The free agents from 2017 look bad now, but at the time we had to spend money to get some guys on the team. We were the worst team in the league. Garcon actually played well before the neck injury, and Hoyer was brought in because he knew the system and was a way for the offense to get to know it aswell. Smith was a bad signing for sure, but Juice is a great player. I do agree on the money that was given is too much, but who wanted to join an awful team without getting paid
Rather a naive assessment of free agent signings. You give no credence to the fact that attracting and signing ANY free agents given the TERRIBLE state of the Niners franchise at the time was very difficult, but not impossible IF you're willing to OVERPAY. Some people will do ANYTHING for money ... and that includes NFL players on their last legs. Obviously the circumstances are dramatically different now. You'd expect the results to be much better ... and they are.
Harsh.....built a Superbowl roster from nothing in 3 years and ripped em right down.
They followed some of what Pete did in his first years as the Seahawks HC. Fast turnover of talent to get a bunch of good pieces together.
The difference.....the QB and the defense.
This defense has too many holes and the QB is inconsistent.
The roster as whole is still championship caliber.
But I think last weeks loss was a slap in the over confident faces of this young team. Get back to work and collect Was.
One at a time.
Yup. I dont want to say its harsh, im just pointing out that the same flaws they had then are the same they have now.
The free agents from 2017 look bad now, but at the time we had to spend money to get some guys on the team. We were the worst team in the league. Garcon actually played well before the neck injury, and Hoyer was brought in because he knew the system and was a way for the offense to get to know it aswell. Smith was a bad signing for sure, but Juice is a great player. I do agree on the money that was given is too much, but who wanted to join an awful team without getting paid
Very true - but imagine paying 10M right now to what, 36 year old Garcon. Would have been brutal if Paraag and co. didnt include those outs.
Rather a naive assessment of free agent signings. You give no credence to the fact that attracting and signing ANY free agents given the TERRIBLE state of the Niners franchise at the time was very difficult, but not impossible IF you're willing to OVERPAY. Some people will do ANYTHING for money ... and that includes NFL players on their last legs. Obviously the circumstances are dramatically different now. You'd expect the results to be much better ... and they are.