Analyzing whether the San Francisco 49ers will make a splashy move this offseason.
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00:00 Mike silver has a column in the San Francisco Chronicle right now and
00:05 Given who Mike is and his ties to the team. I take what he says pretty seriously, so
00:12 Let me throw it up on the screen for people that are watching. It's on our I
00:16 Paraphrased it on our website gold standard diners comm
00:20 Mike Silver's article which you should definitely go read in the Chronicle not now. This is our time
00:26 He writes quote in theory head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch can reckon with their overtime defeat in Super Bowl 58
00:33 Make some hard choices designed to keep the team competitive for years to come and force feed recent draft picks into the lineup to see
00:40 If they've got what it takes, but what's the fun in that?
00:43 More likely Shanahan and Lynch will fight through their shared trauma get off the mat and come out swinging something that could lead to aggressive
00:49 moves in the draft and free agency and
00:52 Result in potential trades make no mistake with star quarterback Brock Purdy on a rookie deal and a rapidly rising salary cap
00:59 The Niners are in it to win it once more in 2024
01:02 Any of that surprise you any of that jump out to you or you think that's pretty boilerplate stuff?
01:09 Like Mike Silver, I think it's a fairly boilerplate. Yes. I think it's a good guess
01:15 Maybe he knows something but this is a team that
01:18 Traded a third round pick for chase young at the deadline
01:22 They were trying to make that move and chase young wasn't that move, but they're not just gonna give up and be like, oh well
01:28 Let's just let Drake Jackson play forget it. Okay, like actually we don't need a defensive end
01:34 No, I think they're gonna actually keep making aggressive moves because as Mike Silver pointed out
01:39 This is kind of the last year of the window
01:41 It doesn't mean they're gonna fall off after this year
01:44 But this is such a prime year Brock still making nine hundred thousand dollars make a move now and you know
01:50 The older core is only getting older. So
01:53 It would make sense to make a big move right now. Don't you agree? I
01:58 Would agree completely. In fact, I don't think there's ever a bad time to make a big move
02:03 Keep doing it. And if you look at the history of this organization, that's what they have done under Lynch and Shanahan
02:08 They traded for Trent Williams. They traded up to the third pick in the draft. They traded for Christian McCaffrey
02:13 They ain't scared of making a big move
02:15 But what if this offseason the big move is not necessarily acquiring a big star
02:21 It's trading a big star and the reason I say that
02:24 Let's go back to the article from Mike Silver quote tough decisions may be coming
02:29 Possibly involving productive veterans who played a big role in the franchise's recent run of success
02:33 They have a better sense Shanahan and Lynch of which valued veterans might already be declining some of them in ways
02:39 Most of us can't necessarily see
02:42 It's easy for me to say that top-of-the-market standouts Trent Williams George Kittle Kyle
02:47 You check Debo Samuel Eric Armstead and Javon Hargrave should be part of any effort to run it back. However
02:51 Shanahan and Lynch need to be honest about what the film showed
02:55 Sometimes elite football players fall off quickly and precipitously
02:58 If the coach and the GM believe that applies to any of these players or to younger but well-worn stars like Debo
03:04 Christian McCaffrey or Dray Greenlaw they need to act accordingly and try to find something better
03:11 according to
03:12 organization sources many tough
03:15 Conversations are already being contemplated. Hmm. Does any of that jump out to you? I
03:22 Mean, yeah, go scroll up again
03:25 Alright scroll up
03:28 Okay, Debo Christian McCaffrey Greenlaw Greenlaw, obviously he tours Achilles. They absolutely need another linebacker
03:34 They need another linebacker before Greenlaw went down
03:37 Losing is ease. I'll show you hurt their defense. Yes, but those two I mean
03:41 McCaffrey let's not be sentimental here. He's a running back. He's gonna be 28
03:45 He's had a lot of touches in his career
03:47 You'd be foolish to think that he's just gonna keep chugging along at this pace for much longer
03:51 so you got to prepare for the future there and then Debo Samuel like
03:54 Yeah, the only reason not to trade Debo is his contract
04:00 And if that's the only reason not to trade him
04:03 Then you really got to look at like what is he bringing to this team right now?
