I haven’t read all the details but it looks like it is a team friendly deal. Cool to see Armstead agree to something like that, which should allow the team to keep some big pieces around.

On the other hand Buckner wanted money…

Was seeing that before the Buckner trade. Browns radio guy said the 49ers were in talks for a WR.

Imagine if we woke up today and we had traded #31 for Hopkins.

Obviously this looks like an awesome trade for Arizona (even if Hopkins is wanting M Thomas money like is being reported), it’s kinda crazy how much the Cardinals have invested in the WR position and how little they have on the offensive line.


2018 draft: 2nd round Christian Kirk
2019 draft: 2nd round Andy Isabella, 4th round Hakeem Butler, 6th round KeeSean Johnson
2020: trade for Hopkins

For a team that already has Fitz. Sexy names but their offensive line is a mess and their defense isn’t any better. Not how I’d build a team but we’ll see how it looks next season.

I had a good feeling Arik was gonna cooperate and play ball to stay w/ the 49ers. The guy is a Sacramento native, and he has a good thing going for him: on a great team with a solid front office, reasonably close to his hometown where his friends and family are, and his wife works in that area, too.

Sucks to see Buckner go though, but it is what it is.

I'm gonna just trust you guys when it comes to why it's good we traded Buckner.

So many options in the draft now that we have two number 1s. What if we traded 13 and 31 up a few spots to get the best WR in the draft (Jeudy) and also get a 3-4th rounder.

That would be a nice haul for Buckner IMO.

Extend Kittle. Let Sanders walk. Resign Ward

Trade 31 to Jags for #42 and #73

13: WR Jeudy/Lamb/Ruggs
42: RB Jonathan Taylor
73: OT Matt Peary

Hnng

I wouldn't call it "good" it's just making the best out of the situation. Clearly they can't afford to keep Armstead Kittle and Buckner so this is the best option

I see. Thanks.

Ward re-signed to a 3 year deal worth $28.5 million. Nice

Nice! Even less than I thought. Now stay healthy, dude.

That would be my preference. Did a quick mock on draft network doing just that and don't mind the final result…even though I would've liked to address OL more but i would have Brunskill play RG for now and then go heavy OL the following year.

How much cap space do we have now? Glad we got Ward back.

Would like to bring in a DT and IOL in free agency.

More would of course be easier to swallow giving up a player that consistent and talented at such a young age. The issue was his contract.

It may not look THAT much worse than Armstead's but the biggest difference is this season. We backloaded the hell out of Armstead's deal with some team options so he either plays his ass off and gets all of it or we can move on from him before the deal gets really heavy.

Just for comparison Armstead will have a $6 mil cap hit this season. Buckner will have a $23 mil cap hit this season. Before his new deal with Indy his cap hit for us was $12 mil so trading him not only got us the 13th overall pick but it also gave us wiggle room to sign our own guys - like Ward(glad to have him back)

So while the move sucks because we all love Buck and replacing him will not be easy and it certainly means we're not returning the dominant DL we had last year so now we will have the unknown of what it will look like without Buckner.

The good thing is we have a chance to make something in this draft that can help the team long term. Buckner wasn't going to take a team friendly deal so the question was do you hang on as much as you can with that DL or do you try to improve the team in other ways, hope other guys step up to fill in for Buck and try to win that way?

Obviously the draft is a crapshoot but this draft has some pretty good talent at the top that go into our needs. If he's there Henry Ruggs makes a ton of sense. He gives us the speed to do some really exciting things on offense.

I can't help but wonder what would've happened in the SB if say we had someone like Ruggs but didn't have Buckner. No question Buckner made plays but the way that game was getting called…or not called speed over the top on offense would've made it much tougher on KC to sit on underneath stuff. It's why Chris Jones was able to just hang back without even rushing and just bat down passes. You have a guy like Ruggs on the outside and you have to respect his speed.

We'll see what happens of course but it's a deal that relies heavily on us nailing that draft pick. Colts got a great player. We got salary cap relief and a chance to add an impact player but not a guarantee. Hope we take advantage and the guys on the DL hold it down.

