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Stephen Pitell's avatar

Wilson might not fit in with our locker room. If Pete and John interviewed him and believed he was worth developing, sure. We are talking backup. I get that QB's take time to develop, but they need to start with the right attitude. I don't get the feeling like he connects to his team. It isn't like QB's worth developing are all that rare, either. Having one develop into a top ten QB is fairly rare, and that's what we have with Geno. I think he could lead our team to playoff wins with a decent defense.

Agreed Nwosu is our only quality pass rusher. We need help, but between Taylor and Mafe, I hope one becomes worth keeping and starting. So we need depth at pass rusher, but we need starters at DT. Run stoppers. Mafe looked OK setting the edge, while Taylor is more explosive as a pass rusher. I see continuing to develop those two, rather than take an Anderson or other edge early on day one.

Other than DT, we need help on the interior OL. I have dreams of getting a three or 4 year window where we have one of the best OL's in football, and they are all on rookie contracts. With our draft picks, we should get at least 4 rookie starters next year. How we mix and match with free agency is fine and necessary. Ultimately, it's about value, and best player available helps avoid severe overdrafts.

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Tim O'Donnell's avatar

It has become so apparent to me these past few years how ridiculous the online overreaction is to Every. Single. Game.

I think it was obvious going in what our chances were against such a dominant opponent in the niners this past weekend. And while the hawks were clearly outplayed, aside from that dropped interception, then fumble, we were keeping a scraped-out win in sight. But we lost that game, which we knew we were probs going to lose, and it is followed by just so much hand wringing and disappointment. This guy should be fired. This guy is a bust. Maybe this guy we thought was awesome actually sucks. C'mon.

I think our poor friends, all the nfl qbs, are on the receiving end of so much of this overreaction. So much so that many of them who need to have some time to grow and develop just don't ever get the opportunity. We don't have time for development. We Need results. Now! That game we lost this week was the most important game of my life. Don't you know how important that was?!

Sorry about our stupidity, guys.

I'm an educator. I know what learning looks like. I'm sure glad the Twitter crew isn't in my classroom evaluating the growth of my students. Kinda pisses me off, to be honest.

I think you're right on with this article. Keep on rockin Ken

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