Carpet Bomb Mock 1.0

SonocoNinerFan · 2014-03-17T07:26:36-07:00

Over the last five drafts the 49ers have selected seven defensive backs. 1st Round Eric Reid (2013) - Stud 3rd Round Chris Culliver (2011) – Presumed 2014 starter at CB but we should try to upgrade. 6th Round Trenton Robinson (2012) – Waived and currently buried on the Skins depth chart. 7th Round Marcus Cooper (2013) – Has some promise. Let go to KC Curtis Holcom (2011) – Knee injury Philip Adams (2010) – Lots of promise/too many knee injuries Curtis Taylor (2009) – Made the roster a couple of times as the 4th or 5th safety. The lesson here? Spend picks early and often on improving the defensive backfield. We've done pretty well drafting DB's the last two times we've committed a top 100 pick. So far the 49ers off season activity has screamed that they're going rely heavily on the draft to fill-out the secondary depth chart. I hope we go All-In early. 2014 Mock Draft I'm assuming the worst case for now that our comp pick for Goldson will be a 4th. We're likely going to spend picks at some point to move up and we've seen Baalke move up in the 1st round twice now. So we trade up a couple spots with #30 our 4th and one of our 7th round picks to jump up ahead a couple spots to start the secondary make-over. 1st (27+/-): Kyle Fuller – CB Virginia Tech Our corners are good but not great and we should look to upgrade early. With Donatell coaching him up Fuller should be able to push for immediate playing time. He sounds like a very solid kid in the Eric Reid mold . . . and of course he has the long arms. http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/player/kyle-fuller/97330 http://draftbreakdown.com/players/kyle-fuller/ 2nd (56-KC): Donte Moncrief – WR Mississippi We need to prepare now for a future without Boldin and maybe even Crabtree. Moncreif has great size and skills and he could learn from two of the best possession WR's in the NFL for at least one year. http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/player/donte-moncrief/94135 http://draftbreakdown.com/players/donte-moncrief/ 2nd (61): Deone Buchanon – S Washington State He's a Norcal kid from Fairfield. 1st team All-American. Many here noticed that Bethea's contract could be easily unplugged with minimal cap damage as early as next year. Buchanon could make it happen sooner rather than later. http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/player/deone-bucannon/95195 http://draftbreakdown.com/players/deone-bucannon/ 3rd (77-TEN): E.J. Gaines – CB Missouri He's not overly tall, but he's relatively long for his height and physical. First Team All-SEC. I've seen him projected from the 3rd to the early 5th but he seems to be rising fast. He'd be a solid value her adding depth with the potential to push for immediate playing time. http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/player/e.j.-gaines/91732 http://draftbreakdown.com/players/ej-gaines/ 3rd (94): Bruce Ellington – WR South Carolina We went with the prototype WR earlier. Now we grab an explosive playmaker. With Boldin on board to lead by example I think it would be a great idea to double up and bring in two talented youngsters to learn how to be a Pro from one of the best professionals in the game. If we lose Crabtree to FA next year we'll be in a better position to deal with it. If we keep Crabtree we'll be frigging loaded and Boldin could become expendable next offseason when we're still trying to extend others. http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/player/bruce-ellington/91834 http://draftbreakdown.com/players/bruce-ellington/ 4th (126+/-): Traded (Fuller) 4th (COMP-133+/-): Tyler Larsen – C Utah State Larsen adds competition behind Kilgore who's not exactly making a ton of money and could be relegated back to heavy tight-end if this kid has the skills and intelligence. Once he's up to speed, he's also adds depth to keep others in their original starting spots in case Kilgore goes down. http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/player/tyler-larsen/102245 http://draftbreakdown.com/players/tyler-larsen/ 5th (162+/-): Preston Brown – ILB Louisville Solid run stuffer. Needs to work on is pass coverage. http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/player/preston-brown/98814 http://draftbreakdown.com/players/preston-brown/ 6th (198+/-): Traded (Gabbert) 7th (225+/-): Traded (Fuller) 7th (226+/-): Trey Millard – FB/H-Back/TE Oklahoma I've seen a ton of mocks taking this guy as a red-shirt due to his torn ACL last October and I agree. It was painful to watch the fullback play after Miller went down last year. A back-up FB is a luxury, but Millard has the pass catching ability to be a very good H-Back/TE type as well as the back-up FB – AKA the Swiss Army Knife. http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/player/trey-millard/95921 http://draftbreakdown.com/players/trey-millard/ 7th (250+/-): OLB/QB/TE SUMMARY So I carpet bombed the DB and WR positions on days 1 and 2 and then filled a few depth needs on day 3. Yes we'd be young in the secondary, but I have confidence that Donatell & Company can coach them up. We need to get younger and cheaper in the secondary. As far was the WR's, yes we've had issues drafting WR's, but again we're facing the prospect of losing Crabtree along with an aging Boldin on a short term contract. We have to be ready to deal with that sooner rather than later. We need to develop at least two reliable targets aside from those guys. Between Patton, Moncrief and Ellington I think we would. The unfinished business for next year will be re-vamping the DE position a bit. We know Cowboy is close to riding off into the sunset and RayMac isn't getting any younger. But I think we're good this year with Carradine basically coming in as a rookie. FINAL PROJECTED ROSTER QB (2): Colin Kaepernick, Blaine Gabbert RB (5): Frank Gore, Bruce Miller, Kendall Hunter, Marcus Lattimore, LaMichael James WR (6): Michael Crabtree, Anquan Boldin, Quinton Patton, Donte Moncrief (R), Bruce Ellington (R) TE (3): Vernon Davis, Vance McDonald, Garrett Celek OL (8): Joe Staley, Anthony Davis, Mike Iupati, Alex Boone, Daniel Kilgore, Joe Looney, Jonathan Martin, Tyler Larsen (R) DL (7): Justin Smith, Ray McDonald, Ian Williams, Tank Carradine, Glenn Dorsey, Quinton Dial, Tony Jerod-Edie LB (8): Patrick Willis, Aldon Smith, Ahmad Brooks, Dan Skuta, Corey Lemonier, Michael Wilhoite, Nick Moody, Preston Brown (R) CB (5): Tramaine Brock, Chris Culliver, Kyle Fuller (R), E.J. Gaines (R), Chris Cook S (5): Eric Reid, Antoine Bethea, Deone Buchanon (R), C.J. Spillman, Craig Dahl ST (3): Phil Dawson, Andy Lee, Kevin McDermott That's 52 by my count with one wild card, either a 3rd QB or a 4th TE . . . or possibly Tukuafu until Millard is healthy and up to speed. PUP NaVorrow Bowman – ILB Trey Millard – FB

