Who is Trent Baalke's Mystery Draft Crush?

Originally posted by smacII:
Brandon Boykin. Elite athlete, elite speed, great return specialist, versatile (offensively & defensively), played against elite competition, small but durable (played in all 53 gms), and position of need. Book it.

Originally posted by smashmouth51:
Gore cant take the hits of a full season anymore. If Fleener is gone and there is a good RB left then we select him. We need a solid, youngster who is durable enough to run between the tackles and speedy enough to haul a$$. We can pick up a good guard and WR in rounds 2 & 3. Too bad Balke didnt put X-Lax in Sing's coffee 2 yrs ago. We could have gotten a good guard at #2 instead of a speedy clown who thought he could play football.

Originally posted by Lifer:
Baalke's "crush" is a smoke screen. I think he wants to trade down. By saying "there's a guy we want at #30 and we know he'll be there," he's sending a message to potential trade partners. The message is "We're not afraid to use the pick and we're not desperate to trade." This is his attempt to maximize the value of the #30 pick.

Why trade down? The 49ers don't need to get instant starters from this draft (though it's always nice). What they really need is players to develop for the future. Also, there's no way that 7 rookies make this squad. So they don't really need or want 7 picks. The best bang for the buck in the draft is in rounds 2-5. That's where you find the high value guys who aren't necessarily ready to start year one, but who can become solid starters down the road. I think Baalke's strategy is to trade down out of round 1 and up out of the later rounds to try and land 4-5 picks in rounds 2-4.

Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:
baalke history is trading up not down

and trading down with our roster is stupid we need to get rid of picks not get more as of now i highly doubt 2 of our picks even make the te

Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:
baalke history is trading up not down

and trading down with our roster is stupid we need to get rid of picks not get more as of now i highly doubt 2 of our picks even make the team

Originally posted by LottOfDefense:
Traded down and drafted Bowman than used the extra pick the next year for Hunter

Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:

Originally posted by Lifer:
Baalke's "crush" is a smoke screen. I think he wants to trade down. By saying "there's a guy we want at #30 and we know he'll be there," he's sending a message to potential trade partners. The message is "We're not afraid to use the pick and we're not desperate to trade." This is his attempt to maximize the value of the #30 pick.

Why trade down? The 49ers don't need to get instant starters from this draft (though it's always nice). What they really need is players to develop for the future. Also, there's no way that 7 rookies make this squad. So they don't really need or want 7 picks. The best bang for the buck in the draft is in rounds 2-5. That's where you find the high value guys who aren't necessarily ready to start year one, but who can become solid starters down the road. I think Baalke's strategy is to trade down out of round 1 and up out of the later rounds to try and land 4-5 picks in rounds 2-4.

baalke history is trading up not down

and trading down with our roster is stupid we need to get rid of picks not get more as of now i highly doubt 2 of our picks even make the team

Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:

Originally posted by LottOfDefense:
Traded down and drafted Bowman than used the extra pick the next year for Hunter

traded up 2 times though and both early in draft just outside first and in 1st round

our roster is too talented to add waste draft picks on people who wont even make the team

Originally posted by mayo49:
We need a Wr. Perferably, Randle or Hill.

Originally posted by Vasco49er:

Originally posted by FL9er:
Sources tell me the San Francisco 49ers pick in round one will come down to the highest rated offensive guard or Stephen Hill/WR/Georgia Tech.

-Tony Pauline; SI Draft Insider

This makes me want a guard more than ever.