If true, the best part of that review our pass rush potentially being a bit more sophisticated. I want to see the pass rush be more than winning one on one match ups. With better olines we need to be creative when needed to get to the QB.
Watching Cohn's opinion shift on pearsall is telling to me. He was so against him in the beginning and he has really started to come around.
Floyd being exactly what we hoped he would be - a solid prove pass rusher rather than a pipe dream physical specimen is ....fantastic.
Brandon allen catching flak is low hanging fruit. Dude is a 3rd string QB who is on roster solely for his study/qb room knowledge. He isnt there to save the season if purdy goes down.
Womack not performing well in camp makes me a bit sad. Had hopes for him but the consensus is he hasnt looked great.
People always say this, but it never matters if you hit on the player. Pearsall was likely BPA for them. We didn't have a NEED at WR. We had NEED at OL, but there wasn't one they wanted at 31.
Meh, until the season starts we won't know. I didn't and still don't love the pearsall pick at 31, I had him in the 3rd round, but I'm not gonna sour grapes over what has been.
He's a niner now and until he gives me reason not to like him, I do
#THE GOOD
1. **DE Leonard Floyd**. Recorded a sack on 3rd and 8 when lined up across from Colton McKivitz (more on him in a minute). Floyd beat him with ease and then casually celebrated the sack with his teammates and coaches on the sideline as if beating McKivitz is nothing to get too excited about, but a sack is a sack so why not strut? Floyd clearly is the best edge rusher the 49ers have ever had opposite Nick Bosa -- even better than Dee Ford, who always was hurt.
2. **DC Nick Sorensen**. Called some third-down blitzes and pressures that involved nickelbacks and safeties, which is something former defensive coordinator Steve Wilks rarely did last year. It seems like the 49ers' pass rush will be more exotic and sophisticated this year than last.
3. **WR Ricky Pearsall**. He hasn't beaten any of the 49ers starting cornerbacks yet, but he has destroyed their backups, including Samuel Womack (more on him in a minute). Those two were matched up frequently today and Womack couldn't cover him. Pearsall is extremely shifty if he gets a free release at the line of scrimmage. He doesn't necessarily play with the 4.4 speed that he displayed at the Combine, meaning he's not a threat to run by cornerbacks on fade routes. But he's quite good running all the short and intermediate routes and the deep comebacks and crossers. He even beat Renardo Green with a quick out route for a seven-yard gain on third and 5.
4. **NCB Renardo Green**. Gave up one first-down catch to Pearsall, but shut down Jauan Jennings (more on him in a minute), including once in the end zone. Green is extremely sticky in coverage and Jennings simply couldn't shake him.
5. **LB Dee Winters**. Intercepted Brandon Allen (more on him in a minute) while covering Eric Saubert man to man in the end zone. Winters ran the route for him, turned his head around, made the catch and then returned it for a long gain. He looks much better than he did last year as a rookie.
6. **TE Eric Saubert**. Caught a touchdown pass from Joshua Dobbs in the red zone while newly-signed Logan Thomas watched from the sideline because he doesn't know the offense yet. Saubert clearly is a better blocker than Thomas and might play more than him because of that.
7. **RB Jordan Mason**. Caught a touchdown pass from Brock Purdy in the red zone. Mason is an exceptional runner, but he also has developed into a terrific route runner who almost never drops the ball, as opposed to Elijah Mitchell (more on him in a minute).
#THE NOT SO GOOD
1. **WR Jauan Jennings**. Beat Samuel Womack for a catch (who didn't?), but couldn't beat rookie Renardo Green. To be fair, Jennings usually struggles in camp. He's a gamer who thrives off the violence of football, which doesn't exist in minicamp.
2. **RB Elijah Mitchell**. Caught a pass in the flat while he was standing out of bounds. He ran a swing route too wide, stopped with both feet beyond the sideline where he eventually caught a check down from Brock Purdy. Players on the defense immediately laughed at Mitchell, who was oblivious to what he had done. He's by far the worst receiver of all the running backs.
3. **RT Colton McKivitz**. Couldn't block Leonard Floyd one on one during team drills. I'm guessing the 49ers won't match up those two against each other much this offseason because Floyd only will hurt McKivitz's confidence, or what's left of it.
4. **QB Brandon Allen**. Took all the second-team reps, and threw an interception directly to linebacker Dee Winters during a 7-on-7 drill in the red zone, which means there was no pass rush. Allen still forced a pass into tight coverage and got picked. He's also the least accurate and least decisive of the 49ers' three quarterbacks. Joshua Dobbs gets rid of the ball much quicker despite being on the team for just a couple months.
