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.
We traded with the Raiders?
Whoa looks like the 49ers traded out.
Cool if they pick up an additional pick and just moved down a few slots?
Yeah, we got a 4th round pick and gave up a 7th to drop 5 spots. Nice. Hope we still get Melifonwu.
There goes Samuel. He’s small. I like Melifonwu’s size.
Well they continue to ignore CB. Guard Aaron Banks. Great pass protector apparently..
A guard that can pass block!! Finally
You should be digging that pick, Irish!!!
We should trade up for a corner.
Big as a mountain that didn’t give up a sack all year and only 2 for his career in 1,060 snaps so he’s no chump.Guess we will take this pick to the Banks 🏦 and hope they take a CB after skipping on a few.
Yep, this shows Kyle is committed to protecting his new QB. I like it!
The Redskins go QB I think.
Or not. Not hitting these very well.
Love it! Randy Macho Man Savage! That’s some funny shit,
They like those Norte Dame maulers, now they have 2 with McGlincey .Since they know each other well (. 1 year in college together) maybe they can talk smack together about pass protection.
Position of need as guards on this team are in need of a premium upgrade.Wonder how this works out for Brunskill?
We need all the depth we can get. Brunskill got better as the year went on, so he’s of value. Shon Coleman also was playing well before he got hurt.
Sea goes with a WR. One of their 3 picks!
Rams go with a tiny WR. Tutu Atwell. 5’8″ 155. Can you say jet sweep? The Rams are stealing our playbook.
The 6th QB goes at the 64th pick to the Buccos. Kyle Trask. They were projecting him at 15 in some mocks.
There goes Mills. QBs are flying off the board again.
Concerning our new guard. Banks, an Alameda native who attended El Cerrito High School, was an AP First Team All-American and First Team All-ACC as a senior in 2020. Listed at 6-foot-5 and 330 pounds, Banks didn’t allow a sack last season and he only allowed two combined sacks in his first two seasons with Notre Dame.
The 49ers allowed the 12th-most sacks (39) in 2020, and quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo started just six of 16 games after sustaining multiple high-ankle sprains.
Our QBs also turned the ball over 27 times.