Greg Chiarella

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@grantcohn Pretty telling that you criticize the team unrelentingly for their handling - which admittedly may have been flawed - when they had $$$ and personal investment, and within a week you are ready to give up on the guy for ignoring your advice.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@grantcohn Is this a standoff? He isn't even on the 90-man roster.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@SulligentHUB And it's not about the trade compensation (I'd expect MAYBE a 6th, or something conditional). If getting out so soon is important to him, he's got to give. The team has no incentive to move him to a conference opponent now.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@SulligentHUB Seriously. If he wants to join the Commanders on his timeframe, he can ask the team to trade him and agree to restructure his contract to facilitate it. But he wants everything on his terms.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@grantcohn He has the power to expedite his release. Pick up the phone, tell the 49ers he wants a trade to the Commanders and will restructure his contract to facilitate it. Right now he wants to have his cake (pick his team) and eat it (pick his timeframe).

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@Graham_SFN Commanders couldn't justify taking on the contract as is. Given that the guarantees were voided, maybe BA would agree to renegotiate, but that seems very unlikely.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@grantcohn So complacent they added Mike Evans, Osa Odighizuwa, and Dre Greenlaw to start and filled out the roster with quality depth in FA (OL, WR, DL, CB). Maybe it's not enough, but calling this offseason by the Niners "complacent" is pure recency bias.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@SulligentHUB It could actually be a bit difficult to prove this case with nothing but a video Aiyuk filmed himself. Who will authenticate it? Probably there's enough context in the video itself to admit it, but it's not a gimme.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@grantcohn Belichick pushed Brady out and went five straight years without winning a playoff game, culminating in a 4-13 record. Not close to comparable at this point.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@grantcohn Turns out professional athletes get upset when you won't pay them what they think they're worth. What team doesn't have a list like this? Could have put Greenlaw on this list last year and now he's back.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@SulligentHUB Jonny, was Black the clear RB #3 (or higher) for you? How did you rate other RBs compared to him? Is he dramatically better than, say, Kaytron Allen, such that we needed to grab him almost 100 picks earlier?

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@SulligentHUB Issues for me are position, age, and other big needs. Black is unlikely to take on a major role for a couple years, may be 27 by then, and we have consistently gotten talent at the position late or UDFA. Like the player, almost never like a RB in this range.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@SulligentHUB Weird play. Neither OT moved at the snap.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@LombardiHimself In '23, Sorensen was the worst DC in the league by a considerable measure. Really bad promotion.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@49ersHMA @grantcohn Don't disagree that the Niners should have taken a safety. But if consensus is so important, Bud Clark was a full round reach for a need. Sixth-year player, 24, lots of the same complaints we hear about several Niner draft picks.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@BSDtakes Okay. Three of five first-round WR picks didn't crack 1,000 yards in a college season. The other two second-round picks didn't. Of nine third-round picks, only two did and one of them did it at GA State.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@grantcohn Jennings hasn't played primarily in the slot in two years. A healthy Mike Evans - granted a big if - is a major upgrade over Jennings at X.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@JL_Chapman Was thinking along these lines when that SB Nation writer put out his QB list recently. Justin Herbert still in the top-10 despite some of the ugliest playoff performances ever and no playoff wins. But he's big and fast and can throw far. Makes sense.

[Greg Chiarella @gregchiarella]

@SulligentHUB Not at all. Issues with the pick are the position, weak class, third guy taken, and 25. And players are other positions still on the board. Can't do it at 90.