N4L Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 3 minutes ago, Steve_DeBerg_Fan_420 said: If he sucks at playing FB, it doesn't matter, because we don't actually use a FB anymore, we have a wing player. Its different. I would hope the team cut him for blocking poorly on the wing, not for not being able to do something we don't do anyway. Let's call Juice a wing player then. Willis does not block well enough to be a wing player/juice fill in, therefore does not have the versatility that would have kept him on the roster, so he was an easy cut to make. Is that an acceptable explanation to you? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
757-NINER Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 DE depth is scary thin. I'd like for to put in a claim for Snowden from the Raiders, who was cut by then. College biases aside, thought he played well against us last game and he's a intriguing player with his length. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 1 minute ago, Steve_DeBerg_Fan_420 said: It goes back to looking at what players actually do for the current team, not how well they can run the triple option. The formation examples are from like 1996. no, it was me saying i don't care where you line up in the backfield and providing examples of such. 3 minutes ago, Steve_DeBerg_Fan_420 said: If he sucks at playing FB, it doesn't matter, because we don't actually use a FB anymore, we have a wing player. Its different. I would hope the team cut him for blocking poorly on the wing, not for not being able to do something we don't do anyway. If you don't want to call it a fullback, thats fine. Whatever you want to call it. Bottom line is I think Willis' way to stay on this team was to be a viable fill in or replacement for Juice should the need arise. And if he can't do that (and it doesn't seem like he can), then I think his value to the team is non existent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 4 minutes ago, N4L said: Let's call Juice a wing player then. Willis does not block well enough to be a wing player/juice fill in, therefore does not have the versatility that would have kept him on the roster, so he was an easy cut to make. Is that an acceptable explanation to you? You just laid it out much better than I did from jump. I think if I had said it like this from the start, there would be less confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_DeBerg_Fan_420 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Just now, N4L said: Let's call Juice a wing player then. Willis does not block well enough to be a wing player/juice fill in, therefore does not have the versatility that would have kept him on the roster, so he was an easy Just now, Forge said: no, it was me saying i don't care where you line up in the backfield and providing examples of such. If you don't want to call it a fullback, thats fine. Whatever you want to call it. Bottom line is I think Willis' way to stay on this team was to be a viable fill in or replacement for Juice should the need arise. And if he can't do that (and it doesn't seem like he can), then I think his value to the team is non existent. This is devolving into semantics, but whetw a player lines up matters. It's how football positions are determined. It's yhe difference between a RB and a QB. I agree with the general point, but also we should not look at Juice like we looked at Rathman, Neil etc. It's far more like an off ball TE than a down hill lead blocker. We should look at the required skils through the proper positional lense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4L Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Do we know who QB2 is? Did that get announced? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamq Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 10 minutes ago, N4L said: Do we know who QB2 is? Did that get announced? Nothing official but it's gotta be Dobbs with Allen as the emergency guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamq Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 why did they designate Lenoir as a DB, separating him from the CBs? Has to be some kind of franchise tag or contract shenanigans, no? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 2 minutes ago, adamq said: why did they designate Lenoir as a DB, separating him from the CBs? Has to be some kind of franchise tag or contract shenanigans, no? That is super weird 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhyAmIHere Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 maybe trying to separate DMO as the main slot guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 So two guys to IR, who do we re-sign? I have to imagine one is a tight end? Either saubert or Willis? I'm not quite as interested in the second spot since someone has to go when Trent comes back My guess would be saubert and ya sin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4L Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 3 hours ago, adamq said: why did they designate Lenoir as a DB, separating him from the CBs? Has to be some kind of franchise tag or contract shenanigans, no? It is 1000% to manipulate the franchise tag next year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4L Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 5 hours ago, Forge said: So two guys to IR, who do we re-sign? I have to imagine one is a tight end? Either saubert or Willis? I'm not quite as interested in the second spot since someone has to go when Trent comes back My guess would be saubert and ya sin? Tired: re-signing saubert Wired: jauan Jennings at TE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW21 Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 Wonder if we’ll get some number updates today. I doubt Cowing sticks with 83, my bet is he grabs 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49erurtaza Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 12 hours ago, Forge said: So two guys to IR, who do we re-sign? I have to imagine one is a tight end? Either saubert or Willis? I'm not quite as interested in the second spot since someone has to go when Trent comes back My guess would be saubert and ya sin? My guess is Saubert and a Tackle as we have zero backups right now with Trent holding out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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