San Francisco 49ers Forever

For once I was pretty much on board with a 49ers draft. There were no weird punter/kicker signings way too high. There was no rando RB taken in the 3rd round, and there was no WR drafted way too high. They really focussed on the defensive line, and defense in general. A major need after seeing what happened in the 2023 playoffs, and the entire 2024 season.

My only druther is they didn’t do anything for the O line.

Those 7th round picks seemed odd, but except for our franchise QB, what do you expect in the 7th round? Rubber biscuits?

The UDFA class is always interesting. Granted, about the only one I ever thought would stick was Jordan Mason, and he sure was a solid guy. Gone, of course, but his replacement will be Corey Kliner.

• LB Stone Blanton, Mississippi State
• RB Corey Kiner, Cincinnati
• OL Drew Moss, Colorado
• WR Isaiah Neyor, Nebraska
• CB Jakob Robinson, BYU
• DL Sebastian Valdez, Washington

Of course this is all speculation, but this looks like a solid group. Then again, they supposedly hit the ball out of the park their first draft in 2017.

So far, I’m pretty happy with the picks. the firdt 2 seem to be locks. Stout and Martin look to be hidden gems after doing some digging. 140 tackles isn’t an accident.

O line now please. THEN TE, WR, RB.

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.

. . . or everything. At least the draft blather will be over with soon. Not to mention the signings of George Kittle and Brock Purdy. But I think we will be fine on those fronts.

Or not. Who knows?

Wish I could just walk in there and bang some heads together and say “STOP FUCKING AROUND!!!” but that’s just me.

Anywho, here’s the draft order for the 49ers. I’ll fill this out as we go along:

1. Round 1, 11
2. Round 2, 43
3. Round 3, 75
4. Round 3, 100 (Comp)
5. Round 4, 113
6. Round 4, 138 (Comp)
7. Round 5, 147 (via Wash)
8. Round 6, 160 (Swap w/Minn)
9. Round 7, 227
10. Round 7, 249 (Comp)
11. Round 7, 252 (Comp)

Onward and upward. Hopefully.

Wow. Just when you didn’t think it could get any stupider, the 49ers are now dragging their feet on George Kittle’s upcoming contract extension. Kittle, the guy who has four 1,000+ seasons, including the last 2, and heart and soul of the team, is on the last year of his 5 year / $75 mill deal, and per the machinations of NFL contracts, is up for a new deal.

Except that the 49ers aren’t quite ready to commit to anything. As usual, they do nothing while teams sign their guys (frinstance Trey McBride signing with AZ for $19 mill per this month) and we of course have to up our price for Kittle. Kelce is already getting $17.2 per season, so Kittle looks to be around $20 mill I’d think. Nothing unreasonable for him, but we of course didn’t do anything until the market get reset. Derp.

This same thing happened with Aiyuk last year with a ton of WRs signing and upping the price, and then they got squeezed by Trent Williams when they dragged on HIS deal.

Can’t say I’m surprised by any of this as we have all seen this over and over and over, but, they look to be fucking their season yet again by dragging, stalling, and diddling with contracts.

And they have the draft. Oh fuck, this pretty much GUARANTEES we pick TE Tyler Warren. Oh joy. Fuck me sideways. Do these fucking morons think that prices on star players are going to go down? So sick of this shit.

. . . to the rest of the 49ers future. I think we have got enough draft fodder to chew on these days, but the immediate future of the 49ers depends on nailing this draft. But, as far as the front office goes, I guess the future is gonna be WITH Brock Purdy, despite the foot-dragging by this ridiculously stupid front office to drag out the negotiations. But if we are really moving off of Purdy, we are in a galaxy of hurt.

But, let’s not go there. Let’s assume these guys actually have paid attention to the last few seasons and let’s assume our head coach learned some things along the way LAST season. You know. The one that saw the defense look terrible, special teams worse, the red zone struggles, bad clock mangement, and the conservative play calling.

They seem to get it with the firing of DC Sorensen and ST coach Schneider and the hiring of Robert Saleh and Saleh’s Special Teams coach Brad Boyer, so that’s a good thing. But Shanahan’s inconsistent play calling and over-reliance on whoever the RB #1 du jour is, has stifled this offense. THe red zone offense went from first to worst mainly because Shanny used CMC WAY too much in games that were decided way back in 2023, and he missed most of 2024 with injuries. Spell a guy for fuck’s sake.

Anyhow, Real curious to see how this draft goes, and real curious to see what changes this offense has in store. Way too early to speculate, but hey, September will roll around soon enough.

If anyone was to fall to us, it would be Armand Membou. He’s large, fast, quick off the line, pass blocks and run blocks very well, and is familiar with our zone blocking scheme. His only shortcoming is his height. Most tackles are 6’4″ + and he comes in at 6’3″, but his hand quickness and overall speed should negate this somewhat.

Even Will Campbell, a guy who’s rated higher than Membou and stands 6’6″ comes with the limitation of having shorter arms than Mambou. Banks I don’t think we have a shot at, so there it is. Membou or trade down.

Yeah, there are a lot of DTs out there, and we appear to be looking at all of them, but I’m pretty sure that they are gonna go tackle with the 11th pick. Unless those 3 guys are gone. And I do not want us to take a shot on Josh Simmons coming off patellar tendon surgery. Shemar Stewart looks like he would fit right in as a 4-3 edge rusher.

