Scoops McGinn Stirs the Pot!

[mraynrand]

McGinn is better than this. Really, he is.

Boldin was that good, a one-man wrecking crew if you will, in the 49ers' hard-fought 34-28 victory over the mediocre Packers.

Unlike the Packers, whose only veteran newcomer to their roster is Seneca Wallace, the 49ers and general manager Trent Baalke use every personnel avenue in building a team.

Packers are mediocre because they don't sign free agents like Boldin!

[mraynrand]

If the Packers are mediocre, why would the Niners have to win a 'hard fought' game? Shouldn't the best or second best team in football have no troubles and not trail late at home against a 'mediocre' team?

McGinn is starting to hemorrhage credibility

[mraynrand]

"Poking the bear" is not hard-hitting journalism

[wist43]

Suppose we sign a mid-level veteran safety?? Would communication be better in the back end?? Would we have fewer blown assignments??

We're perpetually young, and will always be like that until TT leaves - but that comes with its own set of drawbacks... the inexperience is a constant, and it shows up on the field.

Boldin is an experience vet - TT has no use for experienced vets, unless they are experienced vets that he drafted. TT has signed 2 contributing vets the entire time he's been here, Woodson and Pickett. He would rather lose with youth, than win with vets - at some point a happy medium would be nice?? I don't know about you, but I am sick to death of watching busted coverages every stinking game. It's mind numbing to watch.

[mraynrand]

There really are some remarkably terrible lines in the game article from McGinn. Another:

"In the air, the 49ers covered up their weak nickel back (Nnamdi Asomugha) and rookie free safety (Eric Reid) better than the Packers hid their holes."

So now Asomugha is 'weak' and Reid needed 'covering up?' What game was Scoops watching?

[Zool]

They traded for Boldin. 6th rounder.

[mraynrand]

Suppose we sign a mid-level veteran safety??

who should have been signed? Could the Packers afford to sign a mid-level veteran safety to ride the pines behind Hayward and Burnett? Do you know he would be willing to sign to ride the pines? How much did this mid-level veteran safety get where he went? Perhaps you are referring to Assomugha who Bob McGinn claimed had to be covered up, he was so terrible?

[Brandon494]

So supposedly the best team in the NFC barely beat us at home after putting up 400+ yards on a secondary missing two starters....yea the Packers are mediocre at best.

BTW they traded a 6th round pick for Bolden which I'm pretty sure 9ers got first dibs on with the brother connection.

[pbmax]

Forget all this bellyaching. Defense is better, offense is going to need time to get O line to gel. Need to beat Washington and not get buried in standings early so they can play for seeding in December.

[Guiness]

who should have been signed? Could the Packers afford to sign a mid-level veteran safety to ride the pines behind Hayward and Burnett? Do you know he would be willing to sign to ride the pines? How much did this mid-level veteran safety get where he went? Perhaps you are referring to Assomugha who Bob McGinn claimed had to be covered up, he was so terrible?

I wonder how long Burnett is going to be out. If there's a vet safety out there to be had it might not be a bad idea to bring him in for a few weeks, at least until Burnett comes back. I'm worried how much damage McMillan will do back there and not sure Banjo will be much better at this point. I'm not terribly interested in seeing him learn on the job. Having said that, the last FA safety the Pack brought in was Mark Roman...

And for the record, yes, McGinn is being an ass.

[smuggler]

Packers not the very very best team in the league. MEDIOCRE. I stopped reading McGinn, because he's trolling for pageviews at this point. He has no credibility outside of draft time.

[Pugger]

McGinn is better than this. Really, he is.








Packers are mediocre because they don't sign free agents like Boldin!

WR was not a big need for us to go after a vet FA. Now if we talk about a safety or center? Then we have something to discuss.

[mraynrand]

WR was not a big need for us to go after a vet FA. Now if we talk about a safety or center? Then we have something to discuss.

That's what we're talking about - signing a safety. Of course, TT has to be prescient and know that Hayward and Burnett will be injured in the Seattle preseason or a competent safety, able to pick up the scheme better than McMillian, in a couple of weeks has to be available, on the cheap, and ready to be cut at any time. Who is that guy? and as several have pointed out, SF traded a sixth - to the coach's brother - to get him - well before OTAs.

The Packers problem is that TT can't predict injuries like other GMs, and can't proactively sign high level FA players for the NFL minimum, while the GMs of 'non-mediocre' teams all can. Like Pittsburgh.

[wist43]

who should have been signed? Could the Packers afford to sign a mid-level veteran safety to ride the pines behind Hayward and Burnett? Do you know he would be willing to sign to ride the pines? How much did this mid-level veteran safety get where he went? Perhaps you are referring to Assomugha who Bob McGinn claimed had to be covered up, he was so terrible?

Simply speaking to the philosophy ayn...

You know full well that TT wouldn't give up a 6th round draft pick for a guy like Boldin - find a comparable safety of Boldin's caliber, if we have a glaring hole there, TT would never resort to signing a vet. We have years of track record to back that up.

He will throw 2,487 6th round draft picks at fixing the hole, and if that doesn't work, he will just live with the hole in the lineup. That's his MO.

For better or worse, that's his MO.

[Pugger]

After the disaster of signing Saturday last year I don't blame TT for being gun-shy in FA.