Webster Guy

So you must have been upset when the NFL changed the rule to eliminate these cheap shots. Gimme a break man. Defending that hit puts you in the losers bracket to say the least.

He's not even close to being as physically gifted as Sammy when it comes to game speed, cutting ability, tracking the ball, running crisp routes, hand control vs defenders etc. Pretty much everything that's important to succeed in the NFL darick doesn't have. Which is why he will always be a cusp player at best. Running and jumping aren't enough.

Jealous of what? His massive debts or his massive ego? I will always remember that hit on Chad Clifton from Green Bay who was 40 yards away from the play, clearly not in any position to affect the play as the guy was running out of bounds, and fat ol Warren decides to put the guy in the hospital for a week, and subsequently in a wheelchair for another month after that. Then when he gets called out on the unethical play after the game, he fires back at the head coach and gets in his face. "you're so tough put a jersey on" Zero class. They carted Clifton off the field on a stretcher, and all Sapp has to say is something indignant and defensive. The hit wasn't illegal (although the rule was changed afterwards that makes it illegal now), but he seriously hurt a guy for no reason other than he had the chance to take a cheap shot and he did.

He's a lowlife. Hired to cater to the idiot meathead demographic. what will NFL analysis be without his 72 IQ ?

Yeah I remember watching him play in the pro bowl with all the other "busts" in the NFL

I'm glad he didn't land with the jets. He's too good for them. I will always remember his 6 yard per carry season and how he embarrassed Miami. Met him at Canandaigua lake a few years back, super nice. Saints fans will like what they're getting.

I think his best move is the fast juke after the gets through the line, without losing speed. (ironically that was CJ's best move too, only he doesn't quite have the vision to get to that point as well as Shady) If you're a strong safety or LB coming in a little late because you were playing pass and you try to nail him after he's through the line, the best you're going to get is a shot at an arm tackle.

Moulds wasn't underrated by anyone. Well known pro bowler, size, speed, strength, hands, work ethic. Could play underneath, sidelines, long balls, run blocking, mentoring young players. Dominant in many games, usually the best athlete in the stadium. Well respected if not flat out feared by defenses. With the scouting and film the NFL teams have at their disposal, everybody is pretty much rated right where the game film says they should be. Moulds wasn't a secret, he was our best offensive player for a long time. Fun Fact. Moulds Peerless and Josh Reed ranked in top 50 receiving corps all time in the NFL by bleacher report.

This is always such a crap shoot because everyone seems to evaluate talent differently and even the best evaluators are frequently wrong. I will be amazed if Walter gets a single pick correct for the Bills. The only one that I see us getting is Marpet from Hobart. We just seem like the perfect team for a local d3 guy who could be a day 1 starter at a position of need for us. Freddy said he has given him his number and reached out to support the guy. I hope we take a shot at him if he's there in the 3rd

I was referring to Chan as far as his talent to run an NFL offense. He must have had a good explanation for why he sucks as game caller and why he would line up 5 wide on 3rd and short when he was interviewing for the Jets OC job. Bowles interviewed a lot of guys for that position, I wonder if he knows what you know about him?

So by saying Chan is overrated, what you really mean is YOU understand perfectly how good he was (or wasn't), and if anyone rates him higher than where you know he belongs, then they're wrong. Here's what I saw with Chan's spread offense: Fitz go from a perennial backup in his first five years to a respectable 23 touchdown 15 INT season. Spiller went from 3.8 yards a carry as a rookie to 5.2 then an unbelievable 6 yards per carry in Chan's last season as head coach. Adrian Peterson and Barry Sanders are 5.0 average yards per carry, Jim Brown was 5.2. SIX yards per touch average on 200 plus carries with a mediocre line means you have an OC that is very good at confusing defenses. He knows how to take starting linebackers and defensive linemen and put them on the bench by spreading the field with empty backfields and multiple receiver sets, forcing opponents to run with backup defensive backs, who aren't usually their best players. He's also an excellent game caller as far as clock management, what type of play to call in each situation, etc. Consider that his starting receivers were Stevie, TJ Graham and Donald Jones, with Fitz the INT machine. It wasn't like he had a great Oline either. All in all, the guy did much more with much less than the majority of coaches I've seen. He may not be the best coach of all time, but he's a good one for sure.

Roman has to be licking his chops with our personnel. He was forced to design an offense around a gimmick QB who can’t pass, a totally done RB who hit the 30s wall, and a nonexistent WR corps due to Baalke and Harbaugh constantly wasting draft picks on complete busts like AJ Jenkins, Quinton Patton, LaMichael James, Vance McDonald, Jimmie Ward, Blaine Gabbert, Stevie Johnson, etc. Check this out: After the 49ers had a franchise-record 621 yards in a 45-3 drubbing of the Bills on Oct. 7, 2012, offensive coordinator Greg Roman was showered with praise. Right guard Alex Boone termed him an “evil genius,” left tackle Joe Staley dubbed him a “mad scientist” and running back Frank Gore said “you’ve got to give it to the coordinator — give it to Coach G-Ro, he did a great job.” (…) Head coach Jim Harbaugh has strongly backed Roman, who offered reasons for the season-long struggles Thursday. In the offseason, Roman said the offensive staff streamlined its voluminous playbook, a process he termed “cleaning out the garage.” “I do think we’ve simplified things quite a bit. That can be an advantage, but it can also be a disadvantage as well.” Sound totally unfamiliar? It should. Since Roman and Harbaugh arrived in 2011, the 49ers’ complex, high-volume offense has been marked by a creative running attack that effectively sets up play-action passes. Travel back to that 2012 win over the Bills, for example. At the time, Staley said Buffalo and other opponents couldn’t keep up with the 49ers’ multi-faceted attack. “They have to prepare for so much,” Staley said.” Roman was doing a great job until he got handcuffed to a total joke quarterback who is such a liability between the ears that he literally had to scale back his playbook to accommodate him. With Cassel and EJ, either way he's got intelligence, and now he's got the runners and receivers every OC dreams of.

