49ers-Vikings: Which bubble player makes the biggest impact tonight?
by David Fucillo on Aug 22, 2010 7:00 AM PDT
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PrintNinjames and smileyman will have their inaugural podcast up for your listening pleasure later this morning. In the meantime, I thought we could have a little friendly discussion about tonight's game. More specifically, impact players.
During the regular season, guys like Patrick Willis, Michael Crabtree, Dashon Goldson, and numerous others are the "impact players" for the 49ers. For tonight's game, I thought we'd look at another form of "impact." I'm talking about who will make the biggest impact on the coaching staff in regards to a roster spot. The 49ers have numerous players that are on the bubble when it comes to a roster spot. For the bubble players, time is quickly running out on their opportunity to impress the coaching stuff.
The bubble players I list aren't guys that necessarily have a strong or poor chance of moving off the bubble. They bring something to the table but for one reason or another, they've got hurdles in front of them. Some of these guys are eligible for the practice squad, while others are not. These players would include:
CB Patrick Stoudamire
CB Phillip Adams
One of either CB Will James or CB Karl Paymah
DT Khalif Mitchell
DT Will Tukuafu
LB Bruce Davis
C Cody Wallace
OLB Travis LaBoy
S Chris Maragos
OT Alex Boone
The third tight end crew
WR Jason Hill
While I expect arguments that some of these guys will make the 53-man roster, that doesn't mean they're not on the bubble at this point. Injuries and departures have opened up roster spots, but not everybody gets such a spot.
In looking to tonight, if I had to pick the guy I think has the biggest impact, I'd go with Travis LaBoy. He's got the strongest professional pedigree, even with a good deal of rust on him. It's entirely possible he's lost too much in his time off the field. However, I'd like to imagine the talent will shine through in the game.
Who do you see as having the biggest game tonight in support of their roster candidacy?
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Think'n since there's no Gore , V.D. nor Crab's ...
… i’ll be look’n at , Ziggy and Hill to get some time with the One’s , Walker to take V.d."s role and Byham get’s some time with the One’s .. but i’ll juz enjoy the game and DVR it so i can look back at it , then chastise myself for watching 5 or 6 more time’s …!!
I'm your " Huckelberry "...it's juz my game ...!!
Good or Bad
Its going to be Alex Boone; he will either continue his progression as an NFL tackle or he will take a step back and that will inevitably mean that he will not have a roster spot. He will either supplant Barry Sims as the third tackle or will be on another NFL roster, I know that he could go on the practice squad but with all the hype he is getting I really dont think that he will go unnoticed and someone will put a claim on him
Phillip Adams
I never heard anything about him looking bad or getting beat badly like Shawntae 2.0 so i expect good things out of him
stoudamire
he made some plays last week, but he sure looked bad in coverage. i expect that he’ll struggle in coverage again. not that i want the guy to fail, i just want to know wether last weeks performance was a trend or not.
How about center & RT?
If Minn plays the Williams duo, good test for the OL central group. Is Davis ready for prime time or does he sit when it’s bloody nose time? GWS (goes without saying) Smith…
Well
I am going to be at the game. Lower box endzone, will be there a lot this season. It is harder diagnosing the game when your in person than when watching it on TV. So I will be using my DVR so I can go after it later. Unfortunately with school won’t be able to until Tuesday.
That said I expect to see a lot of Travis LaBoy and Philip Adams in this game. Specifically to see what we have after the injuries to James and Brooks. I believe that James was a LOCK to make the roster so theý need to find someone to step up in his absence. Also it is important to note that we could use experience at the back up OLB spot
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by nocal81(Vincent) on Aug 22, 2010 9:46 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Patrick Stoudamire
I think he’ll have a good game. Had a good one last week except for the pass interference.
Um, how am i supposed to sign this thing? It's a computer?!
O-line
I think it would be a good idea to let the starting o-line to stay out there for almost the whole first half like they did last week. need to get them flowing together.
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My Fairy Tale wishes
Love to see K. Mitchell get some playing time at NT as well as RJF and see him make something of it.
Love to see Stoudamire go in and make a pick or a set of nice PDs or such.
Love to see Tukafuh take some snaps for Smith and show as a rushing threat. Having Tuk and McDonald as backup DL rush threats would be nice.
Not mentioned In Fooch’s list but one of the UDFA WR guys showing a bit on an O play or filling in nicely for KW would be nice as well.
by ChesapeakeBay9er on Aug 22, 2010 10:50 AM PDT reply actions
Last week's performers
Are who I’ll be watching, to see if they can do it again. That’s how you move from bubble to roster spot or at least practice squad: K. Mitchell, D. Briggs, Bruce Davis, Balogun.
You gotta bring ass to get ass.
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Oh yeah, impact players – O-line against the Viking Defense. Forgive me, psyched to watch the Niners on national television for once in a long time… on mute.
"Three man rush, and Young stumbles on the way back and fires up the middle - pass is caught by Owens! Owens made the catch!"
"HO-HI-HO-HUAHA!"
-Pat's and John's subsequent and intelligible reactions to The Catch II
Tukuafu
I enjoyed watching his youtube highlights where he pushed back the college o-linemen back and didnt really stop, or got around a block to make a tackle. He will show us why it was great to get rid of a cancer known as Balmer
The biggest impact from a from a bubble player
will be Tukuafu or Alex Boone. I think Boone isn’t technically so much on the bubble this year as he’s impressed and will have another off-season of tremendous growth if he continues to take care of his body and show the work ethic he’s shown.
Tukuafu is playing for his NFL life and a job on the practice squad. I think he has the motor and desire to be a hell of a player… He just needs to make our PS to get some time to do it.
Gimme 1 round!
I hope all of those guys show something in this game
It’s a team sport and ideally if they all made some kind of notable contribution that would make everybody happy. The only guy I don’t really care one way or the other about might be Wallace because I don’t think there’s a whole lot he can do to make a case for himself at this point. There’s a lot of competition on the OL right now and I think he’s well out of the mix.
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