03-17-2024, 12:39 AM
(03-16-2024, 06:18 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Until Mike Brown calls up the Piano Man and decides to use our 2nd round pick on Carman. (The same year we went to the SB, so Mike clearly wasn't out of the FO then.)
There's been huge improvements, and certainly Katie is more in charge now, but until he's dead, he'll never stop running the FO at least a little. He will always have that final word whenever he wants it. It's why we still don't have a GM and Tobin is just the Director of Player Personnel.
The 49ers are not like the Bengals. They have been to the NFCC in 4 of the last 5 seasons and are constantly making moves to get new guys at cheaper prices and collecting picks to trade picks. We got Zack Moss, they got Christian McCaffrey. We're on our 4th different starting TE in 4 years and almost certainly will have #5 next year. They are also a very well run FO.
Our FO has certainly made strides from the Marvin era, but the second we sit on our laurels for making and losing a SB a couple years ago is when it's over.
I agree with your post but I will say the Niners probably cost themselves at least one ring with the worst trade of this millennium. The assets they gave up to take Lance was inexcusable when you look at how inexperienced he was. I laid it out on a Niner board how bad that was going to be the minute he was drafted.
The pick was made by Lynvh and Shannahan and if they had t hit on Purdy one if them would’ve been fired.
Just crazy bad move from a FO who has Ben really really good. Although they did waste two 3rds in consecutive drafts on RBs they have cut already.