EJ can learn the smooth, deceptive play action pass move from Cassel, he is very good at it. Frankly, every NFL qb should watch boomer esiason tapes he was the master at hiding that ball and freezing defenses. Honorable mention to Favre and Cam Newton. But Cassel is slick. The other thing Roman will allow is the qb tuck it and run. EJ used to know how to do it and Cassel was deadly against us with the qb scramble. They are both relatively fast. I'm not a huge believer in mentoring from a veteran being more valuable than an awesome qb coach and OC, but it certainly cant hurt. The guy that wins the job is going to come down to who is the most accurate on the long balls, because we have guys that can fly, and if we can't hit them in stride its gonna be a stacked run box all season

So no improvements over last year's roster then. Right. Which is why I'm amazed that a team like Dallas didn't grab CJ, realizing the guy had virtually nowhere to run with us (Although he did go for 50+ on his last carry) This is what worries me w Shady, every highlight I've watched the guy is running through huge holes. I know he's a top 5 back but he's had a top 5 O line. Fingers crossed

Will be interesting to see how rivers handles the wild child. The key to Stevie is to keep his playbook simple, and get the timing down on those short slants and quick outs. Hes great at getting instant separation, just needs an accurate qb w quick release. I can't think of anyone better at that than Rivers. Note to Philip: be ready for a receiver that will make an impossible circus catch on one play and bounce one off his chest on the next. Good luck 13!

Thurman was NFL MVP for two seasons. Has any running back done that since?

This will be the first time Sammy will be healthy enough to be called on for some end arounds or reverses. We already know Percy knows how to do it but its a whole new dimension of Sammy's game that we've only seen in his Clemson days. He's a serious threat in that regard. I love to imagine the Roman goal line set, Clay on the line, Hogan in the slot, Felton and Freddy in the I formation and Sammy/Woods split wide. The ultimate play for the audible depending on what the coverage gives you. If they load the box then we play action and Felton/Freddy protect, Clay releases and Hogan Sammy Woods make four possible targets. Percy might win the slot job in goal to go sets but its nice to have the tall white wonder in there when things get crowded. If they show pass coverage we pound it up and in. I suppose Shady could be the back in this package instead of Freddy but I still don't think Rex completely gets what a phenomenal short yardage guy FJax really is. Shady is more of a hole finder and 22 is more of a hole maker. Ive never seen a back do more with less than he does.

What about center? If the best available is a rook center then we could move Wood to LG no?

He is still lifting his back foot when he throws. Alex smith disease. Considered by a lot of football people to be the worst mechanical mistake of them all. Supposedly it drastically limits accuracy. Oh well. Roman got Alex Smith winning games with the sane issue, maybe he can do the same w EJ

You're wrong when you say they would have won anyway. They needed help from a proven slimy,unethical coach to bend a rule in a manner that is the complete opposite of good sportsmanship and fair play. they were going to lose that game and they knew it. That's why they did it.

Yeah that was really nice of him to keep everyone in suspense for years, then watch the taxpayers waste tens of millions of dollars renovating a stadium that is now going to get bulldozed, and finally have his wife handle the sale of the team to the highest bidder. I know he was a great dude, but the worry that has surrounded the fans and the city for years and years about the team moving was totally unnecessary. He deserves a statue, but I don't share the reverence that most posters here seem to. Pegula is my hero, not Ralph.

This seems inconsistent with Chip Kelly's philosophy. He wants O line and a qb first and foremost and has never placed too much emphasis on WR's in the same way the Patriots don't care about running backs. If he cared that much they would have kept Maclin and signed Harvin.

I like the idea of the proposed new rule that It gives independent injury spotters the chance to stop the game before checking a player who might be showing signs of a concussion. Sometimes concussed players don't have the presence of mind to check themselves out of a game, and might worsen their condition by staying in. The problem is this rule is wide open to abuse by unethical teams, and if there is one thing the Patriots have shown over the years, they will twist, bend, stretch and downright violate any rule they think they can get away with, as long as it gives them an advantage. I can picture it now: Pats driving late in the game with very little time left and no timeouts, Edelman catches the ball in the middle of the field, gets tackled hard, then stands up wobbling around and looking disoriented. There's no crime in that, its impossible to prove he's faking, but unlike the fake injury to stop the clock ruse, this one won't cost you a timeout or loss of down. The medical timeout is called by an independent person who thinks maybe the player really IS concussed. New England brings in their kicker (after having the snowblower guy come out of course), the kick is up.....and it's good. They need to build something in this rule that doesn't assume all teams conduct themselves with class and ethics, otherwise the NFL is setting themselves up for another huge controversy. It's not fair to the other teams that play by the rules, or that don't have an owner that is best friends with the commissioner and know they can get away with anything, like Bloated Bob Kraft. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/robert-kraft-behind-roger-goodell-300m-salary-report-article-1.2092554

Yeah the Colts are going to let the best qb that's come into the league in over 5 years walk. Right.

I would have liked best runner available and keep kiko