As far as drafts go, this one was all over the map according to the wonks. But like I always say, fuck the wonks. I like the pick. Williams is an edge-setting DE, and that is something this team needs. Williams is young, a bit raw, but very athletic and looks to grow and learn from the get-go. I like the pick as it wasn’t a reach and it fills a big need. For once they went the way I thought they should.
Banks and Membou were both taken, so that made our pick all the more easy. The coulda had a more polished guy like Kenneth Grant, but there are still a lot of DT available at 43. TJ Sanders springs to mind. Would love to get him.
Surprises? Jax throwing the kitchen sink at Cleveland to get Travis Hunter. Cleve now will get Mason Graham and (100% lock) Shadeur Sanders and a boatload of picks. I think Cleveland wins that deal hands-down. Jax is Jax.
Also a bit surprising is the New York Giants trading up to get Jaxon Dart. Sanders fell out of the 1st round, reminiscent of the draft snubbing of Aaron Rodgers all those years ago, but hey, it would be a trip to see Sanders go to the Raiders if Cleve doesn’t take him with their 33rd or 36th pick. I hope he goes to Oakland, uh Vegas. They’d be fun as shit with Jeanty, Sanders, and Bowers.
Also a bit stunning is the two Super Bowl foes a) made a trade, and b) got huge bang for their bucks with their picks. The Iggles traded up one slot to get the baddest LB in the group, Jihaad Campbell, and KC filled a position of need, getting OT Josh Simmons. Simmons is a rick coming off patellar tendon surgery, but if he works out, he’s a steal.
Day 2 approaches. Scourton’s off my board since we got Williams. TJ is who I’d like. Not many OTs anymore, but I wonder if we may take a flyer on a guy like LB Carson Schwesinger. Lots of CBs available as well, including (!) Will Johnson, Trey Amos, Shavon Revel, Azareye’h Thomas, and Benjamin Morrison.
Forty Niners Forever 
The good news on Williams is he gutted out a high ankle sprain through last season and played at a high level.
As Bergs noted in the POTD, he had his best game after getting rest and playing Texas in the SEC championship game, getting 2 sacks.
Fucking great.
Anything with Lemmy is fucking great.
https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/mock-draft-second-round-darius-alexander/1845284/
Yesterday there was a run on a small class of OT and IOL really making it difficult to get any but iffy developmental types. The above 2nd Rd mock has Ersery gone at #34 and #43 Darius Alexander 3-tech DT.
IMO we must trade up the 2nd and grab Alexander no matter what. The trenches look finished and it’s developing the B and C team candidates for both lines. Why the fuck did we not trade up to end of 1st and get Ersery.
We got lucky with their stupid wait game and got the last of the iol studs with puni.
There is a Charles Grant IOL out there still that maybe we salvage the OL draft disaster.
I’d have Ersery on my radar plus a thumbs up on this list…
https://www.ninersnation.com/2025/4/25/24416385/49ers-best-players-available-2025-nfl-draft-second-third-round
Houston will take Ersery at #34. Trade up to #33 and call CLE and make a deal. Maybe a bidding war. How much worse is Charles Grant than Ersery?
With the run on OT the only guy left is Ersery who like Tom mentioned will be gone unless they move up( doubtful) and both DT Sanders&Alexander would be great choices.But I’m going CB Trey Amos to complete a solid secondary he’s a beast.Can play man coverage are zone move Lenior to nickel/ slot.Though I also love Safety Nick Emmanowori (sp)who you could move all over the secondary and even a hybrid LB as well !! He’s 6’3 227 and is combines we’re OFF THE CHARTS.
Which is why I would take a chance on Grant if he gets to RD 3. Belton from NC State is also on my radar.
Hoping to snag this guy too.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4569586/ty-robinson
On my radar also –
https://www.nfl.com/prospects/ozzy-trapilo/32005452-4130-5064-2a41-fc7c8e863f20
https://www.nfl.com/prospects/logan-brown/32004252-4f54-8859-c865-fcaab3f3eab0
2000-2006 Former SF 49er LB Julian Peterson to make the pick selections calls tonight!
Make us proud with some great players my man!!
34..LB Schwesinger off the board from Browns
35..WR Jayden Higgins off the board from Texans
36..Safety Nick Emmawori fuck you Seattle!!!
Sanders completely stuck in Star Trek transport machine lol…
So it the D with the 2nd round or Oline
Alfred Collin’s DT
Good pick.
