Originally posted by Young2Rice:
Its fun to play GM on a message board, in reality, its not so easy...
Did Jonothon Joseph really want to play for us? Could we have gotten him?
We should have traded up for Patrick Peterson? Like thats an easy manuever to pull off?
Get real MD, Baalke has done a terrific job since coming in.
He doesnt take into account that while this draft is filled with allot of OLB hybrids, none of them are 6'5 260 with a wingspan of a condor and violent arms that allow him to shift inside if needed and an outstanding track record of success in college. But instead pumps a player at a position we didnt NEED since we have an above average player in McDonald that we supposedly overpaid for but then says Joseph would cost moderately more than Rogers... Rogers contract last year was a $2.1m cap hit, compared to Joseph's at $9.7m cap hit. Not to mention we got to "try out" Rogers first to ensure he can be productive under fangio before commiting longterm for a $5.1m cap hit this year.
(reference: http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/carlos-rogers/ http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/houston-texans/johnathan-joseph/)
An easy counter argument would be to look at this years draft and look at the DT/DE talent... it destroys last years draft in this area and is one of the most loaded drafts in years at the DT/DE 3-4 tweener position. So if the roster went MD's way, we picked up a great player where we already had a great player and would still be looking for a passrusher after how many years since Andre Carter??? Then pick up a probowl CB when we ended up picking a probowl CB anyways for $7m less and got to ensure he would be successful in our defensive system before making a commitment. His Roster has almost no net improvement to this team compared to the Baalke alternative, where as Baalkes provides the same quality of play at the positions mentioned but adds a sackmaster with elite physical skills and pass rushing talent. But this post has too many facts and logic to get responded to by self-proclaimed draft gods, but it does get me excited for the draft warzone in april
[ Edited by 5280High on Mar 21, 2012 at 10:12 AM ]