No other way to put it. This team’s immediate future is in the hands of one Trent Baalke. A guy who has pissed away a loaded roster, and backfilled it with dogshit. Sure, he doesn’t stand alone on the pile of garbage that has become the stink by the Bay. Young Sir Tweetsalot played his part in alienating the previous head coach, and then hiring a fall guy to take his place, further driving guys out. But still and all, the GM is in charge of getting the talent here. Through the draft, and through free agency. And the occasional trade.
We all are familiar with Baalke’s draft record. And we all saw the tremendous haul we got with our cap money. Zane (Meet the) Beadles, and a backup QB who’s name slips my mind. Oh yeah, Huey Lewis. The News isn’t good however.
Anyhow, based on how these last few drafts have gone, I have no idea what Trent has in store for us today in the 1st round. We are in desperate need of O line help, CB help, ILB help, and WR help. Funny thing is, I wrote this exact same fucking thing last year. Trent did NOTHING to address the needs of the team last year, and we paid for it dearly with a crappy line, an inconsistent defense, and a punter we wasted a 5th round draft pick on who turned out to be a vanilla-flavored turd.
Today? No clue. With us out of the QB sweepstakes, and no QBs of note on the horizon for next year’s draft, my hope is that we build up the O line. Namely an OT. Someone to bookend Joe Staley. Fortunately, it looks like we’ll be able to get Ronnie Stanley. The Staley/Stanley show. Laremy Tunsil, the top tackle in the draft, won’t get by Ozzie Newsome and the Ravens. Vernon Hargreaves is also on my radar as a CB who could very well slide right in to the line up.
Unfortunately, there’s an injured guy who looked to be a top pick until recent knee issues popped up. Yes, the undersized part-time RB and feisty ILB Myles Jack. Leave it to Baalke to draft a guy who’s undersized, hurt, and on a gimpy peg. We are thin at ILB, but still, I’ll give up the team if he drafts Jack . . .
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Anyhow, in case you live under a rock (hi, NoFear), and need the draft schedule, here it is:
Round 1, Thursday: 5 p.m. on ESPN and the NFL Network; and online at NFL.com/apps and Watch ESPN/Watch ESPN apps.ESPN Radio will carry Thursday and Friday rounds.
Rounds 2-3, Friday: 4 p.m. on ESPN and the NFL Network and online at NFL.com/apps and Watch ESPN/Watch ESPN apps. At 8 p.m., the coverage shifts to ESPN2. Each team has seven minutes in which to make its pick.
Rounds 4-7, Saturday: 9 a.m. on ESPN and the NFL Network and online at NFL.com and Watch ESPN/Watch ESPN apps. Each team has five minutes in which to submit their official pick; they’ll have four minutes in Round 7.
Forty Niners Forever 
At least it wasn’t a kicker that woulda went undrafted
lol
Heh heh! Really thought it was going to be Cook. Guess we are going with a disgruntled Kappy.
I guess all I want is a gruntled QB . . .
Good moves by Baalke IMO.
Got a potential pro bowl player for both lines on day one. Can’t go wrong with that. Games are won up front
Perfect
Do we still have a second ?
When was the last time we had any luck from a pack 10 OL? I can’t remember.
Randy Cross?
UCLA iirc.
That’s the only one that I thought was a possible.
No. That’s my problem ROB! We traded our 2nd round pick to move up for a guy that was projected as a late 2nd rounder. I like getting line help like I said, but I don’t like moving up for no reason.
Well Chuck let’s hope he’s as good as I think he is.
Our next pick is the fifth one in three.
We can even get back into two if we want. I did have hopes we’d be able to get Calhoun tho.
John, AD is gone as well. We need a tackle more. Unless our plan is to piss off our quarterback AND right tackle. Chips isn’t a road-grading run guy. He’s a zone blocking guy. Which usually calls for more mobile linemen. Not sure how Garnett fits that scheme, but being an interior guy, it shouldn’t be too difficult for him.
CHUCK
We also have Brown at RT and can still add veteran help up front
Don’t forget we have tons of cap room . I’m hoping for a last minute cut. Some good players will be let go and we’ll have the pick of the litter.
Saturday we have pick 68 just outside of 2. We also have three 5th and three 6th rd picks in case we really like someone in two.
Calhoun from Michigan St or one of the remaining pass rushers please.
Garnett was recruited by Chip Kelley in college. I was hoping to see Kelley had some input here given his track record in Philly with O-line. We got the 1st G off the board. My guess is we just added a future pro bowl calibre player on both lines.!!!
Props to Baalke
Is it me or was Goodell getting booed every pick last night.
Lmao
Boo that phony ass-hole!
Oh yeah. Like booing the crazy crab.
What baffles me, ROB is that Zane Beadles is a LG. Joshua Garnett is a . . . LG. I’m sure they can move one of them, but tackles usually go in the first round, not guards.
I still think we shoulda got a tackle.
Iupati.
I thought Brown came on strong last year at RT. Pears played much better at RG too, horrible at RT. Garnett needs work at pass pro but is nasty and solid in the RG.
Kelly likes to run and use play action so it makes sense.
Looks like Kap isn’t going anywhere, a huge helping of humble pie, which IMO he needed.
Will be interesting to see if he can beat out Gabbert in a straight up contest.
My money is on Kap but it depends how much he wants to play football after this seasons kick in the balls.
In conclusion: A loud BLEEP for the whole damn mess!
You don’t like the picks or don’t care either way?
Where’s a tackle? Perhaps today or a trade? I’m sure Baalke has a plan.
Can’t see them taking 2 O line guys with all the other problem area’s still to cover Nip. The only positions of strength is safety and to a lesser extent RB.
LT Staley RT Brown who will play swing is up in the air.
Fucking Pears at this point. AD would be nice to have around but I ain’t counting on that.
How that was handled was stupid. The fucking rumor mill again. This front office floats shit out to the media and then disavows it like it didn’t come from them. Don’t get me wrong, AD fucked the team royally last year, but this year Baalke is being the idiot. He’s doing all he can to piss AD off.
Either tell AD to come join the team or cut him loose. Letting him hang and then floating trade rumors does nothing for either side. It makes us look petty and shortsighted. He may not get the huge deal he may have, but I guarantee you someone will pay him when he reinstates and we do whatever the fuck we do.
Not crazy about any of it but AD is being a punk and he was last year too. He wanted out and got it, now he wants back in and expects everyone to roll over for him.
I dunno chuck, I think AD is a moron and is just fucking around. We are talking Millions of dollars here. If AD was serious he would have applied for reinstatement and showed up for camp. Even if our FO are idiots and work the rumor mill why would he even give a fuck. We are talking big money
Baalke walks around like his shit don’t stink and he has absolute impunity to do whatever he wants. Coaching up the DBs? WTF? I don’t think you need to look any further than Baalke to understand who the rat is.
Baalke arrogant? The hell you say.
He isn’t a rat though, he is tight lipped as shit.
Look, like I said, AD is an asshole. But he IS a proven RT. Baalke is doing no favors by playing games himself. This makes our front office look childish and stupid. Shortsighted and vain.
He wasn’t tight-lipped about AD. He floated the trade rumors.
New thread is up.