Well the D is almost set
FAT MAN IN THE MIDDLE!
Yeh BOYYYYYY 😁
Let’s hope he doesn’t join Evan Anderson in the hangar! Collins is even bigger than Anderson, fat man in the middle indeed!
Brick shit house duo is fine with me 12th. Keep Fred & Co clean.
Yeah NJ..Alfred Collins DT 6’6 332 lbs of Beef!!!Easily can handle the John Candy 96 OUNCER Steak 🥩 with the fat!!
Damn straight AK.
Vita Vea-esque double team eater.
We need two more on the d-line, at least one LB, a safety, and a cb.
I love your attitude mister!
Could of taken OT Ersery are CB Trey Amos but Collins in the middle of the line ain’t bad either!
We have so many needs. But defense was the biggest one.
Hopefully he can breakdown the pocket and force the QB out so Bosh can get to the QB
Collins was who I wanted when we didn’t get Kenneth Grant. So far, I’m happy with this draft. I think we go CB and OL in the next round.
Berger..PFSN..Rated Alfred Collins #6 just after #5 Grant and ahead of TJ Sanders at 10 and Alexander at 8th..
They say he’s just a massive load to move and can take on 2 gaps 10 inch hands with lever length! Should make it easier for Bosa&Wlliams to get and Annihilate a QB!!
Yep! He’ll struggle some in the 1st year but he will be a starter by yr 2. He needs to work on his body tone.
I still want the florida 400+ DLine guy
Think we go CB here
Could be a long shot but wtf? I’m predicting Center Jared Wilson from Georgia at 75 to replace Brendel.6’3 305 ran a 4.84 forty which is insane..
we got a LB with a bad knee. Nick Martin
I’d like to know more about Martin’s knee. He had 140 tackles in 2023. That is awesome. If he is going to 100% for pre-season, I’m happy with this pick.
I’m with you Berger ,Martin was 1st team in2023 with those 140 tackles and 6 picks!
Yeah he blew out his knee in week 5 still had 47 tackles and a pick.
Then makes it back to the combines and runs a 4.53 forty,Vertical 38” and a 10.3 long jump with 26 bench presses 225 tops among all LB! How bad could the knee be doing that?
I’m happy to see them pick for need first instead of best player available which is their usual MO.
So far they have addressed the most serious team deficiencies. I hope they go CB next.
The LB Martin was off the charts in 2023 before the knee injury, I read he’s fast and good against mobile QB’s, something the 9ers have been missing for years.
Fingers crossed he turns out to be healthy.
Will the Browns take QB Sanders next ?!?
I feel like the 3rd round is where he actually was supposed to go.
Browns took a QB, just not Sanders.
He’s going to have a chip on his shoulder the size of Rhode Island.
Raiders have 2 picks coming up, I can’t see them not taking him.
Rumblings that he wasn’t the sharpest of interviews for what that’s worth.
I had Dart and Shough as better prospects myself and both got selected in good order. Don’t think too many GMs saw him as starting material and we’re nearing the end of RD 3. Milroe is probably less accurate and Seattle took him.
Go figure.
And there goes Gabriel to Cleveland.
If the Raiders don’t take him, should the 9ers?
Thankfully it’s not Shanahan making the moves I believe it’s Saleh in Lynch’s earpiece in the war room all night..100th pick coming up Shanahan is squirming for his RB are WR? But will Saleh throw him a bone 🍖 and go offense?
I wanted that Grant kid that went right before us at 99.
well, there’s the CB. So t j is anything about the LB we got
Stout in RD 3 seems like a total reach. Small school product projected in RD 6/7.
Total WTF pick IMO. 5’8″ to boot.
https://www.nfl.com/prospects/upton-stout/32005354-4f72-8088-9be0-a1f143d4fbc7
A bit of a head scratcher.
5’8″? His vertical better be off the charts!
Hey, NJ, you got your fat man!!!!! Love the Collins pick.
Happy for sure Chuck. Big fukn immovable objects take pressure off the LBs and help the DEs.
Gotta wonder if Grant going right in front of us left Lynch flat footed?
I can’t figure where the fuck Upton Stout got a single word of Draft praise from the football meca of Western KY.
Sure hope he turns out to be a Purdy-like surprise dejour.
Skattebo would have made more sense to me even if Shanny was zip tied and ball gagged in a locker for RD 3.
“FUCK! Pete just took Grant John. Now what?Uhh..Jed? Robert? Let Shanny out?”
STOUT! GENIUS IDEA JED!