Here are some updates about possible contract extensions. RG Justin Smiley said the 49ers have spoken to his agent but no contract proposals were exchanged. However, one source said the 49ers made a “low ball” offer to lock up Smiley to a long-term contract, so it doesn’t appear as if anything will happen for a while.FS Mike Adams and RB Maurice Hicks have both rejected the 49ers’ proposals that were characterized as “good backup money.” Both Adams and Hicks are scheduled to be restricted free agents at the end of the season.
Although the 49ers want to keep RB Frank Gore around for a long time, both sides agreed to hold off on any long-term deal because of questions concerning his durability and how that might affect the contract.
The 49ers do not plan to negotiate during the season with DL Bryant Young, whose contract is set to expire at the end of the season. If Young wishes to return for his 14th NFL season, the 49ers would love to have him back, Nolan said.
Contract Extension Updates
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Davis #6 Pick for President said:
Erickson, do you know how much free cap space we have? And how much dead money are we still locked up in?
5 hours after the fact.MJ said:
I hate our team’s owner. Stingey bastard.
We need to lock up Mike Adams. Smiley and Hicks are each a must. We have insane cap room, the 3rd most in the NFL. This is ridiculous.
Now Smiley, Adams, and Hicks aside, the past 4 years I have watched the 49ers make good players from rookies but the second their contracts expire we do not pay them what competitive teams will pay them. And then when a free agency holds good players that satisfy our needs, even when we have enough cap, we go after other teams’ crap or sign somebody to too much money through the draft as an unproven player. Aggravating as hell. Dumbass York.
6 hours after the fact.Haha said:
Backups don’t want to get paid backup salaries? No effin way
! I’m glad we aren’t throwing money at perennial backups to lock them up. That’s the shit that got us into cap hell.
6 hours after the fact.ted berkowitz said:
usually i dont agree with more than half the shit MJ says, but on this one…”i feel ya dog!” york can pinch a quarter till the eagle screams! i hate that faggot, correct me if im wrong but has anyone ever seen him on the sideline with the team? i remember debartolo was always on the sidelines, york needs to reach in the wallet and spend some fuckin money!
8 hours after the fact.Haha said:
So we gave great contracts to Spencer and Snyder but when we give the same contracts to other people, we are cheap bastards? Get a fucking life.
8 hours after the fact.LOL said:
LOCK UP MIKE ADAMS? WHY? DID YOU GUYS SEE HIS ASS GET STIFFARMED BY BRIAN WESTBROOK (WHO ISN’T EVEN KNOWN FOR HIS STIFFARM)?? HE IS A LIABILITY IN COVERAGE AS WELL. I GUESS YA’LL LIKE HIM CAUSE HE HAD 4 INTERCEPTION LAST SEASON! INTERCEPTION = EVERYTHING!
10 hours after the fact.S-A said:
I dont see why its neccessary to lock up Mike Adams, Justin Smiley, and Maurice Hicks. Hicks is a good #3 KR/PR guy while Smiley has been outstanding for us.
Why do we have to shelve out the money to these guys right now? Lets say that Smiley wants out in San Francisco since he isnt happy with the team contract wise and coaching wise. We can get at least a 2nd rounder for this guy while Adam Snyder is waiting to get into the starting rotation.
I hope we can resign Smiley because I am a huge fan of his, but we at least have a security blanket incase he is traded.
If I started for 2 seasons on a team, I would want starting money personally. So I can understand Adams’s disgust with the offer the 49ers gave. But chances are, with Williams as our bitzing safety and Lewis is a great tackler, and Hudson waiting in the wings for that spot, he may not be resigned. Perhaps we can get compensation for Adams if he is an RFA…another draft pick right there!
And why the hell are you guys complaining about Maurice Hicks? Frank Gore and Michael Robinson are the future of our RB duo…not Maurice Hicks. Sure he may be a good special teams guy, but lets list off some other great speical teams players on our current roster:
A. Battle, D-Walker, B. Williams, M. Robinson, T. Jacobs to name a few…
So why use up 4-5 million dollars signing these guys when we can get a legit player like Clements-CB or Thomas-OLB and get a few more draft picks? It adds more flexability salary cap wise, improves the team’s talent, and gaining young quality players with a shitload of first day draft picks!
