Tony Parrish

[mexican_texan]

"Tony is a model professional, and he influenced a lot of younger players with his work ethic," 49ers coach Mike Nolan said. "This was a tough decision to make at this time, but with the injuries we had at linebacker, we needed to bring in a player at that position."

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Think he's any better than Michael Stone?

[Sarg01]

Originally Posted by mexican_texan

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Think he's any better than Michael Stone?

"The 49ers released Parrish to make room for veteran linebacker Jay Foreman, ..."

Gah!

[mexican_texan]

Originally Posted by Sarg01

"The 49ers released Parrish to make room for veteran linebacker Jay Foreman, ..."

Gah!

Made me do a triple-take. Weird.

[ArlingtonTexan]

Originally Posted by mexican_texan

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Think he's any better than Michael Stone?

He has had a better career than Michael Stone, but he did not seem to recover after missing a good portion of 2005 with an injury. If you are a proponent of veterans being able to teach stuff to younger players, he would be a candidate. At issue would be that like most of the safeties on our roster already, his weakness has always been in coverage. I am assuming that recent enough injury and age (at least 30) has done nothing to improve Parrish in that respect.

[joshri]

I'm sure he's getting old at this point but when I followed him a year or two ago he was a top 10 safety.

[bah007]

We should bring him in for a tryout.

He's been in a Pro Bowl (the year he had 9 INTs) so I dont think he could be as bad as Brown.

We could also use some veteran leadership on the D.

[amazingandre]

is there a way we could get him is he just a fa now? im not familar with that stuff.

[Texan_Bill]

Bring 'em in!!

By the way did that article say that signed Jay Foreman? I thought he was completely out of football. They really must be desperate at the LB spot.

[bah007]

Originally Posted by amazingandre

is there a way we could get him is he just a fa now? im not familar with that stuff.

He was released from his contract so he is just a FA now.

I dont expect that the Texans will pick him up now since by the time he got used to our defense the season would be over.

But I would still like to have him.

It really isn't good when your team's 2 defensive leaders are a rookie (Ryans) & a 5-year veteran (Weaver).

I think our secondary would improve drastically with the leadership & ability that Parrish brings.

[kcwilson]

Originally Posted by bah007

It really isn't good when your team's 2 defensive leaders are a rookie (Ryans) & a 5-year veteran (Weaver).

Depends on your outlook... I for one am glad to see a Rookie as a leader that will be a stable figure in the defense to come. It says a lot about the direction of the franchise.

It says a lot about the past too... but you can only whine and moan about the past and cannot change it.

[bah007]

Originally Posted by kcwilson

Depends on your outlook... I for one am glad to see a Rookie as a leader that will be a stable figure in the defense to come. It says a lot about the direction of the franchise.

It says a lot about the past too... but you can only whine and moan about the past and cannot change it.

I'm not doubting that Ryans is picking up the slack.

I just dont think he should be forced to because he is a rookie.

Rookies are supposed to learn from veterans in their early years & then they become leaders.

DeMeco stepped in & instantly became a leader. I am proud of him & I love the fact that he is on our team but I think it is unfair for him to have so much on his shoulders in just his rookie season.

He is still learning the transition from college to pros & players older than him are looking up at him.

We just dont have the luxury of having a lot of veteran leadership.

[hot pickle]

we should pick him up, keep him for the offseason and everything, maybe can get CC brown to play better, and hes a vet leader, if we can get him for cheap, then it would be a damn good idea