49ers CB Tramaine Brock: Time to get to know our new cornerback
by David Fucillo on Sep 6, 2010 11:33 AM PDT
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PrintWhen the 49ers announced their 53-man roster for the upcoming season, one of the bigger surprises was probably the inclusion of rookie cornerback Tramaine Brock. Brock was an undrafted free agent signed this past April who seemed to fly a bit under the radar throughout the offseason and into training camp. And yet, clearly he took advantage of his opportunity.
As Maiocco reported in the above linked feature, Brock had a long route to get to the NFL, and in fact spent his time as a safety at Bellhaven. Brock ended up at Bellhaven after a cheating scandal at Minnesota. The big news for Bellhaven is that Brock is actually their first ever NFL player. Congrats to the Bellhaven Blazers.
Given that Brock was an undrafted free agent, it's not so easy finding scouting reports on him. One such report referred to Brock as a sleeper:
Care to guess what state Belhaven calls home? I admit I had to look it up myself - Mississippi. Brock intercepted six passes there at the NAIA level last season. But he built his draft stock at his previous stop, having started in the Big Ten for two seasons at Minnesota. He also turned in a seven-interception season in junior college in 2007.
One other link indicated he's a speedster who ran a 4.4 40 at the junior college combine (so a couple years ago) with a best time of 4.37.
At this point, with Will James on the shelf for a couple weeks, Brock would likely seem to be battling with Phillip Adams for playing time. Will we see Brock actually manage some playing time or will he primarily be one of the regular inactives?
Let's use this thread as a discussion of Brock's role with the 49ers, and also as a potential link dump for information and scouting reports on Brock.
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Probably PS for this season
I have to imagine he’s headed to the PS once the team finds another ILB. If not, the only way to be active will be due to injury. In any case, it’s a great accomplishment for Brock, and he’ll certainly get plenty of attention in the future.
i'm not 100% sure they will sign another ILB.
if they did bring one in, he would likely be inactive for most games, so he couldn’t serve as an in-game sub anyway.
if someone got injured, then Brock would most definitely go to PS that week and an ILB (Kristick or FA) would be added to the 53, but otherwise i think the 3 ILB situation is fine.
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+1 100%
Besides, there is speculation that the 49ers will release Will James once he is healthy. That would reduce the roster by one and bring our DB situation to 10 instead of 11.
by ericalancanty on Sep 6, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
pretty sure Bruce Davis is an OLB.
Keaton Kristick is the ILB on our Practice Squad.
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He's an OLB
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
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by SportsChicken on Sep 6, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Another possibility
With 4.4 speed and good tackling skills Brock may be one of those guys we were promised who made the roster for Special Teams duty. He should be a good gunner on punts and kickoffs (hopefully, we will have more of the latter than the former this year), and play a roll on return teams (can he block effectively at almost 200 pounds?). He may not just be there as a placeholder for an ILB (to be named later).
loving this guy's potential
between him and Filet Adams, i think it’s a good shot that we’ve found our nickel corner of the future, and maybe even a future starter.
buy the hype people! it comes with free kool-aid.
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I like this guy a lot.
I don’t think he’s shown enough to earn his spot, but if we like him that much, then I’m alright with it. But soon, either he or Curtis Taylor will have to go, I’m thinking.
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I'm thinkin' that Will James will go.
He is injured so they will wait till he is healthy to release him, to avoid an injury settlement.
by ericalancanty on Sep 6, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
That's very unlikely. Our backups are then two rookies.
One from the 7th round, one undrafted. Yeah, not going to happen.
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Last year's colts
Had two rookie CBs starting.
One was undrafted.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
"I'm just like you, but 10 times better"
by SportsChicken on Sep 6, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Also remember, folks ...
… that, while it’s possible we get an inside linebacker now, or even go without another inside linebacker, I’m thinking it is most likely that we just do without one until Eric Heitmann is healthy, at which point either Wragge or Snyder will be cut and then we’d have room, instead of mucking about in all this bit about corners and the practice squad.
Bowman can back up both, and I think we can all agree that based on the fact that he’s a natural MIKE linebacker who looked good at TED in the preseason. If an injury occurs, we can then deal with PS stuff and sign a guy off the street .
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Brooks is an ILB, before the 49ers switched him into a pass rusher.
by ericalancanty on Sep 6, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Still, I doubt he'd be the one to kick inside.
Like I said before, it’s kind of a thing where Brooks found his “thing,” and now that he has, I’m sure they won’t mess with it. I’m more inclined to think Diyral Briggs would kick inside before Brooks did, and even then, that shouldn’t even happen because we have Bowman.
If someone is injured long term, they will sign another ILB. Briggs/Brooks kicking inside is a temporary thing to relieve backup Bowman.
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