Don’t sweat it.
15 hours after the fact.pintor49 said:
Let hicks go he’s nothing special. we can draft a back in the 4th or 5th to take his place. adams can go,we need to draft a cb and fs early in the draft. Adams takes bad angles and cant tackle. Smiley is the only one we should sign. He’s a future all pro. Remember this draft were going to have a 1st,2nd,3rd,3rd(comp for perterson)4th,4th(barlow trade)4th(Lloyd)5th,5th(comp for A.Carter)6th thats a lot of picks . we should draft DE/OLB,DE/DT,CB,S,DT,CB,WR I think we will be picking in between 10 and 12 I would trade down with new england and pick up there two number 1’s. maybe 22 and 28th.
16 hours after the fact.#1 Dick Slapper said:
S-A to start this off what good will a compensation pick for Adams be when we’ll draft a guy, he’ll be good in 3 years, and then York will try and give him 1.5 mill a year and call that a good offer. I think we got a steal on Shawntae Spencer, and I was suprised he signed for the amount he did. But hey he must like Frisco. I think we definately need to re-sign Adams and Smiley. I could live with losing Hicks, cuze we got Gore and Robinson in the backfield. We got plenty of other guys that can be return men so even though Hicks is solid we can afford to lose him. And last are they gonna give Delanie a shot at WR when he comes back? He looks like he could do what Marques Colston does for the Saints for us, ya know.
16 hours after the fact.dude said:
its not the owners fault..nolan and mccloughan(sp?) are the ones who are giving the contract offers.. York gave nolan and mccloughan that power..so don’t go saying the owner is stingey.
1 day after the fact.MJ said:
The owner is not stingey??? HAHAHAHAHA
“dude,” you obviously know nothing. Yes, Nolan and Mccloughan were given the power by York, but Nolan has said repeatedly that he uses all the money that York alots him. YORK IS A PIECE OF SHIT. Nolan can do what he wants with the bidget York gives him.
S-A, your response made me cringe. You want us to let Smiley go for a 2nd rounder? YOU CAN NOT BUILD A FREAKING TEAM ONLY THROUGH THE DRAFT, DAMN IT WHY ARE PEOPLE SO STUPID??? So me humor you and assume we do get a 2nd round pick for Smiley. Then what? The player we get is a rookie with no experience who will be signed for more money than he is worth since he is a second rounder. By the time that player is any good, York will not dish out the money to keep him! As for Mike Adams, do not judge him my the stiff-arm he took from Westbrook! That is ridiculous! He is a play-maker and I want to see him stay. “LOL,” you said he has 4 interceptions last year. Do you know how many games he started last at his position last year? Check it out then let us see if you are still talking. And Maurice Hicks, he is not the golden child but he is better than some unexperienced 4th or 5th rounder! Have you guys been watching him on special teams? He returns are insanely good. Look at his average yards per return, comparable with the best in the nfl. We may not need him as a runningback, but he is a good returner and can be used as a #3 back.
ted berkowitz, it is true we never really agreed in the past. But have you noticed since that prick newton jackass we have pretty much been on the same page? Flippin’ York…...
1 day after the fact.MJ said:
Holy crap I had as lot of typos. Ha! My bad.
1 day after the fact.MJ said:
Hahaha, that last one was a joke.
1 day after the fact.ted berkowitz said:
S-A, what MJ forgot to mention was that 2 of mike adams interceptions last year were game winners(rams & texans) we should keep trying to resign him and see if we can trade owners with a local pop warner team, maybe he wont be such a tight wad faggot,
mj, what ever happened to prick newton!
1 day after the fact.S-A said:
Reread my post and youll find why I we would get rid of Smiley, MJ. I hypothetically stated that if he wanted out or his contract demands were too high, that we could get a 1st or 2nd rounder for him and we already have a replacement for him in Snyder. I would like to keep Smiley, but it only depends on if Nolan and all will want to keep him with his contract demands.
If we were to get a 2nd or 1st round draft pick, that could give us many options. We can trade back into the first round and snag a hole on the defensive side, or stay where we are and see who is the best player available. I would hands down take a trade like listed below and loose Smiley:
R1: Merriweather – S
R1: Carriker – D-line immediate starter
R2: CB
R3: OLB
But thats an extreme hypothetical situation. Again, I like Smiley and I hope he stays, but dont be suprised if he is gone.
