Originally posted by ltrain:
Originally posted by Ensatsu:
Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
These are the kinds of things that make it hard for teams to maintain greatness. It often seems to be WRs that are the guys that want more touches, more playing time or more money. Look at all the great WRs that have been traded or let go in recent years mostly for financial reasons.
DeAndre Hopkins, Tyreek Hill, Odell Beckham, Stefon Diggs, DaVante Adams, Amari Cooper and several others that were good but not great. It seems like they're never happy. Definitely the prima donna's of the league.
Doesn't help that every draft, there seem to be a boat load of guys that seem really good. Just look at all these guys that are running 4.3 40 times these days.
I feel like its bigger than ever this year. Seems questionable to me if they want to rush and pay this guy top money after 1 good season
The problem is drafting the right WR...which has been a struggle with the 49ers. There haven't been too many great WR drafted by the 49ers since TO. Plenty of them didn't pan out...lol did some research and found this list since TO at this link (Grant Cohn warning) https://www.si.com/nfl/49ers/news/the-23-wide-receivers-the-49ers-drafted-between-terrell-owens-and-deebo-samuel
- Ryan Thelwell (Round 7, 1998). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Tai Streets (Round 6, 1999). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Cedrick Wilson (Round 6, 2001). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Brandon Lloyd (Round 4, 2003). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Arnaz Battle (Round 6, 2003). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Rashaun Woods (Round 1, 2004). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Derrick Hamilton (Round 3, 2004). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Rasheed Marshall (Round 5, 2005). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Marcus Maxwell (Round 7, 2005). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Brandon Williams (Round 3, 2006). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Jason Hill (Round 3, 2007). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Josh Morgan (Round 6, 2008). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Michael Crabtree (Round 1, 2009). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Kyle Williams (Round 6, 2010). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Ronald Johnson (Round 6, 2011). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- A.J. Jenkins (Round 1, 2012). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Quinton Patton (Round 4, 2013). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Bruce Ellington (Round 4, 2014). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- DeAndre Smelter (Round 4, 2015). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Aaron Burbridge (Round 6, 2016). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Trent Taylor (Round 5, 2017). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Dante Pettis (Round 2, 2018). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
- Richie James Jr. (Round 7, 2018). Pro Bowls with the 49ers: 0.
Its true. Historically, we have not been great at scouting receivers. But that being said, I have faith that Aiyuk will take that next step. I trust Kyle to draft a top receiver as long as he isn't soft like Pettis if we're in a good position to do so. Problem with Pettis wasn't talent, it was all mental.
Also, I think measuring pro bowls isn't fair to this team, especially in the last decade. Everyone knows we're a run first team dating all the way back to the Harbaugh days, and we want receivers that can block. Ironically, Deebo got his all-pro because he started rushing with the ball. He wasn't even awarded it for being a traditional receiver, like he allegedly wants to be.