Well, that was weird. The Niners postured, posed, and intimated that their guy was Mac Jones. Instead, they went with what most sane people thought they should do, and drafted Trey Lance.
The most telling aspect of it was, right after he was picked, Lance was asked “When did you find out that the 49ers were going to pick you?” Lance said “About 2 minutes ago!”
Maybe it did take some arm-twisting behind the scenes by John Lynch to get Kyle Shanahan off of the Pillsbury Doughboy. Maybe Shanny had a back-room deal to talk up Jones and leave him for Belichick. Maybe they just wanted to anger the fans for no apparent reason other than to mess with our heads.
No idea, but the good news is we didn’t draft Mac Jones. He fell to 15 like most of us thought anyway. We drafted the guy I thought we should be targeting all along. Trey Lance. He of the linebacker size and a cannon for an arm. Yes, he’s raw, but you can’t teach size and speed. He’s smart, quick, mobile, and tough. He is very familiar with a pro-style play-action offense and has vast potential.
I’ve said all along, he has the greatest upside of all of these guys not named Trevor Lawrence. Color me ecstatic with this pick.
All I can say is that I am really relieved. I was fooled by the Jones bullshit at least partially anyway. I tried to find positives if we did take Jones but it turns out everything that was written about it was false. Anyway, we could be looking at a bright future or not, time will tell.
For Funzies, here’s the 1st round.
5 QBs in the top 15. 0 in the bottom 17.
1. Jacksonville Jaguars — Trevor Lawrence (quarterback, Clemson)
2. New York Jets — Zach Wilson (quarterback, Brigham Young)
3. San Francisco 49ers — Trey Lance (quarterback, North Dakota State)
4. Atlanta Falcons — Kyle Pitts (tight end, Florida)
5. Cincinnati Bengals — Ja’Marr Chase (wide receiver, Louisiana State)
6. Miami Dolphins — Jaylen Waddle (wide receiver, Alabama)
7. Detroit Lions — Penei Sewell (offensive tackle, Oregon)
8. Carolina Panthers — Jaycee Horn (cornerback, South Carolina)
9. Denver Broncos — Patrick Surtain II (cornerback, Alabama)
10. Philadelphia Eagles (from Dallas Cowboys) — DeVonta Smith (wide receiver, Alabama)
11. Chicago Bears (from New York Giants) — Justin Fields (quarterback, Ohio State)
12. Dallas Cowboys (from Eagles) — Micah Parsons (linebacker, Penn State)
13. Los Angeles Chargers — Rashawn Slater (offensive tackle, Northwestern)
14. New York Jets (from Minnesota Vikings) — Alijah Vera-Tucker (guard, Southern California)
15. New England Patriots — Mac Jones (quarterback, Alabama)
16. Arizona Cardinals — Zaven Collins (linebacker, Tulsa)
17. Las Vegas Raiders — Alex Leatherwood (offensive tackle, Alabama)
18. Miami Dolphins — Jaelan Phillips (edge rusher, Miami of Florida)
19. Washington Football Team — Jamin Davis (linebacker, Kentucky)
20. New York Giants (from Bears) — Kadarius Toney (wide receiver, Florida)
21. Indianapolis Colts — Kwity Paye (edge rusher, Michigan)
22. Tennessee Titans — Caleb Farley (cornerback, Virginia Tech)
23. Minnesota Vikings (from Jets) — Christian Darrisaw (offensive tackle, Virginia Tech)
24. Pittsburgh Steelers — Najee Harris (running back, Alabama)
25. Jacksonville Jaguars — Travis Etienne (running back, Clemson)
26. Cleveland Browns — Greg Newsome II (cornerback, Northwestern)
27. Baltimore Ravens — Rashod Bateman (wide receiver, Minnesota)
28. New Orleans Saints — Payton Turner (defensive end, Houston)
29. Green Bay Packers — Eric Stokes (cornerback, Georgia)
30. Buffalo Bills — Gregory Rousseau (edge rusher, Miami of Florida)
31. Baltimore Ravens — Jayson Oweh (edge rusher, Penn State)
32. Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Joe Tryon (edge rusher, Washington)
The Steelers took a running back in the first round holy smokes they must be gearing up four when Big Ben Can no longer play
I am looking forward to today. My heart wants a 2nd rd WR, but my mind says a CB would be the way to go. Fuck it lets go offense at least with the first pick. I would be happy with another edge but if they like Key then we aren’t as thin there as other places.
Yeah, Asante Samuel (jr) would be a good guy. He’s a slot corner and we need that badly.
Liked Elijah Moore.
denvers gonna get aAsante Samuel
Or not. A running back? that seems odd.
Yeah they need CB depth badly with several players on 1 and done deals..
Samuels
Olienfowku Jesus The Syracuse kid
Joseph
If they add a Safety not quite the need
but Mohrig ( sp) would be a great add..
Hell if they go OL Tevon Jenkins a total mauler
Center for the future replacement for Mack?Creed Humphrey? anyway there’s still plenty of talent on the board..
yeah, I was hoping for Moore
It’s nice when the draft moves along
Teams are trading like crazy.
Yeah they are makes it a little more interesting since the only team I give a shit about is ours
Heh heh. Yep! Just want a corner for fuck’s sake. If they do get a WR, they are off Jalen Hurd. Meaning their record with Hurd and Pettis is wobbly. They did get Samuel and Aiyuk.
Jalen Hurt.
Fixed it for ya.
I like Ifeatu Melifonwu as well. His size is ideal 6’2″ and 212 lb.
Jenkinsis gone
jenkins
Bears outstanding draft so far!
Damm I was high on Jenkins..
Well here we go up next unless a trade out?
Good thing ahead of the Cowboys always good ..
Yeah, Jenkins is the real deal. Think we get Melifonwu. Then again I’ve been calling for the Niners to draft a CB since Mike fucking Nolan was coach.
Did we trade out? We were 43rd.
Yep with the fucking raiders I think