TJ Sanders- DT South Carolina

I would love for us to trade up and get Mason Graham like everybody else here as we might have the ammo to do it. With that said, I wouldn't be mad if we get this cat quick DL later hailing from South Carolina.

TJ Sanders- 6'4 300 lbs.- he has nice length with a very good burst. Not the collapse the pocket type but more of a penetrating with high motor that generates a-lot of interior pressure. A disruptive force in the backfield, he's good vs the run and I believe he will thrive in today's passing game. High upside and played in SEC the last 2 years. He just turned 21 and can still get bigger as he matures and he's still developing as a pass rusher. He might be a late first or early 2nd at the moment.

This class appears to be loaded with quality DL prospects.

He's my guy in the 2nd even if we take Mason Graham, Walter Nolan or Derrick Harmon at 11.

He will give us what we thought Javon Hargrave would give. Elite one gap penetrator.

Sign NT- DJ Jones

1.11- Mason Graham, DT- Michigan
2.42- TJ Sanders, DT- South Carolina
3.75- Jordan Burch, DE- Oregon

5T- Jordan Burch / Leonard Floyd
3T- TJ Sanders / Maliek Collins
1T- Mason Graham / DJ Jones
9T- Nick Bosa / Yetur Gross-Matos
Bench: Evan Anderson, Sam Okuayinonu

We desperately need to fix this Dline and the LBers and Safeties will feast,

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
He's my guy in the 2nd even if we take Mason Graham, Walter Nolan or Derrick Harmon at 11.

He will give us what we thought Javon Hargrave would give. Elite one gap penetrator.

Sign NT- DJ Jones

1.11- Mason Graham, DT- Michigan
2.42- TJ Sanders, DT- South Carolina
3.75- Jordan Burch, DE- Oregon

5T- Jordan Burch / Leonard Floyd
3T- TJ Sanders / Maliek Collins
1T- Mason Graham / DJ Jones
9T- Nick Bosa / Yetur Gross-Matos
Bench: Evan Anderson, Sam Okuayinonu

We desperately need to fix this Dline and the LBers and Safeties will feast,

We have to trade up for Graham if a team is willing to trade down. That looks nice and all but that's a lot of draft capital for the DL IMO. For me, I would trade down a little bit in the late teens and get one of the OT whether it is Membou, Conerly or Simmons. There are also teams with very few draft picks at the end of the first round that might be willing to trade down and accumulate picks. I'll pick an Edge or DT there. We can also get Pueges or Norman-Lott later to fill out the DL needs later. Also, we might have additional comp picks that we can fill out needs.

1st round (tradedown)Conerly/Membou/Simmons
1st round (trade up) TJ Sanders
3rd round- Eizeruaku Edge
3rd round comp-Kandra OG
3rd round comp-safety/CB or LB
3rd round comp- safety/CB or LB
4th-Norman-Lott /Pugues DT
6th- Jared Wilson OC
7th-
7th comp-

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
He's my guy in the 2nd even if we take Mason Graham, Walter Nolan or Derrick Harmon at 11.

He will give us what we thought Javon Hargrave would give. Elite one gap penetrator.

Sign NT- DJ Jones

1.11- Mason Graham, DT- Michigan
2.42- TJ Sanders, DT- South Carolina
3.75- Jordan Burch, DE- Oregon

5T- Jordan Burch / Leonard Floyd
3T- TJ Sanders / Maliek Collins
1T- Mason Graham / DJ Jones
9T- Nick Bosa / Yetur Gross-Matos
Bench: Evan Anderson, Sam Okuayinonu

We desperately need to fix this Dline and the LBers and Safeties will feast,

I like this type of thinking. We need to fix out safeties as well. Sure wish we could land this guy's teamate Emmanwori at safety.

Originally posted by frankieuc68:
We have to trade up for Graham if a team is willing to trade down. That looks nice and all but that's a lot of draft capital for the DL IMO. For me, I would trade down a little bit in the late teens and get one of the OT whether it is Membou, Conerly or Simmons. There are also teams with very few draft picks at the end of the first round that might be willing to trade down and accumulate picks. I'll pick an Edge or DT there. We can also get Pueges or Norman-Lott later to fill out the DL needs later. Also, we might have additional comp picks that we can fill out needs.

