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We *hope* he has 16 years on him. But that's not a guarantee. Especially with the style of play he has. As far as similar type running QB's that take punishment go, Roethlisberger made it 16 seasons. But he was pretty much toast after 14. Cam became toast after 9. Russ also became toast after 9. Obviously, Josh is a better QB than both of them and speed (and losing speed) was more of a factor with them than it is with Josh.

That's actually a good question. He has an abdominal issue and lingering concussion symptoms (which was the official designation for his IR). I have to imagine it was a Tyler Bass type issue where he's probably good to go, we just didn't need him with RVD and Lundt behind Dawkins and Brown. But maybe now they consider returning him from IR now.

That tends to happen when you aren't getting open. Every pass play has options.

You mean to say that comparing a player to a Hall of Famer for going 4/90/1TD in a single game, after 9 games of providing absolutely nothing before that was to be getting just a *smidge* carried away?

That only applies to before the Trade Deadline. Following the Trade Deadline, all players regardless of their status as a vested veteran are subject to waivers. That said, it remains to be seen if he is waived. ProFootballTalk seems to think that they won't move him until the off-season and may potentially trade him.

It doesn't look like he will be available until after the season anyways. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/report-49ers-void-wr-brandon-aiyuks-26-15-million-in-guarantees-for-2026

It's a TERRIBLE optic. I can already see the media torching them for benching Coleman for missing meetings and rewarding Aiyuk for it. However, we're in a position where I'd just take the abuse. A bigger issue to me than the media torching would be the message it would send the locker room. And that's why I don't see it happening. Even if I'd do it. Which honestly makes what Coleman did even more infuriating. Without him doing what he did and us punishing him for it, such a thing wouldn't be an issue.

I mean, I didn't say it's impossible no one claims him. Just unlikely. When players with massive contracts are released, 9 times out of 10 teams pass and then try to court them as a Free Agent, where they can get a deal done for a lesser amount structured the way they want. It is possible someone wants him so badly they don't risk not being the winner in the FA sweepstakes. But given the size of that contract, him coming off a major injury, and being released for issues - I don't see teams lining up to take that deal. I was getting killed for saying I'd avoid giving up this years 1st if at all possible before the deadline. I just didn't see this team being one player away (even a WR1 like Olave or Waddle) from winning a Championship. They would have just made us slightly more competitive. There's just *too* many flaws with this roster and coaching staff. With our luck of late, the player would go down (especially with Olave's injury history), we'd do what we're doing now, and go into next season without a pick that's almost assuredly going to be world's better than we've had since 2019. Picking somewhere between 12-18 is a very real scenario.

No. Teams agree to take on the players current contract as written if they claim a player on waivers.

He would be. However, any team that claims him would be on the hook for his contract as written. I don't think anyone's going to take on that contract. So he'll likely go unclaimed. However, after publicly dealing with and inactivating a player for missing meetings - bringing in a WR released for missing meetings would take some not caring about the optics or not caring about why he was released. I would do it. But I'm not sure this regime would.

Terrel Bernard wouldn't stress me too much. With the way he's played this season, I don't imagine the fall off between him and the next guy up will be all that great. Spencer Brown though is a gut wrencher. He may be our best Offensive Lineman and one of the best Right Tackle's in Football. Pretty clear that IR or not, we're going to be without either for some time. Hopefully Brown isn't down for the year. That would be a killer.

Most of this season and especially after last night, people have been calling for the firing of Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane. It's pretty clear that the coaching and the systems aren't working anymore. And that the roster is in terrible shape with no easy fixes. Both have had a number of fireable offenses. While I understand fans frustration and wanting a new regime, the question I keep coming back to is would Josh want to stick around for that? He'll be 30 years old next season. We've already wasted much of his prime. A new Coach and/or a new GM will surely want to rebuild the roster, the staff, and the systems in place in their image. This is likely to take time and the odds that they'll come in and get back to where they were immediately while rebuilding is unlikely. It will probably take a couple off seasons. And there's no guarantee whomever we bring in will actually improve things. My concern is that at Josh's age and with the clock ticking on his prime that he would rather ask for a Trade to a team that has a roster in place and a good coach and GM in place than waste time and roll the dice on a rebuild under unknowns. There's no easy answer as it's pretty clear that Sean isn't the answer and Brandon has mismanaged the cap and roster. So a lot of things are going to have to be done after this season. But I worry Josh won't want to stick around for a total blow up.

How was Elam a head case? He never caused any problems. He just wasn't a good football player.

You might not fully understand that we don't have the personnel to do that. This ain't the 90's. No Huddle is a relic. In today's NFL, Defenses would adjust and their athleticism (especially an Elite Defense like Houston's) would have us 3 and Out'ing too often - sticking our MASH Unit or an already poor Defense back out on the field with no rest. We don't have Andre Reed and James Lofton alongside a pair of Tight Ends like Pete Metzelaars and Keith McKeller and a Kenneth Davis to our Thurman Thomas or an anchor like Kent Hull. Terrible idea with the makeup of this offense.