Originally posted by lamontb:
Watt has been pretty impressive so far this pre season. He gets a great push and uses his hands well. Personally I still would have picked Aldon over Watt b/c I feel the team just had a bigger hole at OLB then DE. I think they need to put Aldon in with the starters and give him 1st team reps. I want to see him vs 1st team talent. I don't like a draft where everybody is a backup. Your 1st and 2nd rounders need to be contributing right away. Of course when you have draft a qb in the 1st or 2nd then the circumstances are different. The only pick that really bothered me was culliver and the guy has played well. So only time will tell.
The Niners selected a number of athletic, raw players, who are just not ready to make contributions yet. The players may pan out, or may flop. Haralson may end up holding onto the starting role in 2011, and then hand off to Smith in 2012. I don't see Smith dominating the lower level players, and that should be a concern for fans who want him to post big numbers in 2012.
The season starts in about two weeks, and I am not sure that is enough time to make a major leap forward into major minutes.