Report: Dashon Goldson Will Re-Sign One-Year Deal with 49ers
by Tre9er on Aug 8, 2011 7:51 AM PDT
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PrintProFootballTalk just tweeted news that Dashon Goldson would return to San Francisco on a one-year deal. This would have come as a surprise had it not been for Reggie Smith's injury on Saturday and downtrodden tweets last night. Smith limped off the field and then later tweeted that
Everything happens 4 a reason & I believe it. Just wished it wouldn't have happened right now.
Just last week Goldson visited with the Patriots, who usually get their man in free-agency. Following the signing of Donte Whitner Goldson had tweeted that he wouldn't "be back". With a healthy Smith coupled-with the signing of Madieu Williams and Whitner, it seemed as though Dashon knew there wasn't room for him on the roster.
I probably would have agreed, as most of us did, that Whitner's signing meant Goldson wasn't in the 49ers plans. This potentially means that the injury Smith sustained is thought to be serious enough to keep him out of some regular season games.
We'll have more as this story develops.
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Seems like Mays is the biggest loser here
And confirms the Mays trade leak might have been about signing Dashon back on. At least we seem somewhat set at safety for the year.
Goldson and Whitner make a solid tandem and if Smith isn't hurt too-bad, that makes a good trio
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All younger than 27 too
I would have preferred a two year deal for Goldson, but having Goldson, Whitner and Smith is great to have three young safeties on the team, all with upside.
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and assuming DG plays well, he could be extended mid-season
which is what I’m hoping happens to the guys we signed to 1-year deals, provided they earn it.
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yep agreed entirely tre
I am absolutely delighted with what the FO have done this FA and through the draft. Aldon looks like he could be an absolute stud, who has shown in college that he can play through injury (which is an added bonus), and Kaepernick and Culliver have huge upside. Hunter and Johnson could be starters in a season or two too.
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According to
Barrows, I think, Culliver has also looked tremendous in training camp. He is, by all accounts, certainly still a project, but he’s playing quite well.
Yep,
I wouldn’t be surprised if by mid-season Culliver becomes the starting corner opposite Rogers. I really don’t think Spencer is any good, and is the only position in the secondary that could use an upgrade now
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Spencer
had a good 09 season, but was pretty bad last year.
There’s not telling how he’s going to play this year. Hopefully it’s like the former season and not the latter.
Yeah, Spencer is a wild card at this point. I’m going to say he’ll play well enough to start, though. He had a very above-average 2009, and then a somewhat average, at times below-average 2010.
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So we've gone from safety light to safety heavy
A few weeks ago we were worried about our safety situation, now we’re almost overloaded. Amazing how things work out like that. BTW are we jinxing this by talking about it before it’s official? Wouldn’t want another Franklin incident.
well, maybe...I like to post credible reports, the Franklin one wasn't
which I should have known.
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Not happy about the Reggie injury
But if he returns fine, I think we’re stacked at the S position, which isn’t ever a bad thing.
"I need a new (guy) for this black cloud to follow, cause while it's over me it's too dark to see tomorrow" -Nas
Today's Tweet a little encouraging
superreg30 Reginald L. Smith II
Up and ready, time to get busy!!!
I can’t imagine an injured player would be “up and ready” to “get busy”
We're far from "stacked."
We have a couple of safeties that are good in run support (Goldson, Whitner), but both are bad at pass coverage. Then we have Smith who will probably be the backup, and he hasn’t shown anything besides having a great training camp this year, not to mention he’s now hurt. Then we have Williams who’s a solid guy and does provide good depth and can start if needed.
I don’t call that stacked.
IF this is true, question becomes:
which safeties are retained beyond “the big 3” (Goldson, Whitner, Smith)?
Curtis Taylor, Taylor Mays, Chris Maragos, Madieu Williams…there can only be 1 or 2 of these guys on roster.
