Analyzing whether the San Francisco 49ers should keep or cut Kyle Juszczyk.
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00:00 Keep or cut Kyle Yuszczyk.
00:02 I think they've got a cut Kyle Yuszczyk.
00:06 Here's a situation the 49ers are in and you can go to over the cap or you can go to spot rack.
00:11 I went to spot rack.
00:13 Either one is fine, but going there the 49ers are about three and a half million over the cap.
00:19 Their rookie class is going to cost them roughly 11 million dollars.
00:23 Well, a lot of people talk about getting rid of guys like Armstead.
00:28 Well, if you do that, that only saves you two and a half million dollars.
00:31 You can move on from Debo Samuel, trade him.
00:35 That's only going to save you 6.9 million dollars.
00:38 Kyle Yuszczyk, if you cut him, saves you 4.9 million dollars.
00:45 He's set to make 7.6 million dollars this year.
00:48 And when you look at his production, of course it goes beyond numbers because he's a fullback,
00:54 but he averages one touch a game throughout the season.
00:57 He had 10 of his 17 games.
01:01 He was on the field for 45% or less of the offensive snaps.
01:06 And when you look at what he is set to do, which is block and be a fullback,
01:11 he was actually only on the field 52% of the runs this year, Grant,
01:16 which tells me that they ran the ball just fine without Kyle Yuszczyk.
01:19 For me, I can't see how the 49ers justify 7.6 million
01:25 for a player that is on the field 52% of the time on run blocking downs,
01:30 which is what he is brought in to do.
01:32 When there's players out there like Michael Burton,
01:35 who have made 7.6 million in their whole career,
01:38 which is what Yuszczyk is set to make this year,
01:41 and if you look at his production for the Broncos last year,
01:44 also a free agent if they wanted to go get him,
01:46 was almost identical to Yuszczyk's.
01:49 So for me, I think this one's the biggest no-brainer out of all of these.
01:53 Absolutely. Free up the money. Save the 4.9 million.
01:57 Move on from Kyle Yuszczyk.
01:59 Yeah, I mean, there's no guaranteed money left in his contract.
02:03 He's been getting, not phased out of the offense,
02:06 but his role has been getting diminished.
02:08 And he's not as good of a player as he used to be.
02:12 When he first came to the Niners, I thought he was a phenomenal blocker
02:17 and a really underrated receiver.
02:20 And I used to always talk about Kyle not giving the ball enough.
02:24 I think those days are over.
02:25 I think he gets the ball just enough, and maybe a little too much.
02:29 At his age, I don't think he's really giving you much as a blocker anymore.
02:32 I think, again, he's a decoy. He goes in motion.
02:38 You know what I mean? It seems like what J.T. O'Sullivan said about him is dead on.
02:43 He's the coach's friend.
02:45 And the coach sort of shows his creativity, I guess,
02:50 or some of his, I don't know what you want to call it,
02:53 expresses himself through these weird plays with the fullback
02:59 where he doesn't get the ball.
03:00 But that's about it at this point.
03:02 I think you got to cut him.
03:03 But I don't think they will.
03:07 Well, and I don't, I mean, I take PFF with a grain of salt.
03:10 I mean, it's just another data point.
03:12 I like some of their advanced analytics as far as their statistics
03:15 that they put out there, not necessarily their scoring,
03:19 their rankings that they do, because I feel like that's,
03:22 I mean, it can be biased in some ways.
03:25 But if you're looking at what PFF says, as far as his career goes,
03:30 this was middle-tier year for him as far as his run blocking went.
03:34 So not only is he not on the field 48% of the runs,
03:38 not only was he on the field less than 45% of the time in 10 of the 17 games, period,
03:45 but as far as his run blocking, it was middle of the road for his career.
03:49 This last year, is that going to improve?
03:51 Is he, what is he? 32, 33?
03:53 I don't know that that's going to improve.
03:55 And I, I mean, when they drafted Willis, I thought that that was an option.
03:58 Obviously, they can always bring in an undrafted guy this year.
04:01 There's not a lot of fullbacks drafted.
04:03 Or like I said, they can go out and get a guy like Michael Burton,
04:06 who has made 7.6 million for his career.
