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CrimsonCrew wrote:

49er4life1979 wrote:

CrimsonCrew wrote:Call me crazy, but I don't think WR is the glaring need that others appear to. Don't get me wrong, WR is probably our second biggest need on offense after interior OL (and maybe a replacement for Staley/RT), and it would be great to have an elite talent at WR. I hope that we add a guy in the offseason who will at least compete for a starting spot next year. That said, with mediocre talent at QB, our offense did alright for much of the year. We were 16th in yards, and 21st in points. Now, some of that can be chalked up to playing catch-up, but I think we'd be okay going into 2019 with Goodwin and Bourne outside, Pettis in the slot (outside in two-receiver sets), Kittle at TE, and McKinnon at RB on obvious passing downs. There are obviously some health questions there, but if those guys are all on the field, that's a decent group of pass catchers.

Not sure about Goodwin. I don't think he can consistently hold up over a 16 game season. He's better as a package player. I'd start Bourne and Pettis, with backups Taylor and Goodwin. WRs are ok, especially with Jimmy G coming back.

I agree re: Goodwin, that's why I said Pettis would go outside in two-receiver sets. I figure if we trotted out the same unit next year Pettis and Bourne would be the starters and Goodwin would come in - and Pettis kick inside - in three-receiver packages. Pettis could stay outside and James and Taylor could play inside, too. I don't expect Garcon to return obviously. I wanted to trade him before this season.

CrimsonCrew wrote:

ChrisPozz wrote:

Bald Bull wrote:After speaking to brown on facetime Jerry Rice says Brown wants to be a 49er really bad.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25760587/jerry-rice-antonio-brown-wants-san-francisco-49ers-really-bad

Rice said he's not worried that Brown wouldn't fit in the 49ers' culture.

"Not a question. No hesitation at all," he said.

Rice said that if he were making the call, he'd definitely trade for Brown.

"If it was left up to me, he'd be here in a heartbeat."

It's this type of stuff in the broad sense that made Rice an awful, ALL-TIME bad TV analyst when he tried to do it. He had no sense, awareness or feel for anything outside of what players FEEL as they're playing the game. When he was asked to play coach or GM in spots he was just terrible and really bad because it was all emotion and feeling from him. He seems incapable most of the time at looking at a situation outside of how a player and/or fan feels toward something. He likes player X. He sees player X is good right now. He's sold and he projects time after time that you do whatever you have to, to go get player X. That's Jerry Rice.

Sorry. I just haven't been able to listen to Rice since a couple of years before he quit the game. He's terrible. He's awful. I wish others wouldn't go to him so they can put his take out there on football-related matters. I know he has a small relationship with AB and all that so there's a hair more value here than with some other situations but the "no hesitation at all" and "definitely trade for him" and "he'd be here in a heartbeat" is such garbage and it's SO JERRY RICE.

Sorry.

And I don't say ANY of that for LIKELY being against a realistic trade scenario for Brown. That's not why I say that about Rice. Even if I was completely down and in the boat that wants to trade for Brown I'd still say this. It has nothing to do with how I feel about trading for Brown. Honestly, I'm not even COMPLETELY against it until I knew some more things...even though I'm far more against it than I am for it.

(I still think he's a Steeler next year anyway).

I agree. I'll listen to 95.7 the Game in the mornings on the way to work sometimes. They have Rice on every Monday morning, and I almost always change the station when he comes on. I just don't find that he has much to offer in terms of that type of commentary. It's odd. I'd almost say he's lazy, which doesn't mesh at all with Rice the player, but his commentary is on a level with those guys who get one-year gigs on the sports networks and are then gone because they just don't have anything to offer and don't seem interested in doing the work to learn more and improve. I guess it's a completely different style of work, though not so different from, say, film study. I'm not sure how much film Rice watched back in the day, though. WR strikes me as a position where you could get away with doing less of it.

Was it Rice who said he would trade the #2 pick today for Brown?

ChrisPozz wrote:'It's probably over': How it has gone wrong with Antonio Brown and the Steelers

http://www.espn.com/blog/pittsburgh-steelers/post/_/id/29995/inside-the-antonio-brown-steelers-drama-its-probably-over

A deeper dive into the AB problems.

Good luck.

NinerSickness wrote:Also do not want La'veon Bell. Dropping a bunch of money on WRs & RBs from a team w/ probably the best OL in the league and a HOF QB is dumb. Bad teams fall for that trap every year, and they almost always regret it.

Spend obscene amounts of money on the DL and / or the OL. Or CB. Or even a LB if a good one hits FA. But no former-Steeler, skill-position players.

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