49ers Sign SS M.Lewis
 

[B]49ers | Team reaches an agreement with M. Lewis[/B]
Fri, 2 Mar 2007 19:15:37 -0800
[URL="http://www.kffl.com/link/17"]Len Pasquarelli[/URL], of [URL="http://www.kffl.com/link/9"]ESPN.com[/URL], reports the [URL="http://www.kffl.com/team/32/nfl"]San Francisco 49ers[/URL] have reached an agreement with free agent SS [URL="http://www.kffl.com/player/1487/nfl"]Michael Lewis[/URL] (Eagles). Details of the contract were not available.



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[quote=Smurf85;283170][B]49ers | Team reaches an agreement with M. Lewis[/B]
Fri, 2 Mar 2007 19:15:37 -0800
[URL="http://www.kffl.com/link/17"]Len Pasquarelli[/URL], of [URL="http://www.kffl.com/link/9"]ESPN.com[/URL], reports the [URL="http://www.kffl.com/team/32/nfl"]San Francisco 49ers[/URL] have reached an agreement with free agent SS [URL="http://www.kffl.com/player/1487/nfl"]Michael Lewis[/URL] (Eagles). Details of the contract were not available.



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I can't wait to watch Boldin and Fitzgerald toast him and Clements!

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[url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sgreen/author?blogid=40&auth=31]The Chronicle Sports Columnist Blog : Nancy Gay[/url]
$10 million guaranteed

Just as bad as the Adam Archuleta deal.

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[QUOTE=steveo395;283175][url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sgreen/author?blogid=40&auth=31]The Chronicle Sports Columnist Blog : Nancy Gay[/url]
$10 million guaranteed

Just as bad as the Adam Archuleta deal.[/QUOTE]

Wow. That's a lot for a guy who got benched and beat out by Sean Considine.

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[quote=steveo395;283175][URL="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sgreen/author?blogid=40&auth=31"]The Chronicle Sports Columnist Blog : Nancy Gay[/URL]
$10 million guaranteed

Just as bad as the Adam Archuleta deal.[/quote]

It hurts so good.

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he can still play AA cant

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[quote=CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR;283187]he can still play AA cant[/quote]

You have got to be kidding me? Let it go. Just let the fact that we did pretty damn bad last year in free agency wash over you and fade away.

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[quote=CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR;283187]he can still play AA cant[/quote]
He can't play. He's just as bad as Archuleta, maybe worse.

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Michael Lewis is very similar to Adam Archuletta. Both can play the run really well and deliver "highlight reel hits". Both can cover 270 lb tight ends because those guys can't run. Neither one can cover a slot receiver or a WR on a bet.

Archuletta was way overpaid with his signing bonus and the rest of his deal. Part of his downfall was that his partner in the secondary is just like him; neither one can cover well.

If Lewis gets paired with a safety who has coverage skills, Lewis can be a good player. If he gets paired with another "big hitter" with marginal coverage skills, Lewis will stink like a 10 day old bloated hippo carcass out in the sun on the African veldt.

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so AA can play?? hard to when he on the bench

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i think lewis is a better player than AA.

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CCMS you got spirit man. You may be wrong a lot but you have spirit.

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Yeah this isn't anywhere near the Archuleta deal IMO. Lewis got benched because the corners around him were hurt and Reid was making a statement about the pass defense. He is weak in coverage I admit, so we'll basically use a "big nickel" package where he's closer to the LOS and will hit people.

Overpaid for? Maybe. We should still have something like 20 million in cap room, so excuse me if I'm not upset if the FO isn't pinching pennies.

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listen i would rather had kept clark but he wasnt a big enough name for the skins. So yes i'm still piss about AA deal it a killer deal for the team. Still i would take lewis over AA.

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[quote=CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR;283195]so AA can play?? hard to when he on the bench[/quote]
I think both of them can still play if put in the right situation. They are very similar type players. Michael Lewis would have been just as bad if he were on the Redskins last year.

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[QUOTE=Rexi;283200]Yeah this isn't anywhere near the Archuleta deal IMO. Lewis got benched because the corners around him were hurt and Reid was making a statement about the pass defense. He is weak in coverage I admit, so we'll basically use a "big nickel" package where he's closer to the LOS and will hit people.

Overpaid for? Maybe. We should still have something like 20 million in cap room, so excuse me if I'm not upset if the FO isn't pinching pennies.[/QUOTE]

It sounds like it's AA's deal. Trust me, Lewis didn't get benched because Andry Reid wanted to make him a patsy. Lewis got benched because he isn't any good. Trust us, we've watched him for years.

As for the 9ers using their cap space, I definately think they're smart to use their cap space. These contracts won't kill their cap, but they're still way too pricey.

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[quote=Rexi;283200]Yeah this isn't anywhere near the Archuleta deal IMO. Lewis got benched because the corners around him were hurt and Reid was making a statement about the pass defense. He is weak in coverage I admit, so we'll basically use a "big nickel" package where he's closer to the LOS and will hit people.

Overpaid for? Maybe. We should still have something like 20 million in cap room, so excuse me if I'm not upset if the FO isn't pinching pennies.[/quote]

That makes a ton of sense. Your starting corners are hurt so bench your starting safety to prove a point. It doesn't get any more logical that that....

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[QUOTE=CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR;283196]i think lewis is a better player than AA.[/QUOTE] I bet you believe your mother is better then AA. Right?

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he played okay as a part time LB towards the end of the year... that's not the type of position you give a 10$mill SB to though.

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Redskinpete try to keep the stuff here just about the skins. Listen if you think AA so good your dreaming. Any halfass front office knew he couldnt cover anyone, he great against the run near the line of scrimmage. But horrible in space. Should have keep Clark who Taylor work with very well,instead of throwing 10 million to AA. Just wait now when Taylor comes up for his contract he going to want double. And about mom yes she was a good at sports. But everyone here on warpath knows no one is as good as you mom trust me wink wink. She in the pro bowl.

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[quote=CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR;283321]Redskinpete try to keep the stuff here just about the skins. Listen if you think AA so good your dreaming. Any halfass front office knew he couldnt cover anyone, he great against the run near the line of scrimmage. But horrible in space. Should have keep Clark who Taylor work with very well,instead of throwing 10 million to AA. Just wait now when Taylor comes up for his contract he going to want double. And about mom yes she was a good at sports. But everyone here on warpath knows no one is as good as you mom trust me wink wink. She in the pro bowl.[/quote]

i think you totally missed the point. I believe he was simply saying that EVERYONE is better than AA, so when you said lewis was a little better, that wasn't exactly saying a whole lot.

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seems like alot of people think there the same player.

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All this shows is that the rise in the cap is commanding exponential raises in salary demands. When a shmuck like this can command that kind of money, it means we are going to have to knuckle in and start locking up players we intend to keep sooner rather than later.

Daniel Graham could very well set the bar for Chris Cooley. And as we can see from the last two days, the bar is only the starting point now.

~Bang

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bloated hippo carcass? mmmmmmm....

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next year, everyone will try to bolt for the new money, only to find out that they flooded the market and hurt their own value.

the teams with the 30mill+ free in cap room are loading up now. they won't have the same flexibility next year when the "me too" class of FAs comes along.

although... the cards have been quiet, as have the packers.