1st round (tradedown)Conerly/Membou/Simmons
1st round (trade up) TJ Sanders
3rd round- Eizeruaku Edge
3rd round comp-Kandra OG
3rd round comp-safety/CB or LB
3rd round comp- safety/CB or LB
4th-Norman-Lott /Pugues DT
6th- Jared Wilson OC
7th-
7th comp-

I don't see it with any of those OT's. Will any of them be any better than McKivitz?

Shanahan has shown we can be a top 5 offense with a bunch of average players on the Oline but our D needs massive amounts of reinforcements at every position.

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
I don't see it with any of those OT's. Will any of them be any better than McKivitz?

Shanahan has shown we can be a top 5 offense with a bunch of average players on the Oline but our D needs massive amounts of reinforcements at every position.

We don't know how the picks will turn out. They can turn to the next Trent Williams/Aaron Donald or the other way around like Mike Mcglinchey/Solomon Thomas. We just hope that our scouts and management do they due diligences, get lucky at the same time and that our coaches develop them. We are about to pay Purdy 40+++ million/year and we know Trent Williams is on his last leg of his career. The least we can do is get one of the higher-grade OT and surround our high price QB with studs. Better than Mckivitz? Heck yeah.

Originally posted by frankieuc68:

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
I don't see it with any of those OT's. Will any of them be any better than McKivitz?

Shanahan has shown we can be a top 5 offense with a bunch of average players on the Oline but our D needs massive amounts of reinforcements at every position.

We don't know how the picks will turn out. They can turn to the next Trent Williams/Aaron Donald or the other way around like Mike Mcglinchey/Solomon Thomas. We just hope that our scouts and management do they due diligences, get lucky at the same time and that our coaches develop them. We are about to pay Purdy 40+++ million/year and we know Trent Williams is on his last leg of his career. The least we can do is get one of the higher-grade OT and surround our high price QB with studs. Better than Mckivitz? Heck yeah.

McKivitz gets alot of flak around here but he quietly had a nice season.

PFF had him at 72.2 and the 37th best OT. Considering there are 64 tackles in the league that puts him right in the middle.

He's not a superstar but he is serviceable and dependable.

If we are taking a tackle with the 11th overall pick he better be hands down better than McKivitz and I just don't see it with any of the tackles you mentioned. Maybe Will Cambell or Kelvin Banks.

BUT, are either of those guys that much better than McKivitz and will make that much bigger of an impact as compared to Mason Graham starting over a guy like Jordan Elliot, Malaki Starks over Ja'yir Brown or James Pierce over Leonard Floyd (who is also a free agent in a year BTW leaving a glaring hole at DE)

We need to draft BPA and none of the tackles will be close to the BPA in my opinion.

As for drafting Trent Williams replacement, well Trent Williams is still here. Do we take that tackle and start him at LG for a year or two until Trent is ready to retire? Spending a top 15 pick on a LG for a few years is not good asset management.

When Trent is retired then we deal with it and draft his replacement.

We have glaring holes at both DT positions, a DE who can set the edge and let Floyd be a designated pass rusher for a year until he leaves, a CB to replace Charvarius Ward and possibly a LB and S to replace Greenlaw and Hufunga if they leave.

Our D is a mess and we won't win a game until it's fixed but our offense can still move the ball and protect Purdy with 3rd stringers off the street,

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:

Originally posted by frankieuc68:

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
I don't see it with any of those OT's. Will any of them be any better than McKivitz?

Shanahan has shown we can be a top 5 offense with a bunch of average players on the Oline but our D needs massive amounts of reinforcements at every position.

We don't know how the picks will turn out. They can turn to the next Trent Williams/Aaron Donald or the other way around like Mike Mcglinchey/Solomon Thomas. We just hope that our scouts and management do they due diligences, get lucky at the same time and that our coaches develop them. We are about to pay Purdy 40+++ million/year and we know Trent Williams is on his last leg of his career. The least we can do is get one of the higher-grade OT and surround our high price QB with studs. Better than Mckivitz? Heck yeah.

McKivitz gets alot of flak around here but he quietly had a nice season.

PFF had him at 72.2 and the 37th best OT. Considering there are 64 tackles in the league that puts him right in the middle.

He's not a superstar but he is serviceable and dependable.

If we are taking a tackle with the 11th overall pick he better be hands down better than McKivitz and I just don't see it with any of the tackles you mentioned. Maybe Will Cambell or Kelvin Banks.

