Originally posted by bleedredandgold:
Disappointed . In a year where the talent was deep enough to move up and get an impact player in the teens we did nothing . In a year when half of our draft picks cant have roster spots .. we did nothing . It was the wrong draft to sit . I watched the jimmy ward highlite reels . My opionion is he will be a fair player at best and will be a weakness agianst size in the redzone . Imagine the huge tight ends lining up agianst this guy lol . There were 3 other players available that id have taken and could have been ok with . Not a fan of this pick at all .. grade D .
I feel your pain. The disappointment I felt when Kelvin Benjamin went to the panthers was terrible. I'm betting the 49ers tried their hardest to trade up but got beaten by a team that had more value picks to give to trade. Also, another point, the 49ers are notorious for putting up smokescreens after smoke screens to make sure nobody knows who they really want to pick. So it could be that they really wanted to go defense and go with the guy that they wanted at that 30th pick. They have the ammunition to trade up, and didn't - or didn't want to - so I think they felt that this guy was the best move given the run on WR's early in the draft. Time will tell, but the front office by and large, outside of the AJ Jenkins pick, have done a good job getting good players.