Not much going on these days. The dust has settled, and the hens are clucking about the demise of the team. Oh, the unwashed masses. The hipsters are selling their tickets as fast as the hipsters coveted them it the first place. How easily they are distracted by the hope that wasn’t to be, and the reality that we now face. The team was getting old, the offense was stagnating, and the Lord God of coaches wanted to go to the Big House. Let’s hope the real fans realize that there was something to the team’s offensive woes, and the stagnation that seemed to creep in.
Throw out the meddling of the front office, or Harbaugh, or whoever engineered the maelstrom, and there’s very little that would be different right about now. Harbaugh wanted Super Bowl money for not winning the Super Bowl. Not gonna get it. Willis would have retired, Gore would have gone after the Indy money, Cully and Cox would have chased the money they weren’t going to get here as well. Borland? Yup. No one saw that. The coaching exodus? Not sure around the report that Gase would have stayed but for Jed saying Tomsula had to be the DC is simply baffling since that precludes the notion that this is Baalke’s team. Hard to think the entire coaching staff was blown up over Tomsula and his role going forward. But that played out as it played out.
So, either way, we would be facing a huge draft with a bunch of holes to fill. The only thing I thought would happen was one of Cully or Cox would stay. Oh, well. CB becomes a need. As does DL, OL, and LB. We get a 4 and a 7 as noted, so we have 9 picks.
This IS a very important draft, and Baalke needs to feel his oats in a big way.
As it lays now, I see BPA in the first 3 rounds. With two 4s, they can take a flier on a QB. Gonna be an interesting draft to say the least. I think we don’t try any more bargain bin injured guys, or trading around. This is going to be a straight load-up draft.
What I see if everything else is equal is:
DL, CB, OL, WR, QB, LB, DB, OL, WR.
Forty Niners Forever 
I heard that a building burned up and collapsed in East Village on 2nd Ave today. This is in Manhattan, NYC. My first though is nooo! This is where Finnerty’s is located. Finnerty’s is a 49ers, Giants, Sharks, Warriors bar in NY. I checked out the location and Finnerty’s is about 7 blocks from the collapsed building. Close call.
Jonathon Martin got cut today, according to ESPN.
Yup. Not surprising. He was fair to terrible.
No Nasty in him.
Can’t play this game being passive.
Berger I see Dupree as raw.
I like his size, production simply based on stats that I can put my hands on.
Coming from the SEC, he’s faced superior talent and, though not perfect, he can improve IMO.
I’m all for Malcom Brown or 1 of the WR group (Kevin White/Amari Cooper/DeVante Parker).
At this point, I don’t see any of those WRs getting to us at 15.
I’m lukewarm on Arik Armstead, simply from stats. Not to say he isn’t talented enough to be Coached up. We’ll see?
Not sure whether any of the CBs are worth the 15 Pick either, that’s for the Scouts and Baalke to decide.
My darkhorse selection would be an OT there, simply because of the BPA analogy.
If we could steal one of the top rated OTs, that is the simplest definition of BPA.
My favorite at OT is Ereck Flowers from Miami.
Baalke has been pretty impressive with respect to valuing his selections.
If he feels the value doesn’t fit the slot, trading down for an extra Pick is never a bad move IMO.
Armstead is a beast. Problem is he is undisciplined. I think if we want him we might be able to trade back about 5 spots? I’m not 100% sure about Malcom Brown but he is still on top of my list for #15.
That’s the beauty of the Draft.
Very few guys step in from College and make an impact on the NFL stage.
There’s always a learning/development curve involved.
Stats are nice (for guys like me) but, Scouts get the bigger picture, in terms of potential to improve.
Armstead has the physical tools, certainly.
Some things I’ve read are more concerning.
For instance, an opinion, suggesting football may not be all that important to him.
2 things you can’t Coach.
Heart and motor.
If I guy doesn’t come in to win, he’s useless.
One guy I’ve reluctantly added to my Wish List is DE/OLB Markus Golden from Mizzou.
He’s short, 6’2″, kinda heavy, 260 and, much too slow for my liking, 4.90.
However, he’s got a non-stop motor and, plenty of positive stats.
In a 3-4, I’m not sure how/if he’d fit as a Pro.
Better judgement tells me to eliminate him based on stats.
Again, I wonder, can he be developed and improved, with better Coaching?
We’ll see what comes…
In conclusion: BELCH!
Thanks, Nip. Can always count on you for your insightful comments.
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