The 49ers, as with last year’s #1 pick, selected a guy that was under the radar for the general public but was highly thought of by actual NFL GMs. AJ Jenkins, from Illinios, racked up 1,271 yards and 8 touchdowns last year, all the while sneaking up the depth charts of many war room denizens. The Rams had worked him out and had placed him nearly on the same level as Justin Blackmon. The Niners went to one of his workouts and obviously liked what they saw. Some insiders had him as a early to mid 2nd rounder due to his 4.38 40 time, excellent hands, and his route-running. Sure, he’s not the prototypical 49er WR (think JJ Stokes. Well, don’t. Think Dwight Clark) who is big and sure-handed. He’s more of a speed burner DeSean Jackson type who can stretch the field. My take is he’s definitely Randy Moss insurance. But lining up both those guys outside will hopefully give defenses fits. Crabs may find himself behind Manningham as the slot guy. Guys like Kyle Williams and Ted Ginn appear to be buried on the depth chart at WR. KW likely is odd man out since Ginn is the KR guy (and let it be known Ginn was injured playing WR, not returning a kick). Unless Harbaugh is leaning toward more 3-4 wide reciever sets, and a more wode-open offense, there may be some bitching among the pass-catchers. Which means ol’ Randy becomes cranky. We’ll see how that goes.
KW was supposed to be what they drafted AJ for. A speedly guy who can create mismatches, draw safeties to him, get open with his speed, and open up shit underneath for Crabs. For whatever reason, KW just never got enough separation, and was not very good at finding open areas to catch balls. The Niners went a little overboard to address their non-production at WR, but better too much than too little. Crabs had a good enough year, but disappeared in the playoffs. Whether due to the fact that everyone knew he was the only WR worth a damn, or he just wan’t getting open himself, the team needed to upgrade the WR spot seriously. Morgan’s injury, Edwards’ slowness coming back from his many injuries, and Ted Ginn’s inability to be a genuine WR led to these decisions to get Moss, Manningham, and AJ. UIt’s weird that a guy who can field punts in the tricky Stick winds, can’t catch passes.
Baalke had AJ pegged a while ago as the guy he really wanted, and he played the quiet game well. Other teams were definitely scouting the dude. The guy is an academic all-American, has huge hands, and is tough to boot.
One down 6 to go. At this point, I think the Niners get RB Turbin in the 2nd round. Fleenere is likely out of the mix. Don’t be surprised to see a 5th to 7th pick for WR though.
Forty Niners Forever 
Well everyone seems to like this pick, unlike last night where I thought some of you were going to step off a ledge or something.
Yeah true Irish. I’m wid you and Nipper: I dunno enough to get upset with any picks but I do know this: we got the baalkebaugh and that’s enuf, right? Anybody more confused than us? NOBODY
Goodbye Dixon?
At least Dennis is happy. Perhaps a brew tonight. Why not make it two?
As much as I was displeased with last night’s pick, I’m twice as excited about the selection of James tonight. I just always express my true feelings — whatever they may be, straight from the heart. I don’t bitch just for the sake of bitching.
“He makes perfect re-fried beans, but he only needs to fry them once.”
So Denny, Harbaugh must be thinking about “Jessie” James: “If ya can’t beat ’em, draft ’em” Huh?
Yes, AD hits the road
When is the Niners next pick
Not long, now.7 more picks.
Grump- OL? DL? in 4th
A man would go bankrupt trying to bet on preicting Baalke. 🙂 I’ll be happy with any player who helps. G, S, DL, OLB, CB, whatever. Nothing surprises me anymore with this dude.
Oops! Looks like we traded out to the Colts…
Yeah sure enough. Damn all wrong agin..
With just traded out of the 3rd rd with the Colts. Me NO likey that move. I was for trading up — if at all.
92. It’s on the upper right. They are saying Indy. Looks like we traded down.
Moved down to 97 (2nd pk of 4th rd) and got the Colts 5th rd pk NEXT yr.
Ixnay on the Inersnay and Oltscay trade.
You talk like such a pig
Yeah, but your name is Dennis, not Baalke!!
Remember “Balki” from that “Perfect Strangers” sitcom some 25-odd yrs ago?
That character was played by Bronson Pinchot. I met him at the movie premier for “Beverly Hills Cop” that starred Eddie Murphy. Funny guy, that Ed.
We get the second pick tomorrow morning in the 4th and a fifth next year.
No way in hell I’m trading youse a hamburger today for a fifth next year
We get the second pick tomorrow morning in the 4th and a fifth next year.
Hey I’m not waiting till next year fer my fifth buddy
De ja vu . . . . .
Yeah, we should be listening to Dennis.
LOL
They are not going to Dump Jacobs.They didn’t pick him up just to look at his SB Ring.He will be the guy to get that 3rd and one tough yard they had problems getting.At 6’4 260 he’s a beast that still has mileage and athelistisim left in the tank.
I put my money on Dixon and Cartwright.Although Cartwright is a good ST player.Plus he’s a Cartwright;they never die in Bonanza. only in real life.
Dixon’s as good as gone. Depending on what they do at WR applies to RB. Miller, for all the good he did last year, could end up odd man out.
Heard Harbaugh stated he could see carrying 4 RBs, 1 FB, AND Cartwright as strictly a ST guy. If so, Jacobs and Dixon are in a cage match for the last spot.