A guy we could trade down for is Nic Scourton, DE From Texas A&M. 6’4″, 285 lb. First-team all-SEC. He looks to step right in as he’s a 4-3 edge guy. Thing is, even the late 2nd round projection guys like Donovan Ezeiruaku are fairly solid, so I think we can wait to build the D line while getting an OT in the 11.

After that, who knows? The 49ers need starters and depth at O line, D line, LB, CB, RB, TE, and WR out of this draft class. And they should take a flier on a late – round QB. You know, just in case.

Just don’t draft a kicker.

. . . and let’s not kid ourselves. This is right up there with the most important draft in the Shanalynch era. The team has shed talent and contracts like I shed brain cells at 5:00 PM. It’s survival of the fittest brain cells in my head. Stragglers succumb to the ocean of beer I subject them to.

Anyhow, we all know the big names on the O line and D line that look to be our savior. You have OT Will Campbell, OT Armand Membou, DT Mason Graham, DE Shemar Stewart, DT Ken Grant, OT Kelvin Banks, OG Tyler Booker, DE Mykel Williams, and OT Josh Simmons.

Yeah, there are safeties, a couple CBs and LBs scattered among the top guys, but for us I’m thinking we get one of those guys.

And NO I don’t want to see us draft TE Tyler Warren, but given the fact I think that Shanahan is about 99% in control of day one, we pick the TE.

Shoot me now.

They NEVER get who i think they should. The only time they got who I thought they should have was Nick Bosa. Well, I was all for the Trey Lance deal, but there were alot of people on the wrong side of that shit. Sub out Lance for Jones, and no trade, and we have 2 more 1st round picks.

I don’t know. These guys scare me with their seemingly wild-hair-up-the-ass picks like Ricky Pearsall.

Looking back at the last few seasons shows a real shit show when it comes to the draft. at least before last season. Which leads to the question above. Was Adam Peters just fucking up wildly? Adams joined the team as a Lynch hire in 2017.

This recent article about the 2023 draft shows how poor it really was. Nick Mooney being the biggest fail in the group. I will say Ja ‘Aiyur Brown and Dee Winters could stick. Brown was thrust into playing time due to Hufanga’s injury and Winters has the bigger hole to fill with the departure of Dre Greenlaw.

https://www.ninersnation.com/2025/4/6/24402210/49ers-draft-history-rewind-2023-jake-moody-ronnie-bell

2022, all you have to do is look to the right column for the ugly. Burford is a liability, Zakelj may be solid, K Davis is hurt all the time, so, 5 of 9 picks, including the top 3, are gone. If not for Purdy, Shanny and Lynch would be elsewhere and the team would be looking for a quarterback (hey wait).

2021? The year Peters was promoted to Assistant GM under Lynch saw the Trey Lance debacle, and again, the top 5 picks from that draft class are gone. They did hit gold at the bottom of the draft with Lenoir, Hufanga, and Mitchell (gone) coming in rounds 5 and 6.

The rest are patently obvious. They hit ONE bona fide star in round 1 with Nick Bosa. Brandon Aiyuk was on his way to being a difference maker after his 2 year stint in the Shanahan Dog House, but between the hold out and the injury, the jury is out.

With the departure of Peters however, the 49ers actually had a very solid draft for 2024.

Renardo Green was thrown in to the starting role due to injury, Puni was a dominant RG and played every snap in 2024, Mustapha played solid ball and gave the 49ers the ability to shed Hufanga and his salary, and even Rickey Pearsall (a pick I didn’t like at all) made headway by the end of the season.

https://www.49erswebzone.com/articles/189888-ranks-49ers-2024-draft-class/

So where does that leave us now?

Well, we are thin as parchment, and our big offensive stars CMC and Aiyuk are both coming off major knee injuries, our O and D lines are a mess, and the defensive backfield is a bit thin.

Yeah we have a last-place pity schedule, but as we all know, doormats can become solid teams in a heartbeat. Or after one good draft. Both the Eagles and the Rams nailed their drafts, and the Eagles rode their guys to the Super Bowl. And take a look at Denver. Nowhere to playoff contender after their solid draft.

So, nail this draft, bulky up the O and D lines, get some needed depth, and this team can be in the mix. At this point of major uncertainty, that’s about all we can hope for.

. . . and we have Jac Mones as our starting QB. No one seems to be too put off by the Purdy negotiations, but the recent past says otherwise. Grant Cohn of course is leading the retard charge saying he’s worth $35 mill. Or that the Niners will trade him to Tennessee on draft day.

You know. Things that will never happen. Say what you will about Purdy, but $35 mill? That’s in the Baker Mayfield/Sam Darnold neighborhood. Apparently his agent wants $60 mill, because Jerry Jones is a moron, and Dak. The guy with 2 playoff wins in 8 seasons. Purdy has 4 in 2+ seasons, ergo . . .

No, I don’t think he’s gonna get $60 mill per, but his line should be somewhere around $55 mill. If the team is dicking around over 1-2 mill like the fucking shit show with Aiyuk, then they are dumber than they already are after that, Deebo, and Williams to name a few.

Other than that, there’s the draft to consider. If ever a team needed a draft to bolster a team’s success, it is this one. They’ve offloaded a bunch of talent (money) and signed backups and special teamers in an effort to (supposedly) be able to SIGN Purdy. Well, it’s dragging, and likely will drag through the draft.

Which means they’ll likely spend a pick on a QB at some point. Hopefully a flier like Brock was, but I don’t want them wasting a higher pick on a QB. They need OL, DL, Safety depth. CB depth, WR depth, and RB depth.

So naturally, they’ll draft a TE with the 1st pick. And this after getting Kittle in round 5.