Ted, I dont deny the talent that Adams possess, but he wouldn’t really be a starter on any other team. Consistancy is key, and he hasn’t shown it yet. There is still a full season ahead, but its just my opinion that we may upgrade the secondary through a 1st rounder and free agency. But I respect your viewpoints as well, its just my opinion and gut feeling.
M.J., why would we pay a premium on Hicks when we can replace him with someone cheaper and more versitale. Robinson will prove he is a legit #2 behind gore, and 3rd RBs are typically project players or average vet RBs. Again, a KR is replaceable since we already have players who can fill that hole.
I am not opposed to signing these guys, dont get me wrong. If we can get an economic efficient contract that both sides are happy with, then I am all for it. Adams/Hudson would be an upcoming FS duo in the NFL. Smiley and Adams are critical if we don’t have a sure replacement for them.
But if we can upgrade our defense with Merriweather, Carriker, and a CB while addressing the other needs in free agency like signing Hamlin and Thomas…then why not
1 day after the fact.dude said:
MJ: spelling ownz joo!
1 day after the fact.MJ said:
S-A, one last rebuttle. When it comes to Hicks, it is not about his runningback abilities it is his kick returns so far this season and the fact that he is a #3 back. I will bet you all anything that the money he is demanding is more than fair, it is just that York will not compensate him. This is not about Hicks, Smiley, or Adams. It is about a bunch of decisions made over the last few years that have caused the “building process” to start over 2 or 3 times. You can NOT build just through the draft, you need experienced players. It is ridiculous to draft a guy, have him for a few years, and when he gets good we are not willing to pay him what he deserves? Julian Peterson and Andre Carter went goodbye and look at our defense now. Sure, it’s improving (and I think Adams is one of the bright spots) but we would have been better off keeping those two players and paying them what a normal team would. I am not suggesting salary cap hell, I am saying build through the draft AND by signing veteran free agents during the offseason. York will not do the latter, so the least we can do is keep the experienced players we have.
ted berkowitz, yes Mike Adams did make game saving interceptions. I was actually at the Texans game last year sitting in the second row right behind the 49ers bench. It was a nice day (that was the day Smith threw his first TD too.) As for Prick Newton, where is he now? Everything he predicted was bogus. Haha, he sure was a Prick.
2 days after the fact.S-A said:
MJ: You make good points but theres one major flaw in your Hicks arguement. Battle is just as good as Hicks at that job and Walker/Robinson/Williams has shown some flashes at the KR/PR spot. We need not overpay for a guy who is a #3 back and a special teams player.
For example, look at Terry Jackson! He was a vet on our team, great special teams player, and a backup RB/FB…and he got cut. A similar thing may happen with Hicks.
Again, I would be happy to resign these guys and keep them…but the NFL is a business and you have to factor in the quality vs price ratio. I do think Adams can be a star for us and I am pretty sure Nolan will resign him for more than York would like because it lets us focus on other positions in the draft.
I also doubt Smiley gets traded because you dont ruin a good thing like our O-line. But again, look at it as a business decision. You can get Snyder in the starting role who would be cheaper yet may be almost as good as Smiley and getting an extra 1st or 2nd to reamp our defense…or you keep Smiley and sacrifice a talented player in the draft. It would be a tough decision if that would ever occur, but I think Nolan may bite since he had 2 1st rounders this past draft.
I definitely understand your points, but anythings possible and my gut tells me…it could happen!
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36 days after the fact.smileycuz said:
Hey, just stoped in to see how Justin’s contract is going. He is my second cousin and I have never met him, but his Dad and I are cousins. I dont know if you guys keep him or not, but having watched him play since he was at Alabama, he will not have any problem finding another team to start with. The guy is a stud. I look forward to seeing the 49’s play here next year in Carolina. You guys have an away game in Charlotte. I will definately be there. I would love to see him here in a Panthers uniform. You guys have a pretty decent team going and it would be silly to break up the O line. He is one of the best guards out there. Average guards are available, but a really good guard deserves the bucks. I think he is a really good guard.
176 days after the fact.