Kinda like the NFL combine where player X shines and they throw out his body of work in favor of outstanding combine numbers ...:hmmm:

Marcus Cooper also lost us games last year.

Young guys need to be developed. If you're developing them ON THE FIELD, you're potentially sacrificing wins now for wins in the future.

There are guys on this team that have an exceedingly short future. The purposefully signed guys last year (Alex Smith) that don't have a long window.

I understand the approach. Totally understand it.

But if you compare it to last year, where they did the EXACT opposite, it makes no sense. It appears to be very reactive and not very proactive.

You forgot the other important part. Guys like DJ, Hali, Poe, Houston, Flowers, etc gotta stop sucking when the game really matters. When it came down to it, Smith stepped up, the defense went to sleep.

ROFL

Man the pannic around here right now is just funny. Two meh guards leave, a midget walks, and no news on two meh safety's and a two down ilb. Everyone loose their shit! Anyone who didn't see this coming is a ****tard. Dorsey does what Dorsey knows. Plain and simple. Do you really think our honchos really want to keep every pioli pick? **** no. I'm sure they'd like to keep either guard and DMC. But what are they really worth? Not what they're getting paid. Now we'll get some comp picks. Draft 10 ****ing guys that are what they want and fit what we're doing. Then profit.

We are developing young guys while using veterans as the focal point.

I'm glad we're not selling our souls like the Broncos. That team is ****ed when Manning retires. Their drafting has been terrible.

If you look at what they did last year and what it appears they are doing this year (and I'll be the first to admit it's WAY EARLY) you can't honestly say you have a clue what they're going to do.

There's no consistency.

As much as you guys don't believe it, a youth movement is needed. Tamba and DJ are almost done, Flowers is always hurt and wants $$$ to play the ****ing slot.
Dorsey has no ****ing choice people.

Flowers and Hali are both gone next year.

that makes sense and all but if they extend 30 year old Alex Smith to a big contract then it contradicts it entirely

Who here doesn't believe it?

You're missing the point.

If the team is now recognizing this team needs to be rebuilt, especially from the inside out, why give a big contract to Bowe? Why give up two 2nds for Alex Smith, who is essentially now a transitional QB rather than your franchise?

The biggest folly of the Herm years was that they tried to patch it together in year 1 and THEN stripped it down to rebuild.

If Dorsey and Reid thought this team needed to be rebuilt, they should have started LAST YEAR.

QB has a very different shelf life than cornerback.

Exactly.

So you're expecting to get another how many years out of Smith?

Certainly, QBs last longer than some other positions. But 38-year old QBs performing at a high level isn't the norm...

I know exactly what they are doing. Relying on veterans to do all the work. Von is a dumbass who is not what he was, Chris Harris ****ed his knee up, they are losing Decker.

They're going all out with veterans without bringing in quality young players to take over and it's going to bite them in the ass soon