Wide Receiver Rant

What has happened to this organization and it's ability to draft/ develop wide receivers? I'm sure you all realize that we haven't had a true #1 receiver on this team since T.O. The best 2 receivers on our team are proven commodities from other teams.

Remember when Crabtree felt like a gift from the Raiders in 2009? Maybe we trade down and take Harvin, Hakeem Nicks, Clay Matthews, Cushing, Alex Mack who knows.

If we didn't take a wideout early in 2009 in 2010 we could have grabbed Dez or Dymarius.

This years draft has become increasingly frustrating when I look at our capable but not game breaking wideouts (No offense to Boldin but he's not taking a 5 yard slant for 60 yard touchdown or is he a big goal line passing target.

Look at the early success of this years WR class. We had enough ammo to move up for Evens, Beckham, Cooks, Benjamin. We had our chances at Allen Robinson, Jordan Matthews, M. Bryant, and several more guys off too strong starts at least stronger starts then recent WRs we drafted in Patton, Hill, Williams, Ellington, Jenkins.

Wide receivers are a secondary value in the Harbaugh offense. Harbaugh wants to pound the ball with the run game. The OL was built, ironically by Nolan, to do just that. This OL is not agile and quick enough to be a great pass protecting line.

Nothing wrong with all that if it wins.

Originally posted by dj43:

Wide receivers are a secondary value in the Harbaugh offense. Harbaugh wants to pound the ball with the run game. The OL was built, ironically by Nolan, to do just that. This OL is not agile and quick enough to be a great pass protecting line.

Nothing wrong with all that if it wins.

Besides Joe, who else did Nolan draft? Philosophically you might say, but even then, im iffy.

Curse of T.O.

Sure, package draft picks and move up. It is not like the 49ers needed any depth this year

Patton and Ellington haven't been used as receivers. When they were both guys made plays.

There is a legit issue with our development of receivers. John Morton is garbage. Vets like Moss and Boldin probably teach our young receivers more than he does.

How do you change our draft to get one of those receivers? No Ward, Hyde, Martin and now no Borland?

Sure would be nice to have a receiver sitting at #5 on the depth chart now with no fill in for Kilgore or Willis/bowman or someone to spell Gore or help our secondary right?

Hindsight is always 20/20. Let's at least give our guys a chance to prove whether they can or can't play.

Tho once again Morton needs to go!

Part of it is drafting the right receiver, I think. AJ Jenkins was crap, Michael Crabtree I just got the feeling this guy never wanted to be here in the first place, Quinton Patton, well look who he's got in front of him.

We don't draft WRs...Baalke acquires epic WR's via FA instead b/c Morton blows and our coaches only trust older vets.

Even undrafted ones, Chris Hogan looks good right now on this Thursday night game for Buffalo

Originally posted by jimrat:

Even undrafted ones, Chris Hogan looks good right now on this Thursday night game for Buffalo

If we actually used Ellington as a receiver he could do that and more. He'd certainly catch the ball.

Originally posted by dj43:

Wide receivers are a secondary value in the Harbaugh offense. Harbaugh wants to pound the ball with the run game. The OL was built, ironically by Nolan, to do just that. This OL is not agile and quick enough to be a great pass protecting line.

Nothing wrong with all that if it wins.

Yup and like NCommand said... Jim signs proven vets.... there are different ways to win, the secret is getting there before you get the boot.

We're so good at drafting LB's, that's all we should draft and then trade them for proven players at other positions! LMAO

Originally posted by Olejohnnyboy:
We're so good at drafting LB's, that's all we should draft and then trade them for proven players at other positions! LMAO

That's actually not a bad idea.

If we didn't have an adversarial relationship with the Giants, we could draft LBs for them and they could draft WRs for us (assuming it's purely personnel, not coaching).

Coughlin was the WR coach for the '90 Giants SB team. He knows WRs.

Originally posted by NCommand:

We don't draft WRs...Baalke acquires epic WR's via FA instead b/c Morton blows and our coaches only trust older vets.

Why would Trent draft a WR very high since JH wouldn't use him anyway?

What would this team really do with a game breaking WR