unbelievably awful team building strategy.

Is that really what the 49ers need? A RB? Weird trade for a team that has always been able to create a good rushing offense under Kyle Shanahan, and probably should be hoarding draft picks.

I think they would make a perfect pair. I'm probably not interested in a McCaffrey trade that involves giving up Singletary because then we're an injury away from the Zack Moss/Duke Johnson show. But there are things McCaffrey can do that Singletary simply isn't capable of. He would also give us the ability to actually score rushing TDs.

I think McCaffrey creates a minimum 7 point difference against the Chiefs. Singletary should have scored on his run from the 10 yard line but doesn't have enough burst. Nothing against him, he's played well this year, but his limits are pretty obvious. And that drive ended with 0 points. There was another drive that stalled because Singletary didn't hit the hole that was open for a 1st down. Playing against the 2nd best team in the NFL those plays could make all the difference in the world. I get the people who say McCaffrey is too costly or not worth trading future picks for. I do not understand the people that say he doesn't improve our team. That is pretty much objectively not true.

ESPN reporter out of Charlotte:

This is how he summarizes his process at the end of every article: So no it isn't perfect and he admits that. But I do believe him when he says he watches all the snaps for every player. If you assume 70 snaps for offense and 70 snaps for defense it's a little over 1,500 total player snaps and he doesn't have to look at every player that closely on each snap.

Never seen give him an F before, but he gave a D- to Saffold in one of our games this year, and has handed out several D+ grades.

His trajectory as an athlete is unprecedented. He's talked about how in high school his coach made fun of his speed calling him "tortuga." He went from normal high school athlete to world class athlete in his early 20s. That kind of jump is unheard of. And his athleticism is what makes him special now. That jump combined with his insane desire to be great and natural football intelligence created the perfect QB specimen. We might not a see a similar trajectory for another century, it's that rare.

Joe isn't PFF, he actually watches and grades every snap. If there are plays where McKenzie gets open but doesn't get the ball he will still get some sort of positive grade for that snap. It's easier for a WR to avoid a really bad grade compared to an o-lineman because the WR isn't directly involved on every snap.

I'm actually going to start with a couple snippets from Joe's post-game article. Some good info here: And here's the all-22 review: https://theathletic.com/3709749/2022/10/20/bills-all-22-film-review-chiefs?source=user-shared-article Top 5 grades: 1) Josh Allen (A) 2) Mitch Morse (A) 3) Von Miller (A-) 4) Tremaine Edmunds (A-) 5) Matt Milano (A-) Bottom 5 grades: 1) Isaiah McKenzie (C) 2) Tim Settle (C) 3) Dane Jackson (C+) 4) David Quessenberry (C+) 5) Rodger Saffold (C+)