UPDATED: Tony Parrish released by SF

by jrm78 on Dec 6, 2006 12:56 PM CST

On the Yahoo Sports web page, I see that the 49ers have released ex-Bear safety Tony Parrish. In his short 4 years with the Bears from '98-02, I thought that he and Mike Brown made an excellent tandem in the Bears secondary. Considering that our depth at safety has become pretty thin lately, I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to pick him up for a second time around. Thoughts?

Niners waive veteran S Parrish
Update: According to ESPN.com and first noted here by beardown, Tony has been picked up by the Dallas Cowboys. I wish him luck, yadda yadda yadda, but one of the unstated reasons why I wanted the Bears to sign him was to keep him out of the hands of other playoff bound teams who might have some holes in their secondaries. Unfortunately, Jerry wasn't thinking the same thing. I did hear on the Score yesterday that they thought he wouldn't fit in their defensive scheme. Whatever. Cowboys hoping Parrish can help shore up secondary

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wow

gotta womnder how good a shape he is in to get cut from the niners.

"Kyle Orton and Jack Daniel's could be the greatest songwriting duo since Rodgers and Hammerstein." - DJ Gallo

by mike bornemann @ Windy City Gridiron on Dec 6, 2006 1:00 PM CST reply actions

Don't know about now...

Or how good he actually is, but SI did a thing on him earlier in the year about how great of shape he was in.

by tyger1147 on Dec 6, 2006 3:34 PM CST up reply actions

workout monster

I remember back when he was with the Bears that he was a workout machine. Always in shape.

Unleash your inner Grabowski.

by jrm78 on Dec 6, 2006 5:31 PM CST up reply actions

yeah i saw that,

there was an nfl network thing too.

i was thinking more along the lines mental shape, like just not playing well. if'e healthy that would be nice return, was not happy to see him go the first time.

"Kyle Orton and Jack Daniel's could be the greatest songwriting duo since Rodgers and Hammerstein." - DJ Gallo

by mike bornemann @ Windy City Gridiron on Dec 7, 2006 8:26 AM CST up reply actions

Agreed...

although the niners are better, one still should wonder about ANY player they release.

by tyger1147 on Dec 7, 2006 9:20 AM CST up reply actions

We better...

be on the phone with his agent.

That was the most underrated loss from our defense post 2001. Everybody was concerned with Colvin and Holdman but no one noticed how good Parrish was.

I hope we can get him as we damn well need more good DBs.

by Chad @ Windy City Gridiron on Dec 6, 2006 2:56 PM CST reply actions