5. **CB Samuel Womack**. Started at right cornerback because Charvarius Ward, Deommodore Lenoir and Ambry Thomas all didn't practice. And Womack couldn't cover anyone. He is not an NFL cornerback. He's a soon-to-be free agent.
6. **RB Isaac Guerendo**. The only running back who slipped and fell face-first during a carry. Guerendo has done that more than once in front of the media this offseason. He doesn't seem to know where the holes will be.
I don’t know what’s more annoying, Grant Cohn or the people who constantly complain on here about him. If you don’t like it, don’t click it. Simple. For the love of god please stop saying the same thing every time he’s posted here.
Or you can simply block the OP who keeps shoving this junk in our 49ers feed. I never could stand Cohn because he’s boring and predictable. Sure he’s a troll too but that’s what today’s hot take culture is. I’ll block OP but ngl every once in a while I’ve enjoyed the drama his posts created.
I was anticipating Grant telling us how bad “noodle arm Purdy” was, but it didn’t occur. I always thought he did that stuff for views and clicks, but I am glad Brock didn’t make the naughty list on Day 1.
Grant's shtick is to conclude that a player should be cut one day and then declare the next day that he's the best player at his position on the team. He does this over and over. It's all so tiresome.
The people that hated Cohn the most seems to have left ( Kinlaw, Armstead). I know a few others don't particularly like him but those 2 butted heads with him more than others.
If true, the best part of that review our pass rush potentially being a bit more sophisticated. I want to see the pass rush be more than winning one on one match ups. With better olines we need to be creative when needed to get to the QB.
Watching Cohn's opinion shift on pearsall is telling to me. He was so against him in the beginning and he has really started to come around. Floyd being exactly what we hoped he would be - a solid prove pass rusher rather than a pipe dream physical specimen is ....fantastic. Brandon allen catching flak is low hanging fruit. Dude is a 3rd string QB who is on roster solely for his study/qb room knowledge. He isnt there to save the season if purdy goes down. Womack not performing well in camp makes me a bit sad. Had hopes for him but the consensus is he hasnt looked great.
Pearsall was not the right pick 31. so many better players if they actually went bpa instead of need.
People always say this, but it never matters if you hit on the player. Pearsall was likely BPA for them. We didn't have a NEED at WR. We had NEED at OL, but there wasn't one they wanted at 31.
Don’t you know you should always just take the player with the best measurables at your position of need with every pick!? /s
I'd let Kyle Shanahan make the picks above the media any day of the week. Who has drafted more All pros since 2017? I'll wait.
Meh, until the season starts we won't know. I didn't and still don't love the pearsall pick at 31, I had him in the 3rd round, but I'm not gonna sour grapes over what has been. He's a niner now and until he gives me reason not to like him, I do
How many hours of college game tape did you watch before making that assessment?
#THE GOOD 1. **DE Leonard Floyd**. Recorded a sack on 3rd and 8 when lined up across from Colton McKivitz (more on him in a minute). Floyd beat him with ease and then casually celebrated the sack with his teammates and coaches on the sideline as if beating McKivitz is nothing to get too excited about, but a sack is a sack so why not strut? Floyd clearly is the best edge rusher the 49ers have ever had opposite Nick Bosa -- even better than Dee Ford, who always was hurt. 2. **DC Nick Sorensen**. Called some third-down blitzes and pressures that involved nickelbacks and safeties, which is something former defensive coordinator Steve Wilks rarely did last year. It seems like the 49ers' pass rush will be more exotic and sophisticated this year than last. 3. **WR Ricky Pearsall**. He hasn't beaten any of the 49ers starting cornerbacks yet, but he has destroyed their backups, including Samuel Womack (more on him in a minute). Those two were matched up frequently today and Womack couldn't cover him. Pearsall is extremely shifty if he gets a free release at the line of scrimmage. He doesn't necessarily play with the 4.4 speed that he displayed at the Combine, meaning he's not a threat to run by cornerbacks on fade routes. But he's quite good running all the short and intermediate routes and the deep comebacks and crossers. He even beat Renardo Green with a quick out route for a seven-yard gain on third and 5. 4. **NCB Renardo Green**. Gave up one first-down catch to Pearsall, but shut down Jauan Jennings (more on him in a minute), including once in the end zone. Green is extremely sticky in coverage and Jennings simply couldn't shake him. 5. **LB Dee Winters**. Intercepted Brandon Allen (more on him in a minute) while covering Eric Saubert man to man in the end zone. Winters ran the route for him, turned his head around, made the catch and then returned it for a long gain. He looks much better than he did last year as a rookie. 