04:09 And at this stage in his career is about as productive as Juszczak is.
04:13 So for me, I just, I don't see the point of bringing back Kyle Juszczak.
04:17 Although, what do we think is going to happen?
04:19 I would be shocked if they cut him. I would.
04:22 I think one of the issues with Juszczak is he's like,
04:25 finally not one of the top five weapons on this offense.
04:30 Jennings has taken his spot.
04:31 Jennings is just more dangerous, valuable than Kyle Juszczak.
04:37 Much better receiver, still improving as a receiver, a lot younger.
04:41 And he's not a fullback, but he's a devastating blocker.
04:44 And when you put him in the game in three wide receiver personnel packages,
04:47 he's really, really effective.
04:49 So it seems like if you're getting your best players on the field,
04:53 you have to have more and more time for Jennings,
04:55 less and less time for Juszczak.
04:57 There's still a place for Juszczak, but
04:59 should he really be making more money than Jawan Jennings at this point in their careers?
05:02 No. And he is. And that's a problem.
05:06 Yeah, absolutely.
05:07 I just, God, that's a lot of money.
05:09 And that's the crazy part.
05:10 Again, when we talk about cutting players or trading players or what have you,
05:15 I mean, if you save more money, double the money,
05:19 getting rid of him versus Eric Armstead, who you would take a $26 million cap it on.
05:25 I mean, you got to free up money somehow.
05:27 You can't extend all these guys.
05:29 You can't rework all these contracts.
05:30 You're going to put yourself in a really bad situation cap wise.
05:34 So for me, yeah, this is, this is like one of the easiest decisions on this roster,
05:39 in my opinion. Agree.
05:41 I mean, there's two years left on his deal, but there's no guaranteed money left on his deal.
05:44 So they structured it in such a way that if he was declining or they need to cap space,
05:49 this would be the time to cut him.
05:51 And I still don't think they will because I think with the certain players on this team,
05:57 Jed York, Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch are a little sentimental,
06:02 where Bill Walsh, George Seifert, Eddie DeBartolo were not.
06:08 I think there's a little bit of a difference there.
06:09 And when JTO Sullivan calls, you check the coach's friend.
06:13 There is something to that. So if I had to bet saying you should be on this team.
06:19 Yeah, I would too. You know, I do want to say this though about Kyle
06:23 because this is really the first time that we've seen Kyle in this situation.
06:27 And I think the assumption is pretty much what you said like, hey, you know,
06:30 some of these guys probably treats as his friend.
06:33 But one thing we haven't seen is that Kyle has now a group of aging players
06:38 that are making a lot of money that decisions have to be made on over the next 12 months.
06:43 I'm curious to see how cutthroat he really is.
06:46 You know, he signed a lot of these guys when they were younger and up and coming still
06:50 and at the peak of their career, but now that they're making a lot of money,
06:54 maybe more money than what they should at this stage.
06:58 I'm curious to see how he handles it. He might be more cutthroat than what we think.
07:01 And I think you check is going to give us a good indication of that.
07:04 If he keeps him around then probably what you're saying is right.
07:07 But if he gets rid of him, it's like, oh, okay. He's all about his business.
07:11 So you should seems just like one of the one of the crew.
07:19 He's not a backup dancer on this team. He's got a nickname.
07:23 He's part of the he's on the place on the see you like movie.
07:28 Lance pass. Yes. Yes.
07:31 He's in the he's in the he's in the group and I think cutting him would be I just don't see him doing it.
07:36 If they do I'll give him endless respect for sure.
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07:43 Well, thank you, but they're the true MVP's because they're phenomenal.
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07:55 If Debo happens to get traded and we keep Jennings how you feel with BA number one and Jennings number two keep killing it both of you.
08:05 I mean, I wouldn't hate it.
08:09 I don't know that Jennings is a true number two receiver either.
08:13 But I don't know give a shot.
08:16 Draft another one as well. Debo is actually I think the hardest decision to make on this team.
08:22 And I were I know we're going to talk about him in a minute.
08:24 So I won't give away too much but I do think he's the toughest decision out of all these guys on this team.
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