Grade the 49ers Draft After Round 3

Originally posted by BrianGO:

Originally posted by jrouter4949:

Originally posted by susweel:
F+

2x this draft SUCKS

Please don't encourage them susweel.

lol

I voted a B.

Heres why..

1st) Jimmie Ward S/CB - (Grade = B) - Yeah he was a good player in the MAC. He is a small dude that we will put in the slot for a few years. Maybe he will pair up with Reid at Safety in a few years. Ball hawk. Was a bit of a reach, imo. I thought there were better players on the board.

2nd) Carlos Hyde RB - (Grade = A) - Love this pick, we got the best RB in the draft. A big bruiser to pound the rock for years to come. Our RB situation is not as solid as some think. Gore and Hunter's contracts are up after this year. 1 or both are gone. Gore really slowed down last year, especially in the playoffs. LMJ is a crying punk, as good as gone. Lattimore's knee was turned into a pretzel 17 months ago, who knows if he will ever be the same. So in reality Carlos Hyde is our only stable option for the foreseeable future.

3rd) Marcus Martin C - (Grade = A-) - Best center available. Strong. Long arms. Will battle with Kilgore for our starting C position. I just dont think the need was really there as strong as a WR or a CB at this position.

3rd) Chris Borland MLB - (Grade = C+) - Short armed MLB. Yeah Bowman will be gone for most the season, more than likely. But he will be back. Wilhoite played like an absolute stud last year filling in for P-Will. I dont think the need was there, especially looking at other positions. We could of picked up a guy similar to Borland later in the draft Barrow? Skov?

3rd) Brandon Thomas OT - (Grade = B-) - Good player. Hurt, will redshirt. Just dont no if I see the need. We have so many solid OL starters and solid depth. Especially adding Jonathan Martin. We have Looney, who played well last year when Staley went down. The only thing I can think of as to why the 49ers would grab Thomas over other players on the board at the time would be because the Niners do not plan on signing Iupati long term.

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We still need a WR. The point of getting a WR right now is to allow the Rook to learn behind Crabtree and Boldin. Yeah we got Stevie Johnson, but his contract is not long term and it is more expensive.

We still need a true CB. Culliver, Cox, and Wright are on 1 year deals. It would be perfect to bring in a CB right now to learn for a year.



For that I can only give this draft a weak B, so far..

Originally posted by OregonNiner87:

C+

Quality depth.

Ward and Martin may start, and Hyde may start eventually. Really would have liked to see Gaines on our roster over Borland at this point in the draft.

Originally posted by ESWYoung08:
According to cbssports.com we got the #1 ranked strong safety, #1 ranked center, #1 ranked running back, and #2 ranked inside linebacker. On top of that we got Stevie Johnson and Brandon Thomas. Holy f***.

And people act like we picked a bunch of deadbeats lol. Today was an ultra-productive day, and we still have 7 picks to play with tomorrow!!!

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by PhillyNiner:
A- still need to address Corner and I would like a back up QB.

Trade back up and get me Desir and McCarron.

Sounds good. But whoever we drafted, are they going to be better than #1 Brock, #2 Culliver, #3 Ward, #4 Wright and #5 Cox plus Cook/Morris? All have NFL experience and/or experience in OUR system. We need a developmental CB.

And most of those guys have starting cornerback experience.

And our defense isn't designed to put a corner on an island very often. We play off coverage, and a lot of zone. You can't highly pay every single position.

Originally posted by BrianGO:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by PhillyNiner:
A- still need to address Corner and I would like a back up QB.

Trade back up and get me Desir and McCarron.

Sounds good. But whoever we drafted, are they going to be better than #1 Brock, #2 Culliver, #3 Ward, #4 Wright and #5 Cox plus Cook/Morris? All have NFL experience and/or experience in OUR system. We need a developmental CB.

And most of those guys have starting cornerback experience.

And our defense isn't designed to put a corner on an island very often. We play off coverage, and a lot of zone. You can't highly pay every single position.

Looking at the current depth, we're pretty good at CB. I'm sure we'll add someone tomorrow to add even more depth and competition.

Hate to break it to people, but the moves we made with Johnson and Ward significantly reduced the need for a CB and WR. We're going BPA with players who fit the makeup of the team.

Ward and Martin were the best picks in my mind. I don't think Hyde has the explosion/burst that you need in a legit RB. Borland doesn't really have the speed and ranginess that you'd want, especially given that Willis/Bowman are two of the fastest and athletic at their position.

Originally posted by CasBanaszek:

Ward: A
Hyde: B-
Martin: A
Borland: F
Thomas: C

why? we passed on Latimore and Gaines to get some of those guys.

Latimer will be a bust!! Big Ten WR suck!

I give this draft a A grade. I think we really stuck to our board and went BPA. A luxury only great teams have.

you can tell who bases their evaluations on youtube highlights and NFL.com scouting reports. borland is going to be a star on this team.

We are way too optimistic... I don't think we are being realistic at all

Ward: C- most had him in 2-3
Hyde: B-
Martin: A
Borland: F
Thomas: B+

I'll give it a solid B+ at this point. We covered three needs with top end players in Ward, Martin and Borland. We made one semi-luxury pick with Hyde and snagged maybe the best red-shirt prospect in the draft. So it's thumbs up. I don't give it an A because we've heard for months that this is the best WR draft class in many years, yet we trade for Stevie Johnson and watch the so called excellent WR class vanish pick by excruciating pick.

1-5 picks no CB or WR? You couldn't find a mock on the Internet that would predict that!

"BPA"

Ward: A
Hyde: B+
Martin: A
Borland: C-
Thomas: C+

extra credit: Stevie Johnson & extra pick in the 4th and 5th tomorrow