Niners On NFL Live

Can people not see we have 500 McNabb posts already?

I saw the show also. The way Herm made it sound it would be a good deal…but the thing I’m concerned about is the contract and money issues it will bring. Not only that we got Davis and Willis that we will have to try to re-sign coming up. Those two contracts and McNabb and Marshall is gonna be a hell of a lotta money to kick out. To tell u the truth I’m 50/50 on it because it has it’s good and bad points. Can u imagine an offense with McNabb, Gore, Davis, Crabtree and Marshall with the defense we already have plus using the remaining first round pick to get a quality RT? Holy S___!!! That’s the good. The bad is the cost and trust me it will cost.

I don’t want an over the hill, over-rated quarterback or a wide reciever who’s a liability off the field. I also dislike giving up ANY draft picks for either of them

because i like how our young team is coming along. That price is just too much to pay. I believe we should just keep our picks and develop thru the draft and continue to developing our talent.

I just noticed this post. Since there have been several comments in it already, I’ll leave it up. Something like this is better reserved as a FanShot or in an existing McNabb post unless the writer can provide a lot more detail on the Marshall end of it.

I like the idea of Marshall and Crabtree for years to come. But no to Mcnabb he’s a B**CH. He’s the reason they lost the Super Bowl.

Reason 1. Brandon Marshall is undeniably a talented receiver and one of the tops in the league. However, talented players, per se, don’t automatically translate to positive results. Yes, the likelihood he contributes is w/o contention, but to what degree will he contribute (beyond that of our alternative receivers, be them Morgan, Hill, whomever) and will that contribution be worth a first round tender. Given our other needs (OL, Secondary, Returner), our 1st rd picks are better served filling those needs, rather than supplementing our already strong receiving core.

Reason 2. A lot has been made of this being McNabb’s last year under contract and a lot of teams being apprehensive to trade for him w/o first securing an extension. A lot has also been made of Alex Smith’s first year of cohesion in O-coordinators. I draw two conclusions from these two issues. 1; McNabb may very well go to a team who is unable to extend him (ie, Raiders) upon trading, and he may go into 2011 as an unrestricted free agent. 2; If that is the case, and if Smith doesn’t meet expectations, we can cut bait with Smith (as was already the plan, a lot has been said how this is his last chance to prove himself), and potentially throw money at McNabb in the 2010-2011 offseason. Even if we don’t land him, we will also have contingencies of Nate Davis (possibly being ready) and David Carr (who knows).

Reason 3. $$$ and resigning our current players we wish to keep, VD and Willis being the two most glaring players. Should the hypothetical of landing both Marshall and McNabb, there would be too many talented players demanding too much money to realistically believe we could retain them. Personally, I don’t want to be a flassh in the pan/ one and done team (C’mon people, we are the forty [site decorum] niners). We are on the verge of great things to come for many (emphasize many) years to come.

Reason 4; alluded to in reason one, we have other pressing needs to address, either through free agency or the draft, and QB and WR aren’t either of them. Beyond OL, secondary and the return game, I would put another RB, depth on DL and depth at LB all ahead of either QB or WR as far as needs go.

Reason 5; influenced by the probable inability to extend certain players’ contracts and maintaining a good on the field product are implications on the possibility the 9ers can get a new stadium deal in Santa Clara. The stadium and move to Santa Clara is a hot button issue among 9er fans, but my attitude has always been that if we can get a new stadium, be it in Santa Clara or at the stick, we make that a priority. I live in SF, and my preference would be for them to stay at in HP, but not at the cost of continuing to play at Candlestick. Should the 9ers proposed stadium plans to Santa Clara voters, many may vote on the pretext of bringing in a winner, not a loser that just recently didn’t resign all its key pieces which made them great.
Of course a counter argument can be made that those players brought in (McNabb and Marshall) made the team great, and there would be a franchise QB in McNabb. But do not forget that McNabb may be a franchise QB now, but surely will not be by the time any stadium move would occur.

In summation, we should not listen to Herm ‘no longer employed as a head football coach because he wasn’t very good at coaching’ Edwards. Do remember people, there are certain TV talking heads simply because they were not good enough or made bad decisions, hence why they are no longer “being talked about” and are noe “talking about others.” Alex Smith may not be the answer. McNabb may improve us in the short term, and Marshall may be (no, he is) a stud WR. But these are not the pieces we, as a team, need right now.
I say we stand pat, if anything trade picks for other picks, address our other needs, and maintain a long term perspective towards success.