Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
* Eagles #2 overall at 90% of 1st and 2nd rounders starting for them. Some stars too.
* 49ers #29 overall at just 43% of 1st and 2nd rounders starting for them. I'm not surprised at all. Call me not shocked. Yikes.
There's no question the 49ers have to improve their ability to hit early in the rounds but the chart is missing a good amount of context.
Like how far back are they looking? The Lance deal hurt the 49ers in him being a major miss but also eliminating two more picks off the board to improve us on this chart.
The other part of this ignores the fact that one thing the 49ers have done well is hit on later picks. So if you whiff on say Rueben Foster but nail Fred Warner that's still a win overall but obviously doesn't show up on this chart.
The idea is to improve the talent on your roster. 49ers swung big and missed big on Lance but got Brock in the 7th round. That's still a win…but keeping all those picks we lost and say drafting Rashawn Slater instead of Lance and still getting Purdy would've been a LOT better.
We gotta step up our game or we'll miss our window for sure. I'm hoping last year's draft class brings more of the same but at higher picks to hit on the really special talents.
