FRANK GORE'S FUTURE?

That’s about the only trade I’d like to see involving the Raiders. Of course, the Raiders would also have to take Nate off our hands and since Nnamdi is under the ‘chise tag, they’d have to extend the never get thrown at (unless playing the Chargers) shutdown CB. I would propose, with a straight face:

Nate Clements, Frank Gore

FOR

Nnamdi Asomugha, Robert Gallery and DHB (ok, the DHB part is a joke)

:D

Well, it would be crazy to trade him with no legitimate backup plan. I’ve expressed concern over Gore recently, but I remember Terry Kirby, Derrick Loville, and Kevan Barlow vividly enough to not want to fly blindly into some crappy running back.

I think that offensive line just cannot run block.

I can remember a couple of weeks ago I mentioned that Gore wasn’t hitting his holes quickly and that the running woes couldn’t all be blamed on our O-line, and I was nearly chased out of town with pitches and forks.

Now it’s all the rage to talk about trading him. You don’t trade a guy who has had three 1000 yard years in a row. You don’t trade a guy who was on pace for a 1200 yard year (if you average in his missed time).

What you do is get some O-line help, get a speedy back to switch off, and don’t put Gore in as a receiver so much. Every route he runs means less energy to make a hole later on in the game.

That’s what you do.

Wait, I read that wrong.

To compliment him. Get him off the field in those spread looks where he’s a WR. Get a guy who can run sweeps and off tackle to really keep the defense honest and away from the inside. Run two back sets with both players in. One can stay in for blitz pickup on passing downs, on run downs make the defense guess who will get the ball.

We could trade P Willis also. Obviously he hasn’t been doing the job since we keep on losing and we’d get some great picks for him 2.

Keep, unless offered at least one player and one pick that is worth while.

No absolutes, it depends on the player and the pick, and I’d think the actuality of it is slim. Key would be the player being a proven RB, at least a proven blocker. If we don’t get an experienced RB in return, we would then have Coffee plus another inexperienced RB not able to pick up blitzes. It is something Gore has been able to do effectively and shouldn’t be overlooked, should we trade him. The market isn’t exactly filled with guys like that who may be expendable from another team’s POV. Making a deal like that would be tough, and since we would be in an absolute position of strength in terms of shopping a guy like Gore, we should be very very particular for any deal that is offered or contemplated.

I don’t know the lay of the land so well (and who among these players may be FA’s), but off the top: a guy like Cadillac Williams, who is coming off an older injury may be attainable w/ a hi 2nd round pick (realistically, they’d never give up their 1st rounder, and we wouldn’t pay for it), or Marshawn Lynch (option 1, above all others) may be expendable in Buffalo w/ Fred Jackson becoming a bigger player + a 2nd rounder, or, I’m about to say it (for real), Reggie Bush + a first rd pick.

I could be over-valuing Gore, with these hypos, but if not for good value in return, I say we hold firm.

Lynch isn’t going anywhere and your not going to get a first rounder along with bush.
But I would be willing to give the saints a 3rd rounder to get bush. He could be the big KR/PR guy we desperately need. We get our ass kicked on field position which makes things much harder for Alex. Also a scary guy to line up along side Gore in the spread

I believe that it is reasonable to assume that with the offensive line back on the field next year (Staley, 1st round pick, maybe Pashos, Rachal improved…), Gore will still be a good running back.

Here is the intriguing thing.
The less Gore is used this year, the more his shelf life will be extended.
Running backs have relatively short careers and I think their life-span is measured in hits and tackles, not time. Just a thought.

it is pointless to talk about trading Gore.
The 49ers will need a running game next year.
Who else would it focus on?

isaac bruce who will probably be gone after this season?

do we want to replace him with a young WR or an older WR (like bruce old) who can mentor them beofre he retires?

Even I voted to keep him. I don’t follow SF that closely except for watching the W’s and L’s. Has Gore had that bad of a year?

Do you realize how sick it would make me to watch Tom Brady turn around and hand off to Gore as he wins another Super bowl to tie or pass Joe Montana for total wins in the Big Game?.

Gore should stay in San Francisco and the 49ers should go find an offensive coordinator that actually knows how to do their job.

You can’t have a team just dedicated to running the football then dedicated to just throwing the football. We’ve seen the worst of the two worlds with Raye.

It’s absolutely embarrassing to have Gore carry the ball just nine times in a game! That right there should have got Raye fired!

Does Raye not even know that prior to the game that Gore in eight games against the Sehawks had average well over 100 yards rushing?

I have brought up the idea of trading Gore in other threads. But York has me thinking on this one. He was on Radnich earlier and talked about utilizing Gore the same we we did with Roger Craig in the past. Draws, Sweeps and Screens. I think Gore an excel in this new offense but we have to understand it’s a complete 180 from what he is used to say it will take some time.

Regarding Value: Well he isn’t the most durable back in the league but at 26 he is just hitting his prime. It would have to be something like the Portis-Bailey trade a few years back. If the 49ers aren’t going to receive a 1st round pick for Gore then they must get a high quality player in returm. Kansas City, Oakland, Cleveland, Houston, New England, Green Bay, Tampa Bay, New Orleans and Seattle seem to be teams that will be looking for RB’s.

Player and pick options

To Kansas City for their 1st round selection (would be top 10 no doubt)
To Oakland for LB- Kirk Morrison and 2nd round pick
To Cleveland for their 2nd round in 2010 and 1st round in 2011 (not sure they would)
To Houston for CB- Dunta Robinson and 2nd round pick in 2010
To New England for DE- Ty Warren and 2nd round pick
To Green Bay for 1st and 3rd round pick. Or OL- Darryn Colledge and 2nd round pick
To Tampa Bay for G- Davin Joseph and 2nd round pick
To New Orleans for DE- Will Smith and 3rd round pick
To Seattle for CB- Marcus Trufant

“in his past seven games, Gore has averaged 121.4 yards from scrimmage with 10 touchdowns.”

That’s production…whether it’s on the ground or not…

NO NO NO NO NO. YOU keep him and fix the offensive line. its not frank gores fault that the o-line gets no movement upfront. YOU KEEP HIM

We need o line help and Trade out the Front office. McCloug and Raye out. gore is a workhorse. You have enough other skill positions we nee to address befor we screw up the backfield. Have you seen the blocking Gore does>? he is a beast blocker on blitz pickup.

The guy is a stud RB, only 26 years old with at least a solid 4-5 years ahead of him and there’s doubts about keeping him around? He’s the best back we’ve had since Craig, and if he keeps it up, will end up being our best RB of all time. WTF?!