The Return To Prominence? 49ers Dynasty

[MrNFL_FanIQ]

I cut one more person, Parys Haralson, and you'll see why.

With 32 million, I have a lot of spending power, so I went ahead and got a few big free agents.

When you have a 3-4 defense, the key to pressure is great linebackers. I have Suggs and Willis already, but Manny Lawson sucks balls and is always injured, and while Bockwoldt played well...no.

So I signed my first guy to play LOLB. Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Bart Scott. He's an 89 as an OLB, and he can play inside. 3 year deal, 4.6 M against the Cap this season, 2.5 M bonus. Him and Suggs rushing is just beastly. Manny Lawson is relegated to backup, and Landon Johnson (who may later get cut) is the depth guy.

But I wasn't done. I first went after MLB Bradie James, but couldn't come to a deal. So I ended up with veteran MLB Larry Foote to play the middle with Willis. 82 overall, 4 years, 3.0 million cap hit this year, only 2 million bonus. I love signing these guys for low bonuses, since they are both late 20's, if they fall apart with age, I can cut for little penalty.

My linebacker group, Bart Scott, Patrick Willis, Larry Foote, and Terrell Suggs. That, my friends, is dominance. Along with a (hopefully) healthy Odom, Calais Campbell, and Dre Moore, and you have a fantastic front 7.

I added one more defender, CB Justin Miller (sadly, he really was the best guy out there) an 82 overall young guy with decent potential, 4 years, 3.2 M, 2 million bonus. Right now he's my #2, but since CB is a draft focus, he may end up the nickel guy.

As for offense, I did nothing at the "skill" positions, but did work on my line. After losing Pears, I need a RT, and I found my guy in beastly veteran Mark Tauscher. 2 year deal, 92 overall, 6.2 million this year, 2 million bonus. BEAST! My line consists of him, and Synder as my starting tackles (Blanton/Singleton are solid backups) and Gross/Staley at RG and C.

Still have a hole at LG, and I signed the unimpressive Rick DeMulling (79 ovr, 1 year, 1.8 mil, no bonus) who is my starter for now. But if the Draft goes right, he'll be a backup, if not cuttable.

Tried shopping some people, no one had interest in anyone except for Furrey, 9 teams wanted him. But no one has been willing to give me a pick higher than a 6th, so I've said no so far. I wish someone would take Shaun Hill, I'd trade him for a 6th.

[MrNFL_FanIQ]