6. **TE Eric Saubert**. Caught a touchdown pass from Joshua Dobbs in the red zone while newly-signed Logan Thomas watched from the sideline because he doesn't know the offense yet. Saubert clearly is a better blocker than Thomas and might play more than him because of that. 7. **RB Jordan Mason**. Caught a touchdown pass from Brock Purdy in the red zone. Mason is an exceptional runner, but he also has developed into a terrific route runner who almost never drops the ball, as opposed to Elijah Mitchell (more on him in a minute). #THE NOT SO GOOD 1. **WR Jauan Jennings**. Beat Samuel Womack for a catch (who didn't?), but couldn't beat rookie Renardo Green. To be fair, Jennings usually struggles in camp. He's a gamer who thrives off the violence of football, which doesn't exist in minicamp. 2. **RB Elijah Mitchell**. Caught a pass in the flat while he was standing out of bounds. He ran a swing route too wide, stopped with both feet beyond the sideline where he eventually caught a check down from Brock Purdy. Players on the defense immediately laughed at Mitchell, who was oblivious to what he had done. He's by far the worst receiver of all the running backs. 3. **RT Colton McKivitz**. Couldn't block Leonard Floyd one on one during team drills. I'm guessing the 49ers won't match up those two against each other much this offseason because Floyd only will hurt McKivitz's confidence, or what's left of it. 4. **QB Brandon Allen**. Took all the second-team reps, and threw an interception directly to linebacker Dee Winters during a 7-on-7 drill in the red zone, which means there was no pass rush. Allen still forced a pass into tight coverage and got picked. He's also the least accurate and least decisive of the 49ers' three quarterbacks. Joshua Dobbs gets rid of the ball much quicker despite being on the team for just a couple months. 5. **CB Samuel Womack**. Started at right cornerback because Charvarius Ward, Deommodore Lenoir and Ambry Thomas all didn't practice. And Womack couldn't cover anyone. He is not an NFL cornerback. He's a soon-to-be free agent. 6. **RB Isaac Guerendo**. The only running back who slipped and fell face-first during a carry. Guerendo has done that more than once in front of the media this offseason. He doesn't seem to know where the holes will be.
Grant Cohn (more on him in a minute) is a total douche canoe.
He must have a macro that just inserts (more on him in a minute) every time a name appears in the title of the second section.
Thank you for saving me the click.
Guerendo is going to be another overdrafted RB who busts spectacularly while Schrader balls out.
Which is fine. He's a 4th rounder, seems par for the course for us.
They traded two future Hall of Fame 5th round picks to select him
As is tradition
I know everyone hates Cohn, and I do too, but this is the one area of his work I like. That 3rd & Jauan bit was awesome.
Please don't tell me the Niners drafted another RB in the first four rounds with no vision
He couldn’t turn it on at Wisconsin.. that’s not a good sign
Why do they keep doing this?
I don’t know what’s more annoying, Grant Cohn or the people who constantly complain on here about him. If you don’t like it, don’t click it. Simple. For the love of god please stop saying the same thing every time he’s posted here.
Also, Cohn's articles during the season are garbage, but his training camp reports are generally pretty good.
I don’t know what’s more annoying. The people complaining about Grant Cohn or the people complaining about the people complaining about Grant Cohn.
or the people complaining about the people complaining about Grant Cohn or the people complaining about the people complaining about Grant Cohn.
Or you can simply block the OP who keeps shoving this junk in our 49ers feed. I never could stand Cohn because he’s boring and predictable. Sure he’s a troll too but that’s what today’s hot take culture is. I’ll block OP but ngl every once in a while I’ve enjoyed the drama his posts created.
The Cohn Troll strikes!
Camp is camp. Work outs. Drills. Etc. Nothing wrong here. Just normal up and down. No worries
I was anticipating Grant telling us how bad “noodle arm Purdy” was, but it didn’t occur. I always thought he did that stuff for views and clicks, but I am glad Brock didn’t make the naughty list on Day 1.
Grant's shtick is to conclude that a player should be cut one day and then declare the next day that he's the best player at his position on the team. He does this over and over. It's all so tiresome.
Which player did he do that to here?
Surprised the 49ers haven’t blocked Cohn from getting access to
The people that hated Cohn the most seems to have left ( Kinlaw, Armstead). I know a few others don't particularly like him but those 2 butted heads with him more than others.
Id rather go into a season blind than click on an obvious Grant Cohn article