2024 Season End Thoughts

[Jville]

Because disappointment identifies future growth and development opportunities, I'll go ahead and address the rookies of the offensive line .......

Four rookies who got a taste of combat:

Sataoa Laumea 32.5% of offensive snaps
Mike Jerrell 22.7%
Christian Haynes 15.2%
Jalen Sundell 5.2%

Rookie Line Coach Scott Huff and veteran Assistant Line Coach Brendan Nugent managed a rather complete survey of the strengths and weaknesses of most 2024 linemen. The team is better positioned going into the 2025 draft because of that 2024 investment in rookie snaps. Better positioned to address inevitable changes to the blocking game. Looking forward to discovering who is added in the next draft class and class of undrafted free agents.

 

[GemCity]

I'd give us a solid B, and almost exactly according to my preseason expectations. Prior to the start of the season, I wrote down how I expected our schedule to go. Here's what I predicted. I've highlighted the ones I was right on in green, those I missed in red:

Broncos W
Pats W
Fins W
Lions L
Giants W
Niners L
Falcons W
Bills L
Rams W
Niners L
Cards W
Jets W
Cards L
Packers L
Vikings L
Bears W
Rams W

I did predict a wild card berth, and in most years, 10-7 would have done the trick. And just so I don't get accused of blowing my own horn, I didn't foresee the demise of the 49'ers. I thought they'd win the division.

I felt that Mac could at least equal what Pete has been doing for the past 7 years, and he did exactly that. With the exception of missing the playoffs, which Pete made more than he missed, this is precisely how a Pete Carroll team would have performed under the same circumstances.

For the first time in a while, I'm optimistic about our future.

Good stuff R-dawg!!

 

[Double Tribble]

36 may not be that old, but it's not that young either, and it's about the age qb's start declining rapidly. Geno's nearly equal td to int numbers are indicative of that starting to happen. We're never going to sniff a sb with Geno, and starting him this season serves no productive purpose and moves us backwards, not forward. Other than that, I mostly agree with your analysis.

 

[Seahawkfan80]

36 may not be that old, but it's not that young either, and it's about the age qb's start declining rapidly. Geno's nearly equal td to int numbers are indicative of that starting to happen. We're never going to sniff a sb with Geno, and starting him this season serves no productive purpose and moves us backwards, not forward. Other than that, I mostly agree with your analysis.

I have some stuff that I want to get rid of. All Star Trek. You want it? Sea.

 

[Rat]

36 may not be that old, but it's not that young either, and it's about the age qb's start declining rapidly. Geno's nearly equal td to int numbers are indicative of that starting to happen. We're never going to sniff a sb with Geno, and starting him this season serves no productive purpose and moves us backwards, not forward. Other than that, I mostly agree with your analysis.

No, it's still quite old for a QB. Really just a small handful of QBs in recent years who are still of high quality at the age.

 

[Double Tribble]

I have some stuff that I want to get rid of. All Star Trek. You want it? Sea.

 

[keasley45]

No, it's still quite old for a QB. Really just a small handful of QBs in recent years who are still of high quality at the age.

Geno has thrown almost the same number of passes (2600) in the NFL as Joe Burrow. Not all 36 year old qbs are equal. For comparison, Stafford, who is also 36, has tossed 8100 passes.

The wear and tear on Smith's arm is less than 1/3rd of what it likely would be had he started his whole career.

Add to that the fact that experience extends the productivity of older qbs by virtue of the knowledge of the game they possess, and we have a qb who has all of the benefits of being in the NFL as long as he has, without the worn out arm.

He still has one of the fastest releases in the leavue and depsite being pressured at a rediculously high rate, complete a lot of passes at a league leading accuracy rate. That points to recation time.

He may well fall off of a cliff in 2025, but to date, theres no evidence of it.

 

[Ozzy]

He was beat up last year and as we get older it just takes longer to heal, we don’t move as fast etc. we all fall victim to it. His arm I’m sure is fine, it’s the knees, hips etc that worry me.

It’s rare guys play really well once they hit their mid 30’s, especially guys who don’t have a long history of being elite or near it. This isn’t a knock on Geno but history is against him improving next year and even less so the following years. This is part of the reason many are skeptical of signing him without there being an almost instant out each year which Geno may not except.