Hi guys...
Full disclosure I'm a long time Niners fan and came here to see what you guys thought of Jimmy G yesterday. Who you were rooting for will always paint your perspective so let me respond just a bit to some of the things I've read here. One of my best friends BTW is a Bears fan so was looking forward to having this exact same conversation with him, but that hasn't happened yet. You may or may not be interested in the the opinion of an outsider and if not, no worries.
1) First off, let me say that while many in the football world thought the Bears got fleeced on the trade, I didn't think that to be the case at all. They knew the 49ers weren't going to take Trubisky as evidenced by the comment to Paraag Marathe when he asked who they were going to take "I don't think you will be upset with our pick". The Bears had been open for business publicly to trade down in the draft while privately speaking with the Niners...IE, they knew who was trying to move up and what those packages looked like. If Trubisky is the guy for Chicago, I don't think it was a bad trade at all. They played those other teams by letting them think there was a chance they could get Trubisky at three knowing all the while he wouldn't be and making it seem like the move up to 2 was unnecessary.
2) Call me a homer, but I was on Cloud Nine yesterday. It didn't escape my attention that the Bears the Niners were playing weren't exactly the '85 Bears, but the SPEED at which Jimmy made decisions and got the ball out was what had my head spinning. The Niners have 2 very good tackles (Staley, Brown) but the interior 3 are trash. I watched poor CJ Beathard get beaten to a pulp for a month. Some of what you all are saying about no pressure and he had all day really isn't that accurate. A number of his throws where under duress and often he avoided pressure with his quick release. He is just more decisive and gets the ball out faster than I've seen in decades in SF.
3) I wouldn't judge Trubisky with this staff either. I'd also agree that the comparison is unfair. Jimmy has fewer starts than Trubisky, but he did practice with Brady, learn from Belichick, and now has Kyle Shanahan. Trubisky has none of that. Additionally...and I'm surprised no one mentioned this...BEFORE they were drafted Trubisky started ONE season. Jimmy started four full years. Jimmy is new to the offense and despite what people here say, that IS a big deal. In particular with Kyle. That system is WAY complex which is one of the reasons Ryan struggled with it in year one in Atlanta and then once he got it he took off in year 2.
In spite of that though Jimmy has taken far more NFL practice snaps than Trubisky has.
4) The "he didn't throw a TD and threw and INT" thing or the comp % argument: True, true and true...but lets be real for a sec. The INT was NOT on him. Fuller made a damn good play and ripped the ball away from Murphy. Technically its an INT but it looked more like a fumble. The TDs? It happens. team game and Niners really don't have any weapons. For his career though Jimmy has 6 TDs and 1 INT so I'm not exactly concerned. He threw one last week. The Comp%? Really? Jimmy completed 70% of his passes for 293 yards...7.9 per attempt. Trubisky has 102 yards at 6.8 yards per attempt. You guys act like 70% is bad. If Murphy doesn't lose the ball and Hyde doesn't drop a ball right in his hands he completes 75% of his passes. I'm not selling that its actually 75% BTW, I'm saying that the sample sizes are so small that very little could radically change the numbers.
Jimmy was also consistently pushing the ball further down the field.
5) WRs: I can't speak intelligently (insert joke here) about the Bears WR situation, but the 49ers is pretty damn bad. While you may think the Niners are better, both Goodwin and Taylor had the best games of their entire career yesterday. Taylor I think has a future as a Wes Welker/Danny Amendola type, but Goodwin is mostly a deep "stretch the field" type. Pierre Garcon is their best WR and he's out for the year.
6) Trubisky: Finally, I wouldn't give up on him either. I liked him in the draft but I didn't want the 49ers to take him for 2 reasons...a) they had too many other needs, b) I thought it was too high to take a guy with so few college starts. From a physical perspective I thought he was great.
I dunno how you guys feel but I get the feeling Fox will be done after the season. If they can get a good offensive mind as a HC or at least a good OC, I think he's got all the physical traits you could ask for.
Peace. See you next year at Levis.