04:06 And I think it's less and less and less every year
04:08 He's still a threat to take it to the house on any play but like can't get open
04:13 He doesn't run hard if he doesn't have the ball. He's a screen specialist
04:15 So it's I mean it's encouraging to to think that the Niners are at least being honest about him
04:21 In particular and I know what a lot of people are gonna say
04:25 We don't you know, this is just Mike silver going for clicks and all that stuff
04:30 But just just consider Mike silver is very tied into this organization. He covered the team during the glory years
04:37 He's known Kyle Shanahan since Kyle was 15 years old
04:40 He's very tight. He's very tight with Mike Shanahan and he covered John Lynch when John Lynch was a player in the NFL
04:47 This isn't just anybody saying this isn't a random 49ers content creator. No disrespect to content creators
04:54 Obviously I am one of them
04:55 Well, my point is this is somebody whose word carries a lot of weight at least with me and he's talking about potentially moving off
05:02 Some big names Debo's listed twice for God's sake and I just say something real quick though before we before we I like Mike
05:09 Silver a lot and I understand the industry and let's go back. Let's bring it back up. Bring it back up
05:13 Let's let's let's look at how we worded things
05:15 So he goes according to order organization sources scroll down a little bit many tough conversations are already being contemplated
05:22 Okay, so I I believe that some organization sources told him that many tough conversations are being contemplated and then the previous
05:29 Paragraph the way he worded it. I would think is his
05:32 speculation
05:35 It could be or they just told him everything off the record and he just put I don't think he would do that to me
05:42 Knowing how people work if you get a bunch of juicy stuff
05:45 you're gonna you're gonna be really excited about it and you're not gonna keep it to yourself and
05:50 When you have stuff you put it out there. That's the way I look at it
05:53 so I think he put out what he got and then there's nothing wrong with filling in the the rest with your
05:59 Expertise because you are you have been covering the freaking league for 30 something years
06:04 That's the way I look at it. If this was sourced he put it he did have something sourced
06:08 So this to me is his speculation and I think it's very smart speculation. Mike Silver is very smart
06:14 He knows what he knows the context I would make the same assumptions
06:16 But just because he mentions Debo Samuel Christian McCaffrey and Drake Greenland doesn't necessarily mean someone told him those three names
06:23 I want to put that out there. I think he would say the same thing. He didn't present it that way
06:26 Yeah, it doesn't mean that they're all gonna definitely move off for sure guys
06:30 But I just you know, I thought it was fascinating like organizational sources
06:36 Quote on 49ers don't leak. Yes, they do
06:39 You know, that's not like some lower-level Scout Mike Silver has access to the highest levels of the organization, you know
06:46 I I this carries a lot of weight with me and I makes me wonder are they gonna move up in the first round of
06:52 The draft could could they package one of these stars in a deal?
06:55 Potentially, I don't know
06:57 You know
06:57 I've heard about Shanahan that he's very much more like a Bill Belichick when it comes to players like he's
07:04 He's willing to if you can't serve the organization anymore will get rid of you
07:09 And we haven't really seen that with the Niners because they've been building building building building
07:14 They've always been adding so will they be as aggressive in getting off of some of their stars as they have been in acquiring them
07:20 Well again, I'm going back to the names that silver listed. They're interesting put Greenlaw to the side
07:27 McCaffrey and Debo those are supposed to be the stars of the offense
07:32 I mean they got every opportunity to take over the the Super Bowl
07:35 How many touches how many targets a Debo get how many how many carries a Debo?
07:40 Yeah, how many what percentage of the offensive plays went to those two guys in the game?
07:44 And what do they do with those opportunities?
07:46 Not a lot
07:48 So I could see the Niners if they're really being honest about why they couldn't get over the hump. Maybe they're thinking, you know
07:54 We got to move on. Maybe this is IUX team now
07:57 maybe this isn't maybe Debo's now become a supporting player maybe McCaffrey's better in a
08:03 little rotation and these guys are being paid to be the focal points of our offense, maybe we need to I
08:11 Mean they say they want to say say the same on defense
08:13 Maybe they need to make some changes on offense. You have this really good quarterback. You have this really good wide receiver
08:18 Maybe a ball and get some pass protection and freaking put it like bomb the ball down the field
08:24 I'm just saying make it Brock's team
08:27 Oh, yeah, make it quarterback centered not running back centered or wide receiver because when you traded for McCaffrey, who was your quarterback?
08:34 Jimmy
08:36 And when you and when you draft a Debo
08:39 Yeah, sorry. I just got those guys are sort of like Jimmy crushes
08:42 Hey Jimmy, and we know like you sort of play this position at a remedial level
08:45 But we're gonna make it easy on you. You don't need to do that for Christian for Brock pretty
08:49 You
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