Roster as of now

POS	Name	OVR	Salary	Yrs left	Age	Season	Penalty	Notes
QB	Alex Smith	84	8.4 M	3	24	4	12.0 M	Starting QB
QB	Shaun Hill	72	2.0 M	2	28	7	None	Backup, Look to Trade
QB
HB	Frank Gore	82	5.9 M	3	25	4	9.0 M	Starting HB
HB
HB	Jamaal Buckingham	71	310 K	1	22	1	None	2nd RB
HB
FB
FB
WR	Mike Furrey	76	1.9 M	1	32	6	None	Slot Guy, Potential Trade Bait
WR	Donnie Avery	84	2.5 M	4	23	1	4.0 M	Starting WR/Kick Returner
WR	Mario Manningham	86	420 K	2	23	1	340 K	Starting WR
WR
WR	Josh Cribbs	68	400 K	1	26	4	None	4th WR/Kick Returner
WR
TE	Vernon Davis	70	4.2 M	2	24	3	6.0 M	Starting TE
TE
TE
TE
T	Adam Snyder	87	420 K	3	26	4	210 K	Starting LT
T	Mark Tauscher	92	6.2 M	2	31	9	2.0 M	Starting RT
T	Ed Blanton	82	490 K	1	25	2	None	Backup OT
T	Tyrone Singleton	79	400 K	1	24	1	None	3rd OT
G	Jordan Gross	92	6.6 M	4	28	7	4.8 M	Starting RG
G	Rick DeMulling	79	1.8 M	1	31	7	None	Starter if need be, backup prefered
G
G
C	Joe Staley	90	2.0 M	3	24	2	1.2 M	Starting C
C	Drew Radovich	65	250 K	1	23	1	None	Backup C/G
DE	Antwan Odom	84	6.7 M	3	26	5	5.3 M	Starting DE, Hopefully healthy
DE	Calais Campbell	85	920 K	3	22	1	750 K	Starting DE
DE
DE
DE
DE
DT	Dre Moore	89	790 K	2	23	1	340 K	Starting NT
DT	Domata Peko	77	330 K	1	22	3	None	Backup DT
DT	Frank Okam	84	220 K	2	23	1	340 K	2nd DT if can stay healthy
DT
OLB	Terrell Suggs	90	8.0 M	2	25	6	3.7 M	Starting ROLB
OLB	Manny Lawson	77	2.1 M	3	24	3	4.8 M	Backup OLB/Injury Prone
OLB	Bart Scott	89	4.6 M	3	29	7	2.5 M	Starting LOLB
OLB	Landon Johnson	72	540 K	1	28	5	None	Depth OLB, Cuttable
OLB
MLB	Patrick Willis	92	2.6 M	4	23	2	4.0 M	Starting MLB
MLB	Colby Bockwoldt	74	470 K	1	28	4	None	Backup MLB
MLB	Larry Foote	82	3.0 M	4	28	7	2.0 M	Starting MLB
MLB
CB	Nate Clements	91	6.9 M	6	27	8	18.0 M	#1 Corner
CB	Justin Miller	82	3.2 M	4	25	4	2.0 M	#2 or Nickel corner
CB
CB
CB	Dejuan Tribble	72	550 K	2	23	1	None	Depth CB, Cuttable
CB
FS	Gibril Wilson	82	2.5 M	3	25	5	1.5 M	Starting FS
FS	Keith Lewis	71	770 K	1	26	5	300 K	Depth Safety, Cuttable
FS
SS	Dashon Goldson	81	400 L	2	23	2	260 K	Starting SS
SS	Michael Lewis	77	4.6 M	4	28	7	8.0 M	Backup S, Waste of Cap
SS
K	Alexis Serna	86	1.4 M	2	24	1	340 K	Starting Kicker
P	Andy Lee	91	1.1 M	4	26	5	1.2 M	Starting Punter
	38 players

I don't think I'll add any more free agents at this point. I have around 15 million in cap room, so I can spend more. But just don't see where I'd go. I probably will get a FB in free agency and not in the draft, since draftable fullbacks aren't blockers.

Here are what I have for needs heading to the draft
1: Get a stud cornerback
2: Get a starting LG
3: Get defensive end depth
4: Backup tight end
5: Get a 3rd running back
6: Cornerback depth
7: Find a promising backup QB
8: General defensive line depth
9: Another wide receiver

Still have more scouting to do. Before the draft, I'll let you know who I am eyeing. I have my 1-4th round picks, all the last in the round, then 3 5th rounders and 2 6th rounders. I'm considering a trade up for a stud corner. Still need to scout more.

[MrNFL_FanIQ]

Having 3 5th rounders is convenient, because it gives you flexability with trades. The Panthers offered Richard Marshall, a solid young CB, and I ended up trading for him by only giving up one of the 5th's (160th, I believe my lowest) He's an 83 for a uber-low salary. Potential of 84. Even if I don't re-sign him (Contract's up) He's a great guy to have. Plus, I don't have to trade the house to move up to get the ultra-stud at CB. I'm more inclined to look at other corners, and guard.

I'll give the scouting low-down tomorrow likely.

[milkman41]

Wow, that is a really nice front , especially the linebacking corps with Willis, Suggs, Scott...Can't wait for more updates man!

[Mike2001]

great pick up thats goin to be unstoppable front line

[MrNFL_FanIQ]

My draft picks(Pre Draft):
1st Round (32nd)
2nd (64th)
3rd (96th)
4th (128th)
5th (138th)
5th (149th)
6th (189th)
6th (192nd)
7th (202nd)

As for scouting, since head coach has repeated draft classes, here goes the "Spolier" button. If you don't want to know anything about the potential's of guys, don't press the button.

Spoiler

After getting Marshall, CB is no longer nearly as urgent of a need as it was. I still want to get one, but I'd be willing not to go first round with it.

