Originally posted by brodiebluebanaszak:OK, well I am not sure why we did not move up to get any of the 4 first round corners that went ahead of Ward. Maybe there was difference in perception of value, or the other teams wanted the moon for a trade, or we were too stingy. The point is we have a need at CB, a significant one, and it wasn't met to the degree required.
This was a chance to throw some measurables at the problem. We didn't do it as much as we needed to, IMO. Hyde was a nice to have, not a need, same with ILB. We could have taken Ealy, I think that might have met our needs for a DE sub to complement Tank more than depth in the offensive backfield.
We were taking nice to haves, but not meeting our needs.
I disagree.
The 49ers have demonstrated the ability to develop mid-round, late-round, and UDFA DBs into productive starters. Brock was a UDFA, Brown was a late rounder, Culliver was a mid-rounder.
We have 5 CBs coming back this year - Culliver, Brock, Wright, Cox, and Morris. We added Cook in FA. And now we got a slot CB or quality safety at fair value at 30. Throw in Johnson in the 4th round, and there's a lot of potential here.
Also, it takes two to tango. Maybe we tried trading up, and didn't like the value.
I understand your concern though - the CB position feels naked. But this front office and coaching staff deserves the benefit of the doubt.