San Francisco 49ers Forever

The NFL world goes back to hibernation as the draft wonks fade back into obscurity and Mel Kiper’s head goes back into cold storage til next March.

Still perplexed over the drafting of Kaelon Black in the 3rd round, but hey, what’s another wasted pick on a reach for an RB that may just end up a special teamer? Then again, 3rd round LB pick last year, Nick Martin is merely a special teams guy as well. Nothing wrong with a strong special teams, but I sure would have drafted a center or guard before that, as we could have gotten this guy or someone like him in the 4th.

All the rest of the guys? I just hope Cruz sticks around. We need more better bodies on the O line.

And hey, those (s)crappy Giants are making their early season push to .500!

Once again, the major acquisitions Devers and Adames are struggling mightily out of the gate. Arraez is simply killing it, and Casey at the Schmitt is crushing the ball all over the place. Harrison Bader is the latest hologram who may just vanish into thin air soon. And the stellar upgrade of the pitching staff (Mahler and Houser) has careened into a ditch.

That being said, Landon Roupp has been outstanding, and Ray and Webb are holding their own so far. The pen is pretty much Vitello throwing darts as far as I can tell. But he IS using the strategy put forth by some over on the Flap that you use your closer in earlier situations should they present themselves that way. Like top 7, 2 on, 1 out. Bring in the closer. You know, out the best guy into the situation that warrants it.

Here’s our score from the draft. Trade-backs galore, and we traded Dee Winters for a 5th round pick. Jaden Dugger. Another Gravedigger. The picks are the picks. At this point we won’t know for a couple years as usual, but the philosophy once again has me scratching my head.

Trading Winters since we got Greenlaw back is a huge risk to me. But we do have Gifford and Wallow, who both played pretty well when everyone else got hurt. And of course forgotten man, Nick Martin.

Getting Stribling is a very big red flag for Pearsall to get his act together health-wise. He is good to great when playing but that’s the rub. he’s missed a lot of playing time. And it has little to do with getting shot. Strib has what Shanny wants. Speed, blocking, and yards after the catch. Is his spot in the dog house already reserved? We’ll see.

The rest? Who knows? Height sounds good, and the pundits say the glowing things about him, but we will see when we see. He has speed and great hands, but he looks like he needs to bulk up a bit.

Shanny did his always dipshitty move of drafting an RB that would have likely been a 6th round/UDFA guy, but hey, get K Black at 3. The misbegotten spot in the Niners draft history.

We did draft a couple O linemen. Late as 12th so accurately predicted. Without trading down, they could have had Emmanuel Pregnon but alas, they don’t draft guards until the 4th round.

I will say though that since the draft wonks are utterly panning the 49ers picks, this will likely be a decent draft. After all they got an A for their efforts back in 2017 when they got Solly Thomas and Reuben Foster in the first round. Ooooops. That DID net us George Kittle tho. Thomas is at least still playing (forn the Titans and Robert Saleh), but he was no 3rd overall picks. Shit, they coulda signed CMC or Mahomie.

UDFAs

• P Jack Bouwmeester, Texas: Punter from Australia who spent three years at Utah before transferring.
• TE Khalil Dinkins, Penn State: 6-4, 251 lb tight end with blocking potential.
• DL Bryson Eason, Tennessee: 6-2, 323 lb defensive lineman.
• WR Wesley Grimes, NC State: Wide receiver who transferred from Wake Forest.
• DL Mikail Kamara, Indiana: Edge rusher who produced 10 sacks in previous seasons.
• WR Will Pauling, Notre Dame: Productive slot receiver.
• S Jalen Stroman, Notre Dame: Safety added to compete in the secondary.
• DT James Thompson Jr., Illinois: 6-6, 308 lb defensive tackle.

? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Even more iffy than the draft picks, but some guys, like Drake Nugent and Sebastien Valdez, stick.

Well, we traded down twice out of the 1st round, swapped a 4th for a 3rd and gained a 6th round pick. But there are still a lot of good players available.

My son thinks we are going with Boston. I think we go with Howell. Could still go O line with Chase Bisontis. Safety with Emmanuel McNeil-Warren or Treden Stukes. Reading the Chron this morning they referenced the Niners 1986 draft.

No 1st round pick but they nailed it. Wow. A few small-school guys thrown in the mix.

Round 2, Pick 39: Larry Roberts, DE (Alabama)
Round 3, Pick 56: Tom Rathman, FB (Nebraska)
Round 3, Pick 64: Tim McKyer, DB (Texas-Arlington)
Round 3, Pick 76: John Taylor, WR (Delaware State)
Round 4, Pick 96: Charles Haley, DE (James Madison)
Round 4, Pick 101: Steve Wallace, OT (Auburn)
Round 4, Pick 102: Kevin Fagan, DE (Miami)
Round 5, Pick 131: Pat Miller, LB (Florida)
Round 6, Pick 162: Don Griffin, DB (Middle Tennessee State)

No wonder they called Walsh a genius. This is one of the best drafts in NFL history.

New thread for the draft. I’l go out on a limb and predict the Raiders take ex-Cal QB Frernando Mendoza.

