Report: Packers reach a deal with Ahmad Brooks· Page 2

Smokey
Veteran Member

7 years ago

#11

Not unhappy with Brooks , but I'd like to know why he was cut from the 49ers ?

uffda udfa
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7 years ago

#12

Not unhappy with Brooks , but I'd like to know why he was cut from the 49ers ?

Originally Posted by: Smokey

Old (33). Costly(6.1 mil). Declining performance (Z's favorite, PFF, has him taking a dive the last few years) and has an open sexual assault case. Could conceivably be suspended for significant amount of time at some point.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

beast
Select Member

7 years ago

#13

Not unhappy with Brooks , but I'd like to know why he was cut from the 49ers ?

Originally Posted by: Smokey

Because they are switching to a 4-3 defense and so they were asking him to switch and play 4-3 OLB which doesn't fit his skills nearly as well, and a younger guy beat him out for that role.

4-3 DE might of fit Brooks skill set better, but 49ers have use top picks in 2015, 2016 and 2017 all on DL... and signed Elvis Dumervil to a cheaper deal and have Aaron Lynch (if he's not suspended), so the 49ers didn't need Brooks there.

While Packers are asking him to continue his 3-4 OLB position.

musccy
Veteran Member

7 years ago

#14

Brooks is the only guy where we paid to improve. The rest we just paid less to replace.

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Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

What about TE?

uffda udfa
Veteran Member

7 years ago

#15

Would also add...REUBEN FOSTER is that young guy. That is the player we had a shot at, in a miraculous development in Round 1, but declined, traded down, and took Kevin King. So so disappointing.

Had we taken Reuben Foster, Brooks isn't here, IMO. Foster looks to be a very very special player.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

steveishere
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7 years ago

#16

Reuben Foster is not an OLB in our defense. He'd have taken the place of Jake Ryan thus having no effect on if we needed to bring in Brooks or not.

uffda udfa
Veteran Member

7 years ago

#17

What about TE?

Originally Posted by: musccy

Not really if you're referring to Marty B. The ONLY reason Martellus Bennett was signed by us is because Jared Cook wanted more money than he did. Ultimately, Jared made a foolish foolish decision and had to take less money from Oakland when spurned by the Packers, but he wanted more than we paid Marty, or "Cookie" as Aaron likes to call him would still be here.

If you want to say Kendricks then I would have to agree based on the low paid garbage we had at that position. So, YES!...we paid to improve backup TE. I stand corrected, musccy.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

uffda udfa
Veteran Member

7 years ago

#18

Reuben Foster is not an OLB in our defense. He'd have taken the place of Jake Ryan thus having no effect on if we needed to bring in Brooks or not.

Originally Posted by: steveishere

I understand Steve. I was referring to the fact Foster made Brooks very expendable to the Niners. He wouldn't have been out on the street for us to get, although, that is speculation on my part based on Foster's unbelievable play.

King over Foster has a real chance to be much worse than Bulaga over Dez.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

beast
Select Member

7 years ago

#19

Reuben Foster is not an OLB in our defense. He'd have taken the place of Jake Ryan thus having no effect on if we needed to bring in Brooks or not.

Originally Posted by: steveishere

Good logic, but using logic doesn't work with him doesn't work...

If we would of taken Foster he would of bitched about not attempting to improve CB enough...
If they take the CB he bitched about not getting another player that's doing well...

It doesn't matter what they do, there is a way to complain about it.

buckeyepackfan
Veteran Member

7 years ago

#20

Ted's going all in!

Originally Posted by: nerdmann

IT'S not every year that The Packers need to replace 7 guys they lost due to different reasons.

As good as Ted is, filling the many holes through the draft just isn't doable.

I was addicted to The Hokey Pokey, but I turned myself around!

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