The best corner by far is Demario Waddell, who is a complete beast. Early, I was thinking about trading the house for him, since he'll be a top 5 guy. But now I doubt I do, although I will look at the price to move up. He's a Champ Bailey comparsion, 94 potential, all around machine.

There are other top corners. LeMarcus Benson is 2nd on the overall grade, although I'm not impressed. Svelle Simpson is there, an 87 potential Al Harris mold, Corey Bullcuk, an 86 Cromartie, Dave Campbell, a Philip Buchanon, Knoshawn Mincey, an 86 Tim Jennings, and Jamaal Frazier, an 85 Terrence McGee. A lot of these guys are slated to go before my pick too, so if I want corner, I still might need to trade up.

My only other pressing need that I would want to draft high for is guard. There are only two guys out there that really impress me, Tyler Fordham (Welbourn mold, 93 pot machine) and Sean Fogerty (Hangartner, 88 pot, less impressive but solid) According to the default mock draft, Fordham is a mid 2nd rounder, and Fogerty is later. Which means I'd be drafting Fordham high at 32nd, so I would want to trade down.

Either way, I'll probably trade my pick. Just the question is which way. As for sleepers, obscure HB Sugar Snider is a Jamal Lewis build. 1 production, but 85 potential. He's a steal I'm eyeing. Twan Hastings is another guard who's only 13 production, but an 86 Pot (Faneca!) who I'm certainly watching.

We'll see how it goes. Not a whole lot of needs, so I might try to stockpile picks. Either way, it'll be interesting...

[Mike2001]

cant wait to see how the draft goes

[MrNFL_FanIQ]

I had a big detailed thing, but then the site decided to glitch up, so I lost it all. Ugh.

Spoiler

Anyhow, the corners I wanted all went quickly, and I couldn't trade up for them. It got to my 32nd overall pick, which I wanted to trade down, because anyone I wanted I could get later. But only the Lions offered, and they offered crap. So I went with beastly 93 potential guard Tyler Fordham.

I watched a few corners, but they fell off before my 64th, and I couldn't find a reasonable trade. No worthwhile corner was left, and I had no use for my 64th. So I traded it, moved down 6 spots and gained a 4th rounder from the Falcons.

Got to the 70th, once again, didn't want anyone. Traded it to Tampa, and got a 3rd, 4th, and 5th in next years' draft.

Got to the 96th pick, once again, all of the guys I wanted weren't up for a while, and everyone else seemed like a waste. Traded it for two 5th's and a 5th next year.

Then, I got the 124th (Late 4th) and was able to gain a 7th and only drop 2. So then, with two 4th's, four 5th's, two 6th's, and two 7th's, I picked some people.

First, another guard, Will Anderson. A comparison to Reggie Wells. Decent, nothing special I imagine. Two picks later, I picked another lineman, a tackle Darrell Stratton, looks decent. 4 picks later, picked OLB Shaun Polk, a Terrell Suggs comparison.

6 picks later, I got my uber-sleeper, Twan Hastings, a Faneca comparison, 86 potential. 6 picks later, an 85 potential RB in the mold of Jamal Lewis in Sugar Snider. 5 picks later, a fullback, Chris Wells, compared to Lorenzo Neal.

Then, I went another round, late 6th, Tristan Peterson, an ok DE. 3 picks later, Courtney Rose, CB compared to Kelvin Hayden. 7th I picked a TE Delwan Augustus and towards the end, Billy Caine, a corner.

So I didn't get the corners I wanted, but with Marshall's trade, I'm still good there for another year. Here's a recap

Rd	Pick #	Name	Pos
1	32	Tyler Fordham	G
4	30	Will Anderson	G
4	32	Darrell Stratton	T
5	4	Shaun Polk	OLB
5	10	Twan Hastings	G
5	16	Sugar Snider	HB
5	21	Chris Wells	FB
6	29	Tristan Petersen	DE
6	32	Courtney Rose	CB
7	10	Delwan Augustus	TE
7	29	Billy Caine	CB

Then, undrafted, had two unknowns, 1 production. One a QB compared to Brees, the other a TE compared to Winslow. Signed them both, and a CB, DT, and WR.

Could've been better, but I have two 3rd's, two 4th's, and two 5th's for next year.