49ers cornerback Redmond eager to show he wasn’t draft-day error
Aug 6, 2017 at 2:00 PM
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49ers cornerback Redmond eager to show he wasn't draft-day error Last year, Will Redmond was best known as former general manager Trent Baalke's most confounding pick of the 2016 draft. In 2016, Redmond became the final member of what derisively became known as Team ACL: The seven players Baalke drafted since 2013 who were rehabilitating from major knee injuries when they were selected. By 2016, however, the 49ers were a talent-starved team coming off a 5-11 season … yet Baalke still used the No. 68 overall pick on Redmond, who had torn his ACL six months earlier at Mississippi State. Given the 49ers' need for immediate help, Baalke was asked why he didn't use the third-round pick on a healthy player, and he answered by insisting Redmond would be ready for training camp. Redmond was limited in training-camp practices, played 38 snaps in the final two preseason games with a knee brace and opened the season on injured reserve because he wasn't fully recovered. Redmond was medically cleared well before the start of the offseason program, and he's eager to show why he was an early third-round pick, despite having an injury. Baalke, who gave his draft picks long leashes, is...
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