Originally posted by LA9erFan:
Originally posted by MadDog49er:
The Eagles love Cox
I've had that same impression for years now.
Regarding DeCastro, I'm of the POV that Harbaugh not being in his corner...despite tremendous exposure to him and a clear need at the position...is kind of damning to DeCastro. Last year Harbaugh & Baalke did a tremendous job of recognizing internal talent (Bowman, Tarell Brown, Ray McDonald, etc), so they've earned the benefit of the doubt from me when evaluating players that they're very familiar with.
It may not be necessarily "damning" of DeCastro. As in, I don't think Harbaugh has any doubts or red flags about DeCastro. But it certainly seems that Harbaugh doesn't believe DeCastro is head and shoulders above the rest of the guards. As someone pointed out elsewhere, it may speak to Harbaugh thinking that DeCastro's success was somewhat attributable to the system and good coaching, and that the 49ers can make a helluva guard out of someone with only 3rd round talent.