Mar 17, 2014 at 7:50 AM

MC9BEAT
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Nice draft. I don't think you have to throw in a 7th to move up 3 spot in the 1st. A 4th round pick should do it. Maybe even a 5th round pick. Last year we moved up 13 spots for a 3rd. We could probably move up about 5-6 spots for a 4th.

Mar 17, 2014 at 8:59 AM

Travisty13
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Good mock. I think I'd rather have Phillip Gaines than EJ in the 3rd-4th area though. And your last pick, imo, should be a developmental QB (Savage, Wenning, Mathews, Vaughan) or PS RB with potential (McKinnon, Crowell, Bibb, Fluellen type)

[ Edited by Travisty13 on Mar 17, 2014 at 9:07 AM ]

Mar 17, 2014 at 9:05 AM

WRATHman44
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Originally posted by MC9BEAT:
Nice draft. I don't think you have to throw in a 7th to move up 3 spot in the 1st. A 4th round pick should do it. Maybe even a 5th round pick. Last year we moved up 13 spots for a 3rd. We could probably move up about 5-6 spots for a 4th.

yeah, that pick could potentially be a Spencer Long draft-n-stash

Mar 17, 2014 at 9:33 AM

LasVegasWally
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Very solid!

Mar 17, 2014 at 10:52 AM

m_brockalexander
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Sign me up for this! Nice mock.

Mar 17, 2014 at 11:00 AM

OnTheClock
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Good mock overall -- the strategy and positional targeting is sound. Some of the players I do not think we will go after, but the overall draft scheme seems to fit well.

Mar 17, 2014 at 11:15 AM

CorvaNinerFan
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I like it...a lot. Only exception I might have is Larsen...he's a good player, that's not it. Just not sure it's a needed pick. Kilgore's the C now...and he has Looney, Seymour and Snyder for b/u. Baalke wouldn't have extended Kilgore's contract if he and Harbaugh didn't have faith in him. Drafting another interior OL just doesn't seem "prudent". Instead, I'd take a DL. Prior to 2013, Ray Mac played a ton of snaps and now wouldn't be too soon to add more depth. Both Williams and Dorsey are entering the last year of their contracts. Both could be re-signed...or not. Overall, though, one of the best mocks I've seen.

Mar 17, 2014 at 11:34 AM

SonocoNinerFan
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Originally posted by CorvaNinerFan:
I like it...a lot. Only exception I might have is Larsen...he's a good player, that's not it. Just not sure it's a needed pick. Kilgore's the C now...and he has Looney, Seymour and Snyder for b/u. Baalke wouldn't have extended Kilgore's contract if he and Harbaugh didn't have faith in him. Drafting another interior OL just doesn't seem "prudent". Instead, I'd take a DL. Prior to 2013, Ray Mac played a ton of snaps and now wouldn't be too soon to add more depth. Both Williams and Dorsey are entering the last year of their contracts. Both could be re-signed...or not. Overall, though, one of the best mocks I've seen.

Thanks for the input everybody . . . much appreciated

Mar 17, 2014 at 11:44 AM

60sFan
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Love the strategy. Have same one. Also have Fuller and Moncrief as my first two picks. Now you know why I love the strategy.

Mar 17, 2014 at 12:07 PM

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Mann716
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Great mock. this mock is probably the one I agree with the most that I've seen so far.

Mar 17, 2014 at 12:24 PM

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kronik
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love it, doubt buchanon will be there tho.

[ Edited by kronik on Mar 17, 2014 at 12:25 PM ]

Mar 17, 2014 at 12:40 PM

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AB81Rules
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I could live with this like it a lot. Hope Osgood is re-signed though. And Ventrone over Dahl would be prefered, sick of our STs going downhill every other year.

Mar 17, 2014 at 1:31 PM

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GorefullBore
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Nice. I would like a DL somewhere though.

Mar 17, 2014 at 5:30 PM

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WRATHman44
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That's 52 by my count with one wild card, either a 3rd QB or a 4th TE . . . or possibly Tukuafu until Millard is healthy and up to speed.

I'm guessing that we keep Morris at CB. I like that kid, and I think he's gonna be a player for us.