"We got all the people in place I think we need," he said. "It’s just a matter of us transitioning t...

"We got all the people in place I think we need," he said. "It’s just a matter of us transitioning that to the football field and being a better defense. I’d expect us to be for sure top-10, hopefully top-5, that’s what we’re shooting for. Our job is to be the best we can be and with the talent we have, we can be in the top-10 or top-5, for sure."

Justin Smith

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Well my friend

justin smith u better play ur butt off and sack the QB bout 15 times this year cuz if were gonna be top 10, top 5, then were gonna need a whole lot of JUSTIN SMITH not to mention other players stepping up plus a good draft

by 49ersAllTheWay on Mar 24, 2009 3:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

In the article it also said,

we’re going to use a basic 3-4 .. More of players knowing their assignments less “tricks” as Justin Smith put it.

http://www.49ersboard.blogspot.com

by supraman on Mar 24, 2009 3:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Well

I love Justin Smith and all, but a top 10 or top 5 defense? We’ll definitely need someone on the team to step up and get 12+ sacks for that to happen, unless everyone (in the front 7) decides to get 6-7 a piece.

The better our offense is at the time of possession battle, the better our defense will be. We still need a pass rush, and we still need someone to make turnovers in the secondary. Top 15, more likely. Top 10, need some help. Top 5, need some major progession made, and rookies to contribute heavily.

by Andrew Davidson on Mar 24, 2009 4:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

what rookies?

MURS for President!!!!!!!

by jtoj on Mar 24, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

rooks

hopefully a orakpo or brown to contribute to our pass rush cuz to be a top10 or 5 were gonna need to put up some nice sack totals

by 49ersAllTheWay on Mar 24, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

whichever rooks we draft.

by Andrew Davidson on Mar 24, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

imagine if we drafted orakpo in the 1st and brace in the 2nd, our front 7:

Smith——————-Brace—————Balmer
Lawson—————-Willis—————-Spikes——————Orakpo

who would want to run on that defense???

by sundaysfinest on Mar 24, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"I," said ADP.

Wanna hear some music?

by samhitch on Mar 24, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting

It’ll be interesting to see if Lawson gets the start over Haralson the base alignment.

by sfgfan on Mar 25, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

if you start lawson over Haralson

Why would you need Orakpo?? Haralson had 8.5 sacks last year and Lawson had 3

by rlott#42 on Mar 26, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lawson over Haralson

The IS a reason the team may start Lawson over Haralson, though. IF Haralson doesn’t show the coaching staff enough in coverage, they may feel a little more comfortable with Lawson at least splitting time with Haralson

Of course, the team didn’t seem to have too much faith in Lawson’s coverage skills last year, either. That could have been due to him maybe not being 100%, but it could also be that he’s not as good in coverage as the team let on in years previous. I guess we’ll see what happens come preseason.

It will definitely be interesting to see what the team does with Lawson/Haralson if they take a pass rusher (Brown/Orakpo/Maybin) in the first round.

by sfgfan on Mar 27, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs