🎞️ 49ers Draft analyst 🏈@PFWAwriters MVP/All-Pro voter 📍#FTTB beat writer 📍#RaiderNation beat writer 🎙️@bleacherreport @CBSsports
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I am fully transitioning to becoming a #49ers draft analyst. This means evaluating the 49ers current players & roster while grading All-22 college film for the upcoming drafts ahead. While I talk Niners ball, I will still discuss ALL 32 NFL teams, as it relates to SF draft.
The same people who are questioning #49ers WR Keenan Allen's age (34) are probably the same people who are saying DT DeForest Buckner is no longer an All-Pro. I'm not it. Both add tremendous value while being sound boards in the locker room. They add more than on-field value.
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Agreed. It's not like Keenan Allen is going to be asked to stretch the field vertically--so unsure why people talk about his age as if it's a thing. He's a 1/2 year rental and the production in the right system will show his value as a shell-killer on intermediate routes.
I don't like #49ers signing CB Jack Jones to the team's practice squad. He's a coverage liability & if thrown in spot-duty will likely get burned as he goes for INT. The secondary continues to be the Niners weakness in my opinion. Luckily DC Raheem Morris has hid that thus far.
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The impact that #49ers WR Keenan Allen will have will be similar to 2019 when GM John Lynch traded for 1/2 year rental WR Emmanuel Sanders. He strikes GOLD once again while finding value in yielding a Day 3 pick. Just think if Ballard was still running the show in IND instead.
Prediction: #49ers WR Keenan Allen will be used to DAGGER or SMASH 2nd-level LBs from the slot--Shanahan will use eye-candy with CMC, Juice & Kittle to get LB eyes lurking, meanwhile Allen will run vertical 10-12 yards downfield before in/out breaking to MOF for wide open catches
My 2024 analysis on #49ers WR Keenan Allen when comparing him to guys like WR Davante Adams when it boils to route-running & understanding zone concepts w/ROE on the 2nd and 3rd levels. - #BEASTwriter
As a longtime @PFWA member, I have to say that #Raiders WR Davante Adams may get my vote once again for 1st-team All-Pro. I'm not a box score reader, how I grade a WR starts from how he runs his routes based on the cover-shell (pre-to-post snap). Whether the ball is thrown his direction is out of his control...but what I look for are simple "tells" you can identify if he analyze enough film on your opponent. From body language to sign language, the FILM never lies, and Tae which makes DA the best-route runner in the game... WR Keenan Allen, WR Justin Jefferson, St. Brown are others. BUT DA is my No. 1 shell-killer! - #BEASTwriter #RaiderNation
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I liked Dugger coming out of the draft. I feel his home is at OLB on that 2nd-level. Still, I would like to see him get more snaps even w/Dre Greenlaw playing opposite of Warner--as I believe he adds better value in coverage 4-2-5 nickel being a coverted safety. - #BEASTwriter
There are only two boundary CBs in today's NFL who can shadow match opposing WR1s at a high-clip consistently. Those two are #Broncos CB Pat Surtain & #Patriots CB Christian Gonzalez. Everyone else is fool's gold as consistency is key in the NFL. - #BEASTwriter #NFLDraft
A couple times @Panthers WR Tetairoa McMillan beat CB Pat Surtain on double-moves that would've resulted in multiple 20+ BIG plays but QB Bryce Young didn't seize the opp. I have McMillan ranked as a tier 2 WR (top 10-15) in #NFL. He's special & All-Pro talent. #KeepPounding
#49ers get veteran WR help as they targeted WR Keenan Allen. A silky smooth route-runner who will win those intermediate routes by attacking the soft spots vs zone. Solid move by GM John Lynch here to get a seasoned veteran who understands zone concepts. - FTTB
Keenan Allen has 40 catches for 351 yards and 1 TD this season with the Colts. He now heads to San Francisco.
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Interceptions can be fool's gold, case in point CB Trevon Diggs 😂 also Diggs is a "catch-tackler" and shies from contact.
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#49ers CB Renardo Green picked up an INT vs Raiders. However, he also allowed:
❌ Team-high 4 first-downs (all in off-covg.)
❌ 20+ BIG play
❌ 1 missed tackle
🎯 6/7 for 78 yards (team-high)
📝 Grade: 50.0
Analysis: Green hasn't played at Pro Bowl level since W5 vs SEA.
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#49ers MLB Fred Warner vs #Raiders grade:
❌ 1 missed run-fit
✅ 1 FF (peanut-punch)
✅ 1 FR (touchback)
✅ 1 TFL for (-7) vs RB screen pass (sniffs & seeks)
🎯 3/4 for 16 yards
🧨 1 HAR (help & recover)
📝 Grade: 87.5 - #BEASTwriter #NFLDraft #FTTB
One of the brighest GMs in the game--James Gladstone really making some strong power moves before the trade deadline--FS Jessie Bates III was also a winner in my books. #DUUUVAL is not playing around.
We have agreed to trade DT Jordan Davis to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a 2027 1st-round pick and a 2029 2nd-round pick.
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When grading #49ers EDGE Nick Bosa, I can tell he doesn't have that explosive get-off we are accustomed to seeing over the years. It's not a rust thing for me, it's more of being able to gain the fast-twitch advantage with those muscle fibers firing on all cylinders. It will come
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#49ers EDGE Nick Bosa played 39 snaps & while he didn't pick up a sack, his impact was nonetheless felt. He had 1 QBP that led to OLB Jaden Duggers' pick-6 while also notching a TFL for (-4) as he sniffs out TE leak from Brock Bowers leaving his rush assignment to make TFL.
#49ers DT DeForest Buckner played 34 snaps vs Raiders. Below is how he stacked up against the silver & black.
✅ 100% run-fit integrity score
🎯 1 QB hit (led to INT)
📝 Grade: 45/100
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