If Harbaugh said he could “see” that, Jimbo is fucking blind. That’s a total of SIX goddamn RBs on your roster. Nobody. I repeat “NOBODY” carries six RBs on their roster. A coach who does that might as well keep three QBs named Kaepernick, Johnson, Tolzien and a fourth one called Smith while’s he at it.
Mook.
And a cheerful g’morning to you too Denny.
On the clock for 4th Round…prolly tade the pick…
YES to Dolphins
Dropped down another 6 places. Baalkebaugh got their eyes on somebody under the radar looks like
Hey maybe its a RB! Denny’s head gonna explode any time now, ya think?
On the clock…make a pick already with the 3rd round slot already. Past my bedtime over here….fuck if we didn’t trade that sucker too
Happy snoring….
Twitter via Skeebs sez we traded that one to Miami again for a 6th this year and a 3rd next year.
Baalkebaugh be some kinda trading fools huh?
Pick went to Panthers actually
They picked some crippled loser but hey Denny likes him
I am HATING our Saturday draft. I said if anything I wanted to trade UP, not DOWN with our picks. We need 4 or 5 draft picks who would make the squad and help the team NOW. Not more guys in the later rds who won’t even team. Or worse yet, more pks for next yr when there won’t even be a draft after the Mayans get through with the world this 12.21.
Mooks.
It’s better than hanging in the stable collecting flies.
I LOVE the Redskins taking Kirk Cousins in the 4th rd. I LOVE that QB from Mich. St. Did you guys see his QB/Camp/Guru Session with Gruden? That kid is a natural born leader in the huddle. He in not so many words tells his WRs to “STFU and listen. I’m the goddamn QB. You do what I say.”
Charlie Sheen would have drafted this kid: WINNING!!!
He’ll be leading from the bench. Probably a future coach.
He may start a game in 6 years.
Good chance he starts this year after that slenderly built mook, RG III gets injured this year. Trust me on this one — fans in D.C. will be thanking their lucky stars that they drafted Cousins in the 4th rd.
Did I mention WINNING!!! ?
This is fun and all but it’s 12:45 AM over here and the Niners may not pick ever again but anyway I would like to see Denny’s head explode that would be good but naw not staying up. I’ll check back and see what they got in the 9th round with their 17 picks. Yahooooo………..
Dennis, regardless of what you think, the teams has pretty good depth now. They don;t need to fill a lot of weak spots.
The Niners traded up for Joe Looney? Missed that. Figured of all the spots they do need depth, RG is it. Trading for future picks is a good idea. They can restock the defense next year.
According to Skeebs before trading up for Looney with our original 4th and one 6th we got:
“Net result of our 3 trades: for our #92 (3rd) we got 5 picks in return: two 6th rounders plus 3rd/5th/6th rounders in 2013.
Lots of ammo to restock da D next year. We’ll be okay
I like the Niners draft so far.
They obviously needed another WR in camp –, preferably a guy with pure speed and separation.. Jenkins. Check.
They had no playmaking, fast as crap, Sproles-like back. James. Check.
They needed another OL that can compete for Snyder’s spot, or backup in general, but with virtually all first and 2nd rounders on the OL now and needs in the hands positions, didn’t need to break the bank to get one. Looney in the 4th. Check.
The defense is set and has decent backups, so maybe trade some lower picks for more picks next year when the defense will probably need shoring up somewhere. Check.
Pick up anything else needed on either side of the line or STs via post-draft free agency. Check.
I think they did a very good job so far. Offense is now upgraded, which was key, especially at WR, their biggest offseason need, and a blazing scatback type with breakaway speed.
This team will now be more balanced, in a good way, than it has been at any time since Garcia was still QB. It was balanced for a few years there — especially under Ericcson — everything was garbage…
Did they p/u a new starting QB in Peyton Manning? No check.
Everything else is meaningless.
Mr. Abbie Normal speaks again.
That’s “Franken-stone” sez Gene W. Funny movie from Mel Brooks. But yeah Chuck most people don’t change.
Sounds about right snarkk. Good analysis. me likey
Snarkk: ” It was balanced for a few years there — especially under Ericcson — everything was garbage…”
Yeah sometimes ‘balance’ is over rated when it’s well balanced crap. Man we have come a Loooong ways since Ericcson, Nowin, Simpletary. We got a great GM, great HC players want to come here and perform for, good coaching staff, players, fine cheerleaders. Now that’s balance…
With Phil fan cheering away, how can anyone lose? Niners are Winners!
Correct Nip, don’t take no stinkin’ wooden nickels…. You guys were all sleeping when the draft started this morning so Denny and I had to carry on sorta kinda.
Joe Looney was a 4 yr Starter at Wake Forest all at LG but played some RG in practice,and said no problem at all switching to RG in the Pro’s.Nice size at 6’3 318.He likes to get after guys and smash LB ‘s on Sweeps. ME LIKE HIM ALREADY.
Looks like a solid pick to praise some Looney Tune characters.,and not a pick that ends up in the Looney Bin.
I just learned that our 7th rd pick, Cam Johnson from Virginia was diagnosed with sickle-cell anemia last year. What do we do next year, draft one of Jerry’s Kids?
Does the sun evah shine in Del Mar?
Not on Dennis’s 40′ tree . . .
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