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Originally Posted by lonewolfz28
They are already going to have to replace Justin Smith sooner rather than later. Not having him at 100% really hurt their pass rush. It also affected Aldon Smith. I really didn't see Aldon bring the pressure that he usually does when Justin is healthy. At 33, Justin won't last much longer. Especially if he keeps tearing muscles (more common the older you get).
Dashon Goldson, Isaac Sopoaga, Ricky Jean-Francois are all Free Agents. Not bad, but do need to resign or upgrade at those positions. Sopoaga is 31 so they should be able to get him back at a decent deal. How good is Ian Williams behind him? Goldson might be a bit expensive to keep. Gonna have to replace backup OLB Clark Haggins (36) pretty soon too.
Overall, they're not as bad off as most teams. Just a few tweaks here and there and they should still be a very good defense.
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Justin is getting a bit greybeard and does need an eventual replacement/backup (for now).
Sopoaga should resign for a decent amount, and Ricky Jean is just a back up.
He's shown me nothing that's impressed me. Decent run-stopper. Poor pass rusher.
Goldson is the one I'm worried about.
We can either franchise him at 7 mil or so, or sign him to a huge multi-year deal,
and I'm not crazy about either idea.
Kap, Crabtree, Rogers and a few others are coming up in the next couple of years
and we are going to need the extra money.
I think Goldson's a great player, but not at a "break the bank" salary number.
We need an upgrade at cornerback. We need to find someone to replace Terrell (sp?) Brown,
and put Brown back as the nickel back he should be.
Culliver completely disintegrated during the season,
and I don't think I've ever seen our dime back Cox play.
Special teams should be worked on as well.
We didn't have any gunners this year that I noticed.
We could use some fresh meat at LB for depth.
WR: let Randy go, and sign a young buck in his place.
Nothing against him..I just think with Crabtree, Manningham, and Jenkins,
we should be fine at wideout.