Niner Noise » wide receivers http://ninernoise.com A San Francisco 49ers Blog Tue, 21 May 2013 22:44:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Joshua Morgan Recovering Well, Will Be Ready for 2012 Season http://ninernoise.com/2012/02/15/joshua-morgan-recovering-well-will-be-ready-for-2012-season/ http://ninernoise.com/2012/02/15/joshua-morgan-recovering-well-will-be-ready-for-2012-season/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:27:33 +0000 Eric Melendez http://ninernoise.com/?p=6093   One of the biggest holes the San Francisco 49ers need to fill on offense is at wide receiver.  GM Trent Baalke is expected to address this issue in both free agency and the draft.  There are plenty of free agent wide receivers available and the 49ers could find a sleeper in the later rounds [...]

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One of the biggest holes the San Francisco 49ers need to fill on offense is at wide receiver.  GM Trent Baalke is expected to address this issue in both free agency and the draft.  There are plenty of free agent wide receivers available and the 49ers could find a sleeper in the later rounds of the draft, who could help contribute to the 49ers 29th ranked passing offense that averaged only 183.1 yards a game.  Wide receiver Joshua Morgan, who broke his leg in week 5 against the Buccaneers and missed the rest of the season, has been running drills on his healed leg for the past two weeks.  Morgan had 15 receptions for 220 yards and one touchdown before he broke his leg, with five of those receptions coming against the Bucs.  The 49ers could have used Morgan at wide receiver as no one stepped up to take over for the WR’s production.  Morgan is a free agent, but he wants to return and the 49ers want to bring back the wide receiver.  Morgan can re-sign with the 49ers starting on March 13 when the free agency period starts.  Morgan said the following about re-signing with the 49ers,

 

“When they tell me, I’ll be there.”

 

Losing Morgan for the season was a big blow and it hurt the 49ers, especially in the NFC Championship game.  Morgan has been progressing well since he was drafted in the sixth round in 2008.  In 2010, Morgan had his best season with 44 receptions for 698 yards, two touchdowns and averaged 15.9 yards per reception.  He only started 11 games in 2010.  The wide receiver is not really  a number one receiver but can be a solid number two receiver for the 49ers.  The advantage to re-signing Morgan is his size and speed which is a good fit for Jim Harbaugh’s power-based West Coast offense.  He also has experience with  the offense, which is known to be complicated.

The 49ers should sign a true number one wide receiver to upgrade the passing offense and to push Michael Crabtree to produce like a top-ten draft pick.  Bringing back Morgan and adding him into that potential mix will do wonders for the 49ers passing offense next season.  There is a chance Morgan could test free agent market, but with him missing most of the season with a broken leg, he will probably receive his best offer from the 49ers.

 

 

]]> http://ninernoise.com/2012/02/15/joshua-morgan-recovering-well-will-be-ready-for-2012-season/feed/ 0 Bye Week 49ers State of The Union Address: Defense http://ninernoise.com/2011/10/19/bye-week-49ers-state-of-the-union-address/ http://ninernoise.com/2011/10/19/bye-week-49ers-state-of-the-union-address/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:00:17 +0000 Matt Hamm http://ninernoise.com/?p=4643   The 49ers  reach the bye week at 5-1 having played their best football since 1998.  It’s a good time to be a 49er fan, in a 2 part series I’ll take a look at what got the 49ers to 5-1 and what to expect the rest of the 2011 season with some outlandish predictions sprinkled in.  [...]

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The 49ers  reach the bye week at 5-1 having played their best football since 1998.  It’s a good time to be a 49er fan, in a 2 part series I’ll take a look at what got the 49ers to 5-1 and what to expect the rest of the 2011 season with some outlandish predictions sprinkled in. 

The defense has emerged as one of the elite units in the NFL and nobody has run on this team in a long time dating back to last season.  Patrick Willis and Navarro Bowman form the best inside linebacker duo in the NFL.  No other team has 2 guys that can run all game long and stop the run like the 49ers do hats off to Trent Baalke  once again for his confidence in Bowman allowing veteran captain Takeo Spikes  to walk in free agency in favor of Bowman. 

While the star linebackers get a lot of the credit for the 2nd leading run defense in the league the defensive line deserves a big share of the credit.  Justin Smith has been remarkable this year, I swear he looks better and better every year, a relenting DE that has set himself apart as the best 3-4 DE in the NFL.  Isaac Sopoaga and Ray McDonald have done fantastic jobs in their new roles as well Sopoaga being shifted back to nose tackle and McDonald being inserted into the starting lineup after being a backup his entire career has thrived.  Sopoaga replaced veteran Abrayo Franklin and has reinforced the teams decision to keep him over Franklin by giving the line more push up the middle taking up more of the guards attention and allowing the edge rushers more room to operate.   McDonald is an upgrade at DE over Sopoaga in defensive coordinator Vic Fangio’s scheme because he’s a better pass rusher, in Fangio’s defense compared to Greg Manusky is that the DEs are expected to get pressure as well.  McDonald has excelled in the run game also which the big question mark was coming into the season.
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]]> http://ninernoise.com/2011/10/19/bye-week-49ers-state-of-the-union-address/feed/ 0 Seahawks Sign T.J. Houshmandzadeh http://ninernoise.com/2009/03/03/seahawks-sign-tj-houshmandzadeh/ http://ninernoise.com/2009/03/03/seahawks-sign-tj-houshmandzadeh/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:16:43 +0000 Eric Melendez http://ninernoise.com/?p=362 The Seahawks signed the best wide receiver in free agency this year, T.J. Houshmandzadeh. Housh signed a five-year, $40 million deal. Your 49ers were not in discussions at all to sign the former Bengal. In a recent post I said the 49ers should sign Housh just to keep him from going to a division rival. [...]

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]]> The Seahawks signed the best wide receiver in free agency this year, T.J. Houshmandzadeh. Housh signed a five-year, $40 million deal. Your 49ers were not in discussions at all to sign the former Bengal. In a recent post I said the 49ers should sign Housh just to keep him from going to a division rival. We need a number one receiver which will not be newly signed WR Brandon Jones. With Housh off the market the 49ers still have options in free agency along with the draft. But don’t expect the Niners to sign another WR better than Jones. They seem content. Hopefully with the 10th pick they will draft a WR but I suspect Mike Singletary and company will draft either an offensive tackle or defensive end. Both positions are needed, but a WR is a more urgent position the Niners need to upgrade.

Warner Visits 49ers

Just as I thought, Kurt Warner’s visit to the 49ers yesterday was a leveraging tactic even though his agent said it was a serious visit. Warner did receive a contract offer from the Niners however today his agent submitted a contract proposal to keep Warner in Arizona. Basically Warner’s visit means he can get more money out of the Cardinals. Good, didn’t need or want him anyway.

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