NBC Sports NFL analyst Chris Simms joins host Jennifer Lee Chan on “49ers Talk” to discuss how San Francisco needs more playmakers on offense.
NFL analyst Chris Simms believes 49ers need more playmakers on offense originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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More Brock Purdy- Yeah more tools, more, more weapons for him.
More Brock Purdy- Yeah more tools, more, more weapons for him.
Yeah.
Yeah.
They had a tough time last year.
They had a tough time last year.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What can they do maybe free agency-wise?
What can they do maybe free agency-wise?
Can they add there?
Can they add there?
DeMarkus Robinson was kind of here and there.
DeMarkus Robinson was kind of here and there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You know, it took a while.
You know, it took a while.
No, it took a while.
No, it took a while.
And then, you know, I think that’s, again, what’s amazing about the 49ers and how good they were last year.
And then, you know, I think that’s, again, what’s amazing about the 49ers and how good they were last year.
I mean, I think we’re still in a process of kind of, I don’t wanna, you know, wanna say rebuild, but refurbishing the team from those Super Bowl teams.
I mean, I think we’re still in a process of kind of, I don’t wanna, you know, wanna say rebuild, but refurbishing the team from those Super Bowl teams.
That was, that was kind of the plan all along here- Yeah to do that.
That was, that was kind of the plan all along here- Yeah to do that.
So I, I think you’re, like, spot on.
So I, I think you’re, like, spot on.
Receiver where Shanahan has a gift of teaching receivers because he was an ex-receiver, and then he has a gift of getting receivers open.
Receiver where Shanahan has a gift of teaching receivers because he was an ex-receiver, and then he has a gift of getting receivers open.
He’s at his best, and was always at his best, when he has one guy where you go, “You gotta defend him, and you gotta change what you do on defense ’cause you gotta worry about me just abusing him,” right?
He’s at his best, and was always at his best, when he has one guy where you go, “You gotta defend him, and you gotta change what you do on defense ’cause you gotta worry about me just abusing him,” right?
Like he had Andre Johnson in Houston.
Like he had Andre Johnson in Houston.
You go to Atlanta, you had Julio Jones.
You go to Atlanta, you had Julio Jones.
Same type of story, right?
Same type of story, right?
So hopefully they can start to find that kind of guy, but yeah, I think that’s another area.
So hopefully they can start to find that kind of guy, but yeah, I think that’s another area.
They need some playmakers on offense so it’s not so much work against teams like Seattle.
They need some playmakers on offense so it’s not so much work against teams like Seattle.
You can’t go against Seattle and go, “We’re gonna go on a 12-play drive every time we get the ball.”
You can’t go against Seattle and go, “We’re gonna go on a 12-play drive every time we get the ball.”
That’s just not gonna happen.
That’s just not gonna happen.
You need somebody at some point that can catch a ball down the middle, split the defense, and go, “Oh, oh, they took some pressure off us.
You need somebody at some point that can catch a ball down the middle, split the defense, and go, “Oh, oh, they took some pressure off us.
They got a 60-yard gain.
They got a 60-yard gain.
We’re gonna have to work for every yard.”
We’re gonna have to work for every yard.”
And I think they’re missing that a little bit right now.
And I think they’re missing that a little bit right now.
Do you see the 49ers again, kind of like last year, not making a big splash during free agency and focusing on getting younger, bringing that youth movement to their roster?
Do you see the 49ers again, kind of like last year, not making a big splash during free agency and focusing on getting younger, bringing that youth movement to their roster?
I, I do.
I, I do.
I think that’ll still be the, the focus.
I think that’ll still be the, the focus.
And, and I think they have great confidence, and they should, in their, their niche ability to find people that are really good, that work in their system, and they know what they want, where the rest of the league right now values this high.
And, and I think they have great confidence, and they should, in their, their niche ability to find people that are really good, that work in their system, and they know what they want, where the rest of the league right now values this high.
But they’ve never been afraid to make a big move.
But they’ve never been afraid to make a big move.
We know that.
We know that.
The one thing I know about my buddy and, and Kyle, John Lynch, is just that if there’s something there that makes sense to them, even if it’s expensive or whatever, and they go, “Wait, no, this is gonna help us,” they will push the chips in the middle of the pile.
The one thing I know about my buddy and, and Kyle, John Lynch, is just that if there’s something there that makes sense to them, even if it’s expensive or whatever, and they go, “Wait, no, this is gonna help us,” they will push the chips in the middle of the pile.
A lot of the league just wants to be relevant.
A lot of the league just wants to be relevant.
The 49ers and a handful of other teams go for it every year, and that’s what I love about the Niners.
The 49ers and a handful of other teams go for it every year, and that’s what I love about the Niners.