BUT, are either of those guys that much better than McKivitz and will make that much bigger of an impact as compared to Mason Graham starting over a guy like Jordan Elliot, Malaki Starks over Ja'yir Brown or James Pierce over Leonard Floyd (who is also a free agent in a year BTW leaving a glaring hole at DE)

We need to draft BPA and none of the tackles will be close to the BPA in my opinion.

As for drafting Trent Williams replacement, well Trent Williams is still here. Do we take that tackle and start him at LG for a year or two until Trent is ready to retire? Spending a top 15 pick on a LG for a few years is not good asset management.

When Trent is retired then we deal with it and draft his replacement.

We have glaring holes at both DT positions, a DE who can set the edge and let Floyd be a designated pass rusher for a year until he leaves, a CB to replace Charvarius Ward and possibly a LB and S to replace Greenlaw and Hufunga if they leave.

Our D is a mess and we won't win a game until it's fixed but our offense can still move the ball and protect Purdy with 3rd stringers off the street,

I get that and we have some glaring holes that needs upgrade throughout the roster. We know there are different ways to replenish the talent. I'm all for trading up for Graham if he drops a little. I'm one of many who kept saying our D sucks! I don't mind loading up on that side of the ball this time especially the line. Last year was a good draft class overall and we got 2 WR, 1 RB, 1 OL, 1 safety, 1 CB that contributed. We can keep adding more defensive talent upfront for sure. As for OL, sure we can wait another year or draft later and develop. But this is not the year to look for those diamond in the rough compared to last year. That's why I like to get one early rather than later. This is also a deep class for DL. Not a fan of Campbell or Banks to be honest.

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:

Originally posted by frankieuc68:
We have to trade up for Graham if a team is willing to trade down. That looks nice and all but that's a lot of draft capital for the DL IMO. For me, I would trade down a little bit in the late teens and get one of the OT whether it is Membou, Conerly or Simmons. There are also teams with very few draft picks at the end of the first round that might be willing to trade down and accumulate picks. I'll pick an Edge or DT there. We can also get Pueges or Norman-Lott later to fill out the DL needs later. Also, we might have additional comp picks that we can fill out needs.

1st round (tradedown)Conerly/Membou/Simmons
1st round (trade up) TJ Sanders
3rd round- Eizeruaku Edge
3rd round comp-Kandra OG
3rd round comp-safety/CB or LB
3rd round comp- safety/CB or LB
4th-Norman-Lott /Pugues DT
6th- Jared Wilson OC
7th-
7th comp-

I don't see it with any of those OT's. Will any of them be any better than McKivitz?

Shanahan has shown we can be a top 5 offense with a bunch of average players on the Oline but our D needs massive amounts of reinforcements at every position.

That's great until Chris Jones destroys the whole game plan because nobody can block him.

Originally posted by Rathof44:

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:

Originally posted by frankieuc68:
We have to trade up for Graham if a team is willing to trade down. That looks nice and all but that's a lot of draft capital for the DL IMO. For me, I would trade down a little bit in the late teens and get one of the OT whether it is Membou, Conerly or Simmons. There are also teams with very few draft picks at the end of the first round that might be willing to trade down and accumulate picks. I'll pick an Edge or DT there. We can also get Pueges or Norman-Lott later to fill out the DL needs later. Also, we might have additional comp picks that we can fill out needs.

1st round (tradedown)Conerly/Membou/Simmons
1st round (trade up) TJ Sanders
3rd round- Eizeruaku Edge
3rd round comp-Kandra OG
3rd round comp-safety/CB or LB
3rd round comp- safety/CB or LB
4th-Norman-Lott /Pugues DT
6th- Jared Wilson OC
7th-
7th comp-

I don't see it with any of those OT's. Will any of them be any better than McKivitz?

Shanahan has shown we can be a top 5 offense with a bunch of average players on the Oline but our D needs massive amounts of reinforcements at every position.

That's great until Chris Jones destroys the whole game plan because nobody can block him.

This. I'd like a monster at C. Sadly there is no homerun pick, so we may need to try in rounds 3 or 4, again late in round 6 or 7, and the UDFA market.

With that said, there's very little we can do. To go OL any earlier than the 3rd, we'd be missing out on the best talent. That mock isn't a bad plan given how the board is shaping up. Maybe more combo blocking, accounting for Jones on every play. We need an anyone but him approach if someone will wreck our gameplan.

