Carlton Mitchell active vs 49ers

[Legacy Fan]

Earned it per Shurmur

Via @dawgscooper @DanielWolfNFL

[golfer704u]

coincidentally he earned it the same week Momass is recovering from a concussion.

Lets hope he thrives though, we can always use another WR.

[Legacy Fan]

Not to mention Watson also..

I put the shurmur line in there hoping someone would pick up on it. . Who does he think he's fooling?

However I'm excited as hell to see Carlton get some playing time.

[Enigmatic Evil]

I'm right there with you Legacy... the timing is too convenient. HOWEVER, IF Carlton Mitchell shows up to play, maybe he can make a bit of a name for himself with a strong game. It's not like we've got a wealth of depth on our WR corps so this is his opportunity for sure.

GO SHURMUR! (For making the call that Mangini wouldn't make last year when our WR corps was decimated by injury)

[Masters]

I caught that line yesterday from Shurmer and chuckled too. I guess it's possible they could have stuck with Cribbs, Norwood, Robo, and Little at WR only, and used the spot vacated by a missing MoMass for some other position. But that wasn't very likely.

[hammertime]

hope his finger is better.

[golfer704u]

and this isn't some "trick" specific to Shumur. I've heard lots of coaches do the same thing in the past. "He earned his right to be active/start" when it's obvious if the origininal starter was healthy, the new player wouldn't have earned anything. It's CoachSpeak.

But again, we all agree. GO MITCHELL!

[Bronx Cheer]

I get you guys making fun of the "earned it" statement, but I think it is a valid statement where a backup works hard, improves, and waits for his opportunity. For whatever reason, coaches in many sports stick with their depth charts and incumbent starters and often require veterans to be truly outplayed for a relatively long stretch before they make a move. It is sort of like the old WWF rule where a champion couldn't be lose his title on account of a count out or disqualification. Robo is a clear example of this. Was he really outperforming Norwood and Mitchell by so much in practice that he was the clear option to be active despite his disappearing acts every Sunday? I obviously don't know the answer to this, but my money is on "doubtful."

The real question is, now that Mitchell is getting an opportunity, is he going to make something out of it?

[Greythan]

I'd be surprised if Mitchell sees more than a half dozen snaps at WR. He's active for depth and special teams more than to contribute to the offensive gameplan in any significant way.

[Bronx Cheer]

Interesting quotes from Mitchell in today's Cabbot article about him being fine with simply "clearing things out" for other guys underneath. At least we know somebody in Berea is talking about the need to pull the safeties back with deep routes. I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see Mitchell get all of Momass' normal snaps (leaving Cribbs in his normal role instead of bumping him up into Momass').

[TheBestPlayersPlay]

He was active a couple weeks ago too and didn't see any PT.

Can we please use this guys speed to take some down the field shots?

[pl4tinum]

I sure hope they throw a long one to him... or at least tire those safeties out a little chasing him.