Maulbert":36243ijy said:
Popeyejones":36243ijy said:
Two bad players on a bad team.
Sucks for both of them, but not really anyone else.
(So far both were penciled in as starters, FWIW)
Garnett was a 2016 first rounder.
So was Germain Ifedi.
Srsly though, as was the case in college he seriously struggled with his pass blocking as a rookie last year.
More importantly though, at this point in his career he's kind of like a poor man's Mike Iupati -- he's a very good road grader in a power run scheme who is a passable if imperfect fit in an inside zone run blocking scheme (like the Cardinals use, and the 9ers used last year under Kelly), but probably just doesn't fit that well in an outside zone scheme like the one Kyle Shanahan relies on.
Like Malcolm Smith he was likely going to be the starter, but given the scheme and what he showed last year he's not a huge loss, particularly on a team like the 9ers who will have to fight to win 5 or 6 games anyway.
Long story short, I think he's obviously a superior player to Zane Beadles (who will likely replace him in the starting lineup), but I'm not sure how true that is in an outside zone scheme (which fits Beadles but not him), and both of them suck in pass pro.
If the 9ers are going to end up getting blown out week in and week out (rather than just losing), it's going to be because of the injury and depth issues they're already having at safety, not Will or LG.