Solid point. I love Buckner and he still made his presence known and played very well but I thought with the better edge presence Buck would be in double digit sack range…and he was close but when he puts up 12 sacks without Bosa/Ford the year prior seeing him come away with 7.5 is definitely surprising.

Aaron Donald for comparison had a down year with 12.5 sacks. Donald makes $22.5 mil per year. As good as Buckner has been does his impact/play warrant just $1.5 mil less than Donald for US? When we have so many other guys on the DL to pay?

The move isn't an easy one but it makes business sense. We have to do our job and ensure that pick is used on a key player who can be a big contributor to this roster for years to come to make it a win for us but business wise it makes sense already.

We may have a chance at Jeudy at #13 without the need to move up. IMO there is definitely no need to move up. IMO we take the guy we think is a stud and best fit for us at #13(if he's there IMO that's Ruggs) and then trade down from #31 unless we see a must have guy there.

Keeping Ward is good assuming this guy can stay healthy and give us the level of play he did last year for the next three years and even improve on that.

Saw we're keeping Shon Coleman around too. Shefter saying we're likely to shop one of our first round picks…

Any interest in Trent Williams? Apparently they’re looking for a 2nd or 3rd round pick.

Trade #31 for Williams and #66. Elite left tackle at 31 years old.

Problem is Trent is a LT…you're not going to play him at RG so who are you putting there? I also think the bad relationship with Dan Snyder won't let it happen.

Also some great small moves today that I really dig.

Ronald Blair back for 1 year deal, provides solid depth from a versatile and very smart player.

Also restructure by Jerrick McKinnon. Haven't seen the numbers yet but sounds like we may get to see him play for us after all.

He’s playing LT in my dream. And Staley is gone. Wouldn’t be easy but Staley is passed his prime. Forgot about the Snyder relationship though.

Happy to see the McKinnon restructure. That means Breida is out or Coleman. Breida could be keep?

Both WR Kendrick Bourne and RB Matt Breida have been given a 2nd-round tender by the #49ers. They'll both make $3.2 million in 2020. They can negotiate with other teams and receive an offer sheet. If the 49ers choose not to match, they'll receive that team's 2nd-round pick.


The #49ers are bringing back defensive end Ronald Blair on a 1-year deal, source said. He had three sacks last year.



Interesting… Happy to see them back, but curious to see what happens.

Really liking what we're doing. Resigning Blair, Jet restructure, and tendering Breida and Bourne are all solid moves IMO.

Im seeing people complain on the webzone but the dline is still loaded!!!

Bosa
Armstead
Ford
Jones (was having a great year)
Blair (underrated)
Thomas (role player at this loint)
J Taylor
K Street
Day
Givens

Do we still have Demonte Moore under contract?

Only thing to add is a speed rusher for depth and a big fatty to help stop the run.

Im liking this offseason too. There wasnt alot of free agents i wanted them to go after so i have no problem with no big signings and we need to save cap movie.

Moore is a free agent and I would love to bring him back. I thought he played really well and keeping the DL rotation strong would be a very smart idea.

I can understand people being upset at losing Buckner, he's been our most consistent and durable DLman for 4 years. Any time you trade a proven stud with many prime years ahead of him for a draft pick it's hard to swallow.

I'm still struggling with it but I look at it like this…

Armstead + Ward + Blair + some other FAs + 13th overall pick or Buckner


Look at the Rams right now. You have Aaron Donald posting memes like this one…



What happened was he took what he was worth and they didn't have the cap space to keep the other guys.

The thing with Donald is he's a monster and is actually worth that contract. Buckner is going to make 7% less than Donald with this Colts contract. As good as Buckner has played can anyone say he's made even 93% of the impact that Aaron Donald has?

I agree with this, I would have love to have kept Buckner but he isn't worth that kind of money IMO. We can't get too attached to certain players unless they are an absolute must keep which he isn't.

I like what we are doing right now, but I'm wondering what our big move is going to be?

What do you consider big move?

Nice…brought back Garland for a year.

Only guy I really wanted us to keep that we haven't brought back is Sanders and odds are that 13th pick will be used on a young kid to replace him.

I like keeping Garland too for a one year deal. Another solid move