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I am hoping for Mays and Williams
"I know we're going to have a big challenge to do better than what we did last year, but I feel we have the team to do that. We want to win with numbing repetition." - Jim Harbaugh
by bryceclan on Aug 8, 2011 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
crap, and Spillman too
who was pretty good in ST’s and seemed to have been playing decent on defense too
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I think Colin Jones may make the team as a ST player
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, either way, YOU'RE RIGHT !"
they're all trying to make it as ST players
Mays, Maragos, Spillman, Jones
Don’t know how many of these bodies they need on the 53 for special teams. Some generally come from linebackers and defensive linemen as well.
by whistlingmountain on Aug 8, 2011 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
thinking they'll try to PS Jones
hasn’t done much to attract attention from other teams
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It'll be interesting to see how PS goes this year
with the TC rosters being larger, that’s even more guys the teams get to know and even less they’ll see get time in the pre-season.
I mean, Jones has 0 chance of seeing any meaningful pre-season minutes barring some big injuries.
Might be easier to get the guys onto PS that you want.
by whistlingmountain on Aug 8, 2011 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
depends on strategy. Coaches might prefer vets play in camp and kids play in PS
or a variation where more minutes go to bubble players in PS than practice.
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Mays, and Spillman imo
Williams was on a vet minimum contract I think, with no money guaranteed.
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Slightly annoying also that
Reggie was the swing guy, the guy that could be nickel corner.
They’re going to end up trading Mays for a 6th rounder, sigh
by whistlingmountain on Aug 8, 2011 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions
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Barrows Just tweeted it
http://blogs.sacbee.com/49ers/archives/2011/08/report-goldson-49ers-agree-to-a-one-year-deal.html
"I know we're going to have a big challenge to do better than what we did last year, but I feel we have the team to do that. We want to win with numbing repetition." - Jim Harbaugh
lol, linked to his blog
"I know we're going to have a big challenge to do better than what we did last year, but I feel we have the team to do that. We want to win with numbing repetition." - Jim Harbaugh
Nickel
This could allow Reggie, Dashon, or Whitner to move to the nickel corner position so we have some experience on the field on passing downs plus they could blitz from the position.
What the FO did best this FA was not overpaying for mediocre talent in an inflated market,
and hence, did not hamstring future seasons. We are looking great cap-wise in the next few seasons.
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I thought the whole league basically did well in general
of restraining themselves, knowing they have 3 off-seasons to “blow their loads” so to speak.
Carolina was the only team that had multiple bad deals I think.
by whistlingmountain on Aug 8, 2011 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I think the Hawks overpaid on Rice, and looking at our signings of Whitner and Goldson, the Rams overpaid on Mikell
Just two players in our division for example. But I agree, in general, the whole league did well as you said. I do think the Niners FO did exceptionally well though, especially with the talented players we were able to get
Alex Smith 86%+ QB rating with 22+ TDs in 2012, hopefully! :)
I think we're collectively overrating the incoming talent
but yes they did a good job of at least not overpaying on what was a really weak class of free agency
by whistlingmountain on Aug 8, 2011 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I really like "The Patience Approach" now!
It really has paid off
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Anyone know anything about Reggie's injury?
by Sactown_Loyalty19 on Aug 8, 2011 8:14 AM PDT reply actions
Not much info yet
Branch tweeted this in August 6th.
S Reggie Smith and LT Joe Staley did not finish practice, leaving with apparently minor injuries
Then yesterday night, Reggie Tweeted the following
Everything happens 4 a reason & I believe it. Just wished it wouldn’t have happened right now. But with God on my side I know it will be OK
Appreciate all the support from everybody. I’ll be fine twit fam
Now this morning
Up and ready, time to get busy!!!
Thanks for the info...I guess we'll find out soon enough what's going on. If RS is healthy, then we have a lot of safeties!!!
by Sactown_Loyalty19 on Aug 8, 2011 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions
We do have a lot of safeties
but how many “good” ones do we have?