Originally posted by Rathof44:

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:

Originally posted by frankieuc68:
We have to trade up for Graham if a team is willing to trade down. That looks nice and all but that's a lot of draft capital for the DL IMO. For me, I would trade down a little bit in the late teens and get one of the OT whether it is Membou, Conerly or Simmons. There are also teams with very few draft picks at the end of the first round that might be willing to trade down and accumulate picks. I'll pick an Edge or DT there. We can also get Pueges or Norman-Lott later to fill out the DL needs later. Also, we might have additional comp picks that we can fill out needs.

1st round (tradedown)Conerly/Membou/Simmons
1st round (trade up) TJ Sanders
3rd round- Eizeruaku Edge
3rd round comp-Kandra OG
3rd round comp-safety/CB or LB
3rd round comp- safety/CB or LB
4th-Norman-Lott /Pugues DT
6th- Jared Wilson OC
7th-
7th comp-

I don't see it with any of those OT's. Will any of them be any better than McKivitz?

Shanahan has shown we can be a top 5 offense with a bunch of average players on the Oline but our D needs massive amounts of reinforcements at every position.

That's great until Chris Jones destroys the whole game plan because nobody can block him.

It wasn't an issue of not being able to block him. It was scheme that didn't block him.

He was untouched on all his big plays when we played KC

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:

Originally posted by Rathof44:

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:

Originally posted by frankieuc68:
We have to trade up for Graham if a team is willing to trade down. That looks nice and all but that's a lot of draft capital for the DL IMO. For me, I would trade down a little bit in the late teens and get one of the OT whether it is Membou, Conerly or Simmons. There are also teams with very few draft picks at the end of the first round that might be willing to trade down and accumulate picks. I'll pick an Edge or DT there. We can also get Pueges or Norman-Lott later to fill out the DL needs later. Also, we might have additional comp picks that we can fill out needs.

1st round (tradedown)Conerly/Membou/Simmons
1st round (trade up) TJ Sanders
3rd round- Eizeruaku Edge
3rd round comp-Kandra OG
3rd round comp-safety/CB or LB
3rd round comp- safety/CB or LB
4th-Norman-Lott /Pugues DT
6th- Jared Wilson OC
7th-
7th comp-

I don't see it with any of those OT's. Will any of them be any better than McKivitz?

Shanahan has shown we can be a top 5 offense with a bunch of average players on the Oline but our D needs massive amounts of reinforcements at every position.

That's great until Chris Jones destroys the whole game plan because nobody can block him.

It wasn't an issue of not being able to block him. It was scheme that didn't block him.

He was untouched on all his big plays when we played KC

That wasn't scheme. It was a crappy 3rd string player.

Hate to be the bearer of bad, but there's no one we can draft that can shutdown chris Jones. That player doesn't exist.

Originally posted by Izyniner:

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:

Originally posted by Rathof44:

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:

Originally posted by frankieuc68:
We have to trade up for Graham if a team is willing to trade down. That looks nice and all but that's a lot of draft capital for the DL IMO. For me, I would trade down a little bit in the late teens and get one of the OT whether it is Membou, Conerly or Simmons. There are also teams with very few draft picks at the end of the first round that might be willing to trade down and accumulate picks. I'll pick an Edge or DT there. We can also get Pueges or Norman-Lott later to fill out the DL needs later. Also, we might have additional comp picks that we can fill out needs.

1st round (tradedown)Conerly/Membou/Simmons
1st round (trade up) TJ Sanders
3rd round- Eizeruaku Edge
3rd round comp-Kandra OG
3rd round comp-safety/CB or LB
3rd round comp- safety/CB or LB
4th-Norman-Lott /Pugues DT
6th- Jared Wilson OC
7th-
7th comp-

I don't see it with any of those OT's. Will any of them be any better than McKivitz?

Shanahan has shown we can be a top 5 offense with a bunch of average players on the Oline but our D needs massive amounts of reinforcements at every position.

That's great until Chris Jones destroys the whole game plan because nobody can block him.

It wasn't an issue of not being able to block him. It was scheme that didn't block him.

He was untouched on all his big plays when we played KC

That wasn't scheme. It was a crappy 3rd string player.

It was scheme or a protection call by Brendel OR Buford blew his assignment.

It wasn't lack of talent on the Oline that made Chris Jones run unblocked to Purdy and made him miss a throw to a wide open receiver because he was rushed.

All Burford needed to do was stand there and get a hand on Jones and that's a TD.