Colt.45

Other teams? Like who? Doesnt even really matter, they all know what position the Niners are in. You dont bend backwards for a QB who's tier 2 or 3, you just don't. Better or worse than Carson doesnt really matter. This year is a transition year no matter how we spin it, if we pay a high price for an average or slightly good QB, we'll have dug a deeper hole than we are already in. Go cheap or stay out of it. If it's average to slightly good you want then go to the draft, or FA. I'd rather get Jameis in FA than pay a substantial pick for Jimmy G, he just isnt the guy to lift his teammates, we've seen it over time. Folks, there's a reason San Fran mortgaged their future to get Trey Lance. When these teams make these moves, we need to learn and understand the why's instead of rushing in headlong and expecting that we can do things better than them, did we not learn from Wentz? Jimmy G is an average to slightly good QB. If we got him for anything more than that WA 3rd, i think we'd have paid far too much considering the circumstances....and yes i know what Washington gave us for Wentz, and etc etc but it's all about leverage and understanding who you are and what your needs are, and what assets are worth.

Autry was a FA and Ballard ID'd him, so the point about Ballard not doing well in FA doesnt necessarily hold. He brought in Tevi but also brought in Pryor right?

Was Autry a free agent signing?

We'll see. They can hang onto the asset and pay him. Or they can let him go. They're caught between a rock and a hard place. Ballard is playing that one 100% right. You dont go all in on a QB of that level. If he's available for dirt cheap, you do it. Otherwise, let them have their QB and figure out how to pay for him while keeping him and their young ace QB happy.

Opposed to say Bill Belichick who paid the most last year for a wide receiver (at least one day 1), then paid for the top two TEs....and then drafted another 2 TEs, and had a season where the FA TEs and that heavily paid WR proceeded to do diddly and squat. Spending money like it's going out of style does not make success. By this point, most of this forum knows this. Good players dont necessarily cost a ton. It's been one day.

You're all in on your health and your life, does that mean you've gone and bought a Rolls Royce? Are you buying only brand new cars without a care in the world for depreciation? Have you ensured you're only shopping organic and supporting your local farms, and definitely growing your own food? All in means a lot of things.

What's the common denominator with all the teams you mentioned?

I'm going to read through the full thread shortly but before that. Sitting out the madness of the early FA rush is 100% correct. No 99%, not 98....100% correct. It's not like Peyton hitting the open market, or Brady. There're no HoFers to go gaga about or tweak your usual approach. Secondly, his roster has some big holes this year but for the most part under Ballard, the missing piece has been QB. We can argue till we're blue in the face but this is pretty much true. His brief this off season, find a QB. No excuses.