There’s that saying about quarterbacks “when you have 3 quarterbacks, you have none”. Hopefully some better ones will shake out.
that really only applies to quarterbacks
All other positions require either more than 1, rotational depth, or injury depth.
That being said, I kind of wanted Goldson back, even before Reggie Smith injury concerns. I still think he was better than the other safeties last year and even better than Whitner and Williams.
by whistlingmountain on Aug 8, 2011 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I think we could have 3 good safeties between DG, DW, and RS
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I think Whitner is good and it sounded like RS was ready for a breakout year.
I liked Goldson but he didn’t build off of his 2009 season. I still think he’s good and maybe better in Fangio’s scheme. I guess Madieu is just a backup and the rest of our young guys are projects?
by Sactown_Loyalty19 on Aug 8, 2011 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't think anyone built on their 2009 seasons last year. It was a horrible year for the entire defense.
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, either way, YOU'RE RIGHT !"
People have been calling for a RS breakout in TC for the last 2 years
injuries have consistently gotten in the way
D&D starters at this point.
which one is the dungeon and which the dragon
by whistlingmountain on Aug 8, 2011 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions
More info from barrows article today
Smith began Saturday’s afternoon practice but did not complete it. Instead he watched the session from the sideline and then signed autographs before running, with a slight limp, into the locker room. “He started out and then he felt something that limited him the rest of the day,” Harbaugh said on Saturday of Smith.
Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/49ers/archives/2011/08/report-goldson-49ers-agree-to-a-one-year-deal.html#ixzz1US35GK9Y
One year, 2 million deal
Outstanding work by the FO… a great, team friendly contract. Would have preferred a team option for another year, but Dashon probably wouldn’t have agreed to it.
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where did you see? My twitter feed is all messed up
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LOL...I remember somone told Goldson he needed to re-sign with SF and he replied:
Tell em to come correct!
LOL…they did, 1-year/$2m.
by Sactown_Loyalty19 on Aug 8, 2011 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions
What a dummy
According to reports, Dashon could’ve had something along the lines of Ray McDonald’s deal….5yrs and $20Mish with us. Now he’s crawling back with his tail between his legs, but yes, I don’t mind having him back at a discount :P
Brilliant!
Looking at the notable players that left or were released… Baas, Aubrayo, Clements, Takeo and Lawson – Only Lawson is under 27. We were able to retain our younger talent in Goldson and McDonald, and added young talent in Whitner and Edwards on team friendly contracts.
Takeo replaced by a younger and quicker player in NaVorro Bowman…
Baas replaced by a more experienced and better, pro bowl center in Goodwin, on a must shorter and cheaper deal.
Clements replaced by a younger player, who is far better in coverage, in Carlos Rogers – on a massively team friendly deal.
Lawson replaced by a better player in Aldon Smith.
Upgrades everywhere, except maybe NT, but Soap is younger and I think can do a good job anyways.
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Slow down sailor
Aldon can in no way be called a better player than Lawson at this point. Lawson has proved he’s a pretty decent player in the NFL already, and Aldon hasn’t played a down.
in this scheme, yes, yes I think he can be.
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This is great news and it sounds like Reggie will be fine!!
As for being “over-stacked” with safeties…anyone wanna give their perspective on which player currently listed as a safety would do well at corner or even nickle back?
I think all three (Goldson, Reggie Smith and Whitner) will be in on dime formations
Culliver will be the nickel I think, but Reggie seems most suited of three
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Do you have any fear...
that safeties generally are slower than corners? Is this gonna hurt us in the speed department of our secondary?
depends if we are playing zone or man, but I wouldn't say our safeties are much slower than our corners
I think Whitner and Smith are quicker than Spencer for example. We are lucky that our three ‘main’ safeties are very athletic, especially Whitner.
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If Bowman doesn't work, Taylor Mays might have a new role.
by asmithisaverage on Aug 8, 2011 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions
never played in the trash inside, though.
Asking a centerfielder to take on blocks and shed them is going to be fish-out-of-water.
