Is the roster strong enough to put a coach in position to make progress with the team?
“I think when you look at the roster, we’ve got work to do. There’s no question about that. The good thing is we’ve got the ammunition to do that. We’re sitting in a very good situation relative to cap and cash for this offseason. We’ve got 12 draft picks or around that number. We don’t know officially yet, but it’s going to be a significant amount of picks. So, we have the ability to do some things this offseason that we haven’t been able to do going into this one.”
Jed mentioned that you’re going to be top-five in terms of salary cap space. Does that mean that you’re going to more aggressive than you have been in the past in previous seasons and do you have to be as far as reaching a salary cap floor, minimum?
“Well, the one thing that I’m convinced of is you can’t buy championships. You earn championships and there’s a process to it. You build through the draft. You supplement your roster with free agency. You take care of your own guys because that creates ownership on their part. So, to say we’re going to go out and because we have X number of dollars to spend, how are we going to spend that? Are you going to spend that on two players or are you going to spend that on 12 players? I don’t know. I don’t have that answer right now nor would I from a competitive standpoint share that. But, there’s different ways to use that money. We just have to make sure we use it correctly.”
Come on Trent!!! Doing something, man! Anything! The draft doesn't hold the key to all of your answers and nobody thinks you can draft worth a damn anyway. Spend Jed's money! Meanwhile, the Oakland Raiders are snatching up FA's left and right then will add some great pieces through the draft. The coin has officially flipped and San Francisco will now enter football franchise purgatory that was previously inhabited by Oakland.
Seriously though, extending Ian Williams will be the biggest move so far? Huh? Good job extending TE Garrett Celek and signing QB Thad Lewis, that'll rocket us to the top of the NFC West. Speaking of Thad Lewis, we now have 4 QB's on our roster and will likely want to draft another to make it 5. Kaepernick being traded seems like it is all but done. If Denver or any other team wants to give us a 3rd round pick or higher, TAKE IT.
Looks like we have to brace for a tank-tastic season this year. First thing to come is a terrible display of getting free agents worth a damn (check), next it'll be an iffy draft (let's see who Baalke reaches on in the 1st round), followed by some important 49er going down for the season in training camp. Fasten your seat-belts 49er fans, because this is going to get a whole lot worse..