Yay Area's First Look at the 2014 Draft

YayArea · 2013-12-08T12:04:57-08:00

1. First round (Own pick) ………….................................................... Justin Gilbert, CB, Oklahoma State 2. Second round (Own pick) ……...................................................... Odell Beckham, WR, LSU 3. Second round (Kansas City pick from 2013 Alex Smith trade) .... Kyle Fuller, CB/S, Virginia Tech 4. Third round (Tennessee pick in 2013 draft day trade)…………..... Dominique Easley, DE/DT, FLorida 5. Third round (Own pick)……………................................................ Tyler Larson, C, Utah State 6. **Third (Compensatory)…………................................................... LaDamian Washington, WR, Missouri 7. Fourth round (Own pick) …………................................................. Morgan Moses, OG/OT, Virginia 8. Fifth round (Own pick) ……........................................................... Marqueston Huff, FS, Wyoming 9. Sixth round (Own pick) ………....................................................... Keith Price, QB, Washington 10. Seventh round (Carolina pick from 2012 Colin Jones trade) …... Alden Darby, SS, Arizona State 11. Seventh round (New Orleans pick from Parys Haralson trade) .. Spencer Long, OG, Nebraska 12. Seventh round (Indianapolis pick from Cam Johnson trade)....... James Franklin, QB, Missouri 13. Seventh round (Own pick) ………................................................ Austin Wentworth, OT, Fresno State To me this draft, serves a few purposes. We get depth along the lines, which is always necessary to have. We get help at WR and CB. And we get a couple QBs to develop behind Kap. Specifically, with Gilbert and Fuller, we get two corners that have the speed and size that Balke likes. With Beckham and Washington, we get two very speedy receivers that will help to take the top off of the defenses we face. With the four offensive lineman, we get potentially a our future center in Larson, as well as good depth at all positions. With the two safeties Huff and Darby, again we get good depth and another name to throw into the mix if Whitner leaves. And finally, we get a few Balke injury specials that can redshirt next year in Easley and Long.

Dec 8, 2013 at 1:05 PM

Ninefan56
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What about a punt returner?

Dec 8, 2013 at 3:06 PM

15crabtree
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cbs and wr are too short

Dec 8, 2013 at 5:05 PM

YayArea
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Justin Gilbert is one of the best returners in the country. Plus, he and Fuller are not small. Both are 6 foot 200 lb corners that run high 4.4s. Balke loves those types of corners. He's never been one to go after really tall corners like Seattle has because we don't play press coverage almost 100% of the time like Seattle. As far the receivers, I'll give you Beckham, he is is 5-11, but Washington is 6-4, and they both run low 4.4s/high 4.3s.

Dec 8, 2013 at 6:11 PM

jersey49er
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love gilbert and ok with fuller..beckham I like but would rather trade up and grab allen robinson..or jaelen strong is he comes out which is doubtful..would be awesome is Easley was there where you have us drafting him..but unlikely..he will go in the 2nd..not to familiar with huff or darby..also have us taking a lot of o-line which we don't really need that many..i think our 5th round pick and on will be traded in earlier rounds to move up for players we desire anyway..

Dec 8, 2013 at 6:20 PM

JustinNiner
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we will need a high pick guard. chances are iupati and Goodwin are gone next year. looney may fill in for one spot but Kilgore has been countlessly leap frogged which leads me to believe he isn't very good. other than that I like. are you expecting fuller to be our new SS?

Dec 8, 2013 at 6:27 PM

jersey49er
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Originally posted by JustinNiner:
we will need a high pick guard. chances are iupati and Goodwin are gone next year. looney may fill in for one spot but Kilgore has been countlessly leap frogged which leads me to believe he isn't very good. other than that I like. are you expecting fuller to be our new SS?

I agree with the Kilgore point..but im thinking looney will be ok at guard and Kilgore at center..if anything im thinking we only need to replace 1 of the 2..would be great if we had the $$ to sign both and keep our line in tact for years..tho iupati isn't a free agent until next year I believe

Dec 8, 2013 at 8:43 PM

hofer36
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james franklin should have a lot more passing yards with the receivers Missouri has on their team

Dec 8, 2013 at 8:52 PM

Phoenix49ers
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Not bad at all, I wouldn't be upset if things went down this way. Like the additions of Gilbert, Beckham, Larsen, Easley and Price in particular.

Dec 8, 2013 at 8:54 PM

NeonNiner
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Justin Gilbert + Odell Beckham Jr

Dec 8, 2013 at 9:11 PM

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YayArea
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I just elected to do this mock without trades. But I assume there will be quite a few trades just like the last few years. There is no way we bring in eleven new players. But yeah, that is a lot of offensive lineman. I doubt that we would take that many, but like JustinNiner said who know what will happen with Iupati, and Goodwin is likely gone. So having the depth wouldn't hurt. A couple other things, I also wouldn't mind trading up in the first similar to last years Eric Reid trade to get a WR, especially if Marquise Lee is still there. As for Fuller, he's a cornerback with some safety experience similar to Culliver. I figure that our cornerback outlook is pretty much going to come down to rogers or wright, brock, culliver, morris, and these two rookies, Gilbert and Fuller. Finally, as for the QBs, I agree that Franklin should be better, again I was really just filling out my draft and trying to project which QBs we could realistically take that Harbaugh would like. But I don't think we will take two QBs.

Dec 8, 2013 at 9:27 PM

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Originally posted by YayArea:
Justin Gilbert is one of the best returners in the country. Plus, he and Fuller are not small. Both are 6 foot 200 lb corners that run high 4.4s. Balke loves those types of corners. He's never been one to go after really tall corners like Seattle has because we don't play press coverage almost 100% of the time like Seattle. As far the receivers, I'll give you Beckham, he is is 5-11, but Washington is 6-4, and they both run low 4.4s/high 4.3s.

Baalke loves long arms. These guys u listed better have longer than normal arms... especially on the earlier picks

[ Edited by kronik on Dec 8, 2013 at 9:28 PM ]

Dec 9, 2013 at 12:00 PM

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m_brockalexander
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Nice mock. Like the speed WR picks and both Gilbert and Beckham are KR's, too, Two great picks in Easley and Long as Baalke injury specials. Also like the approach to handling our backup QB situation.

Dec 9, 2013 at 1:43 PM

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Ninefan56
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I like your explanation that Gilber and Beckham are both return men, for me that is a huge need. It might mean the end of Le Michael James but we need help in that position. I like Baalke's dual skill philosophy. I don't think that we will pick a Dlineman for our fourth pick due to Okoye, Carridine, Ian Williams, Dorsey, Jerod-Eddy, Dial, J. Smith, and McDonald, and Dobbs. So I would expect that they will go for a higher level QB, Oline, or another WR for WR is definitely a need area for us. But in any case it will be interesting to see what they think and what they do in the off season.

Dec 10, 2013 at 3:45 PM

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My thought process in taking the DE/DT Dominique Easley while already having so many defensive lineman, is that he was very good before his injury and that injury will allow us to put him on the IR like we have done with Carradine, and essentially redshirt him. Then we can figure things out later and see which players develop, and which spots open up like with the possible retirement of Cowboy within the next few years. This time will allow cream rise to the top.