49ers Unofficial Official 2009 depth chart

by David Fucillo on Sep 9, 2009 12:24 PM PDT in Roster Projections

At some point this week (I'm guessing), the 49ers will post what they consider their "official" depth chart for 2009. For now the site says the official depth chart hasn't been released.

The good news is that we do have an unofficial depth chart that seems likely to be pretty close to official. In that game release I received from the team, it includes a page with the unofficial depth chart. A couple weeks ago it would have meant a lot less in terms of week 1 starters. At this point though, even with a couple signs potentially in the offing (a TE and RB/FB), we probably have a pretty good take on it. I'd imagine most of us could write this on our own, but it's still worth posting what the team is saying.

The one thing I still find particularly interesting is that they only list one player at nose tackle (Aubrayo Franklin) with no backups. I'm curious to see how the team rotates players in to keep Franklin fresh. Will we see a line of Smith - Sopoaga/Balmer - Sopoaga/Balmer on occasion? On nickel it will be just as interesting. Maybe go Smith, Sopoaga, Balmer, McDonald? Just one of many things we'll find out on Sunday.

Underline: rookies
Italics: drafted rookie who has yet to sign
[player]: injured

Offense

Pos.	Starter	2nd	3rd	4th
WR	Josh Morgan	Arnaz Battle	Jason Hill	Michael Crabtree
LT	Joe Staley	Barry Sims
LG	David Baas	Tony Wragge
C	Eric Heitmann	Cody Wallace
RG	Chilo Rachal	Tony Wragge
RT	Adam Snyder	Tony Pashos
TE	Vernon Davis	Delanie Walker
WR	Isaac Bruce	[Brandon Jones]	Micheal Spurlock
FB	Moran Norris
RB	Frank Gore	Glen Coffee	Michael Robinson
QB	Shaun Hill	Alex Smith	Nate Davis

Defense

Pos.	Starter	2nd	3rd
LDE	Isaac Sopoaga	Kentwan Balmer	Ricky Jean-Francois
NT	Aubrayo Franklin
RDE	Justin Smith	Ray McDonald	Demetric Evans
SAM	Manny Lawson	Marques Harris
TED	Takeo Spikes	Scott McKillop
MIKE	Patrick Willis	Jeff Ulbrich
WILL	Parys Haralson	Ahmad Brooks
LCB	Nate Clements	Tarell Brown	Marcus Hudson
RCB	Shawntae Spencer	Dre' Bly	Allen Rossum
SS	Michael Lewis	Reggie Smith
FS	Dashon Goldson	Mark Roman	Curtis Taylor

Special Teams

Pos.	Starter	2nd	3rd
P	Andy Lee
K	Joe Nedney
H	Andy Lee
PR	Allen Rossum	Micheal Spurlock	Arnaz Battle
KR	Allen Rossum	Micheal Spurlock
LS	Brian Jennings

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I thought Roman was the backup SS not FS. He sucks at FS

Also, I don’t think they will go for another RB or TE, at least for now.

Soap and Balmer both back up Franklin

I like seeing Brown as Clements. Maybe the 49ers will trade Clements to someone like Detroit for their 2010 or 2011 1st round draft pick?

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by Eastbayjim on Sep 9, 2009 12:37 PM PDT reply actions

I like your style Eastbayjim!

I would totally hope they trade Clements… Way too much money for not enough profit! Also what the hell did Shawntae Spencer to to beat Bly? Did anyone hear about anything miraculous that he did? that’s just not smart in my opinion… WE should start Brown opposite to Bly and that would make me feel comfortable… Now we have to wait for Spencer to play a couple sh_tty games before they give the job to ether brown or bly… aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa get your ish together 9ers it’s GAME WEEK SUCKAS!!! R U READY FOR SOME FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTBALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL?????
whooooooooooooooooooo

by Tuckforce1 on Sep 9, 2009 1:02 PM PDT reply actions

Huh?

Like, honestly, give me a real complaint about Shawntae Spencer other than the fact that he doesn’t make the highlight reel? He’s a very solid corner who isn’t prone to making mistakes. Sure, I like Brown over Spencer but I’d feel comfortable with Spencer or Bly starting on the right, and even to an extent I’d love to see Brown starting on the left.

by James Brady on Sep 9, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Do you really think they would actually put Sims in if Staley was hurt ? I think they would move Snyder to LT and put Pashos at RT and leave Sims where he belongs,on the bench. (he actually belongs at home watching on tv like most of us !).

by TOP_CAT on Sep 9, 2009 2:16 PM PDT reply actions

Snyder, at LT?

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Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Sep 9, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions

It'd be better than Sims...

by Brendan Scolari on Sep 10, 2009 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions

offensive tackles

If Staley got hurt week 1, I don’t think Pashos would be moved into the starting lineup right away. He still has to learn the playbook.

by David Fucillo on Sep 9, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions

…And I would rather have Reggie Smith playing SS if Lewis were hurt,BUT I thought Roman was starting while Lewis has had his concussion problem. Roman is actually not horrible at SS but is horrible at FS.

by TOP_CAT on Sep 9, 2009 2:20 PM PDT reply actions

tuckforce: I listen to the radio braodcasts and Gary Plummer kept saying that although Bly looked pretty good he was often out of position.Either he doesn’t know the defense well enough to please Manusky and Sing or else he is too much of a freelancer and got in the doghouse that way. Sing did say that Spencer knew the defense better than Bly,in his statement.

by TOP_CAT on Sep 9, 2009 2:24 PM PDT reply actions