Here we go! 5:00 PM today, the hyperbopalooza begins. Pittsburgh is the lucky site for this insanely overblown extravaganza of corporate greed, needless glitz and grandiosity, and oh yeah, the draft.

The self-indulgent importance is only heightened by the fact that the draft is on FOUR networks. NFLN, ESPN, ABC, and ESPN Deportes.

Round 2 starts 4:00 PM tomorrow

Rounds 3-7 starts at 9:00 AM Saturday

The breathlessness and hype is crazy but for all the bullshit, this team really needs to get younger and stronger with this draft. Seattle got weaker through attrition but they have been very solid in their drafts lately, and as the NFC West goes, so goes the NFL. One of us, the Rams, and the Hawks are more than likely gonna be the champs if the season goes according to plan.

1. DE
   2. C
   4. LG
   4. WR
   4. S
   4. RB

And how ’bout them Giants! Sweep the dogs!

. . . and welcome Flapper orphans!!!

Thought I wrote this yesterday, but now that we have Trent signed for one more year (and one less holdout) I’m of a mind to, yes, go with a DE in the 27 spot. I’ve been moaning about rhe O line, but at this point, getting a strong DE could tip the scales in our favor. This is a very strong DE draft, so we can get the guys I mentioned yesterday (somewhere if only in my mind) like TJ Parker from Clemson or Cashius Howell from Texas A&M. They could likely be available.

Adam Schefter has us even trading out of the 27th spot with NE for their 31 and a 2nd round pick. I could see us doing that if both guys are still available. Everyone seems to be looking for O line talent in the mid to late draft, so I think we can wait till the 2nd and 3rd rounds to go C, LG.

Then just waste the usual picks on an RB that never sees the field and a WR that spends the season in the dog house.

And, hey, go Giants ! ! ! be nice to roast the dogs these next couple games.

Pretty edgy stuff for 1967.

Well, maybe they ARE learning. Trent Williams got a 2 year/$50 million extension. Before the draft. Before the OTAs. Before the preseason. We still need his backup, but the need for a starter to move in immediately is off the table. That still leaves LG and C as big needs. For me.

Yes, we need a DE to bookend Bosa but the interior looks pretty good with the trade for Odighizuwa and the reps that Collins and M Williams got. Before they got hurt.

As usual, this all depends on 2/3 of the team not going down to injury.

Because remember how well it went last time they did this?

Comical how fucking tight-ass these multi-billionaires are when it comes to paying the plebes in their domain. Make them full-time? FUCK NO!!! That means we’d have to pay benefits!

Christ. Baseball has robo-umps. How about robo-refs?

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/ai-officiating-is-coming-to-the-nfl-will-it-help-135822689.html

Other than that, the draft is coming in 9 days. Draft for O line help!!!!!

And by that I mean draft offensive linemen. The achilles heel for lo all these years has pretty much been getting shut down by teams with strong defensive lines. Seattle gets away with playing a nickel defense and still gets max pressure from their 4 man line. It stopped us in our tracks.

Near as I can tell we need a LG, a C and a backup/starter for Trent Williams. Although Vederian Lowe is possibly a decent backup. We signed 2 backup LGs in Brett Toth and Rob Jones to an already underwhelming group of Connor Colby and Nick Zakelj. so, upgrade that spot.

Jake Brendel is near the bottom of the league in centers so we need an upgrade there as well. He may be a decent run blockerm, but his pass blocking is

I think LG is the biggest weakness so start there.

Plenty of draft boards have us getting an O line in the 1st but I took a look at Walterfootball. They are pretty good and seem like they do their research, but their picks are:

1st: Kayden McDonald, DT, Ohio State
2nd: Jaylon Guilbeau, CB, Texas
3rd: Aaron Anderson, WR, LSU
4th: Ted Hurst, WR, Georgia State
4th: Kaytron Allen, RB, Penn State
4th: Mason Reiger, DE, Wisconsin
4th: Deshon Singleton, S, Nebraska

Nothing for the line. I don’t get it.

For once in their lives, they really need to go O line. Hard. 1 and 3 at the least.

The Giants are staggering out of the gate with little hitting, poor defense, and terrible pitching, the Warriors can’t tank their way out of the playoffs even without Steph, and the 49ers can’t seem to figure out how to build their O line. At least the Sharks have a bona fine star in Macklin Celebrini, son of Warriors team doctor Wayne Celebrini. But they ain’t playoff bound either.

So that leaves what? The draft? Everyone who cares about the team is praying they do more than use late picks to bolster their O line. One that has seem the ‘addition’ of a couple backup LGs and their dicking around with Trent. What they will do is another story entirely. I do like their last couple drafts. Minus the Pearsall pick. Great kid. Terrible story around getting shot. But he needs to stay on the field. He’s awesome when playing but not when he’s not. Which is a lot.

If they score a DE in the 1st, they’d better nail it. I have all the faith in the world around our revamped defense under Raheem Morris, and the fact a lot of our young guys got serious playing time with all the injuries. But again, it is ALL about the O line. Our losses last year came at the hands of teams with a strong pass rush.

Hoping against hope they can build an O line that gives Purdy time, and of course they find a way to rest CMC. Stop me if I haven’t said this shit before.