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I think we still need to add
another veteran linebacker, a good wide out, a blocking tight end, and a cornerback.
Once we have those spots filled I’ll be ready to get the season going!!
We got Braylon Edwards...you still want another WR?
I think BE and Crabs will be fine and then you have Morgan, Ginn, KW, and RoJo adding the underneath and speed.
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I think Morgan may be traded
His contract is up this season I think too
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I am only comfortable with Edwards and Morgan...and that's pushing it.
Crabtree’s injury could be pretty bad. Ginn is only for special teams and Ronald Johnson is extremely wet behind the ears.
Another veteran receiver would be nice, you can never have enough weapons for Alex
No, I agree
I’m still not sold on Crabtree after last year.
We have some depth at the WR position, but it isn’t excellent.
Of those, only a CB is still a need.
We need depth on d-line too. A CB and a D-lineman, and we should be sorted. I think Shawntae is pretty awful, and we need an upgrade there. We have a lot of talent at WR, in Edwards and Crabtree, Johnson and Williams. Also, a lot of 2 TE formations will be used, so Delanie and Vernon will be in on most plays. I don’t think WR is a need.
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DE depth, a second starting CB, a QB to keep Cap on the bench a little longer when AS inevitably falters
blocking TE would be nice as well as a clear FB.
by asmithisaverage on Aug 8, 2011 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Keep Kaep on the bench??
Sorry dude not happening. I personally hope he wins the starting job outright.
by SanFranciscoKnights on Aug 8, 2011 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Alex Smith will be the starter
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I know there is a lot of anger
toward Alex Smith, but I think he has all the tools and will have a breakout season.
Kaep will have to wait, this is Alex’s team.
Go Niners!
Still got a month before game one.
Let’s see how Colin does in preseason.
by SanFranciscoKnights on Aug 8, 2011 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
he will, but so far doesn't sound like he's going to look tons better than in past
then again, so long as he keeps the ball out of defender’s hands, I suppose that’s enough for now.
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Alex will look much better this season
I am not saying he is going to have a pro bowl year or anything so dont stretch the statement but he will undoubtedly look better than any past season just simply due to the new improved offense and Harbaugh’s tutoring! That being said I would imagine that Alex has A LOT of little quick outs and screens to RB’s out in the flat where he can’t showcase his ability to throw picks! Obviously I have no inside information from Harbaugh on that…I’m just pretty sure
Harbaugh is a smart guy and loves Bill Walsh’s philosophies which means lots of little quick short pass plays letting recievers and running backs gaining extra yardage on the ground not in the air, all setting up the big strike which is where I PRAY that Alex can get his act together!
AS throws picks on short passes all the time
In fact, he is really bad at short passes in general.
by asmithisaverage on Aug 8, 2011 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
If Reggie isn't hurt he will beat out Dashon at FS no doubt.
by SanFranciscoKnights on Aug 8, 2011 8:50 AM PDT reply actions
I just wanna know
that Goldson got a good deal and wants to be here. I can see him being a sour puss and being a distraction in the locker room.
I’d rather have Mays. This overrated loser is all about the money, nothing else, so getting rid of Mays is more likely a must vs an option, I liked the option.
Wait for it, wait for it, yeah 49ers sign, an undrafted free agent, AGAIN!!
I don't want either really.
Mays should be a LB… and Dashon Goldson can’t cover whatsoever.
I hope and feel like Reggie Smith can still be the starter. Harbaugh better start him.
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Please, please...for the love of God do not start this guy!!!
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by Drew Kerr on Aug 8, 2011 9:46 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
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by HUNGRY HUNTER on Aug 8, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Dashon
Dashon probably refused to sign elsewhere because he is still loyal to the 49ers. Welcome back! Be nice with his teammates
by Tantrum16 on Aug 8, 2011 10:19 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
i do think he had any better option than coming back.
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by HUNGRY HUNTER on Aug 8, 2011 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
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