Originally posted by Koldo:
So... Kyle finally acknowledged he f*d up the 2017 draft (let's see how long it takes for him to do the same for 2020-2024 drafts).

Year after year these guys pass on elite talent and pass on players who are clearly better because they draft for need. Every single year they draft for need.
I can see passing on a RB at #2 but It still blows my mind that in 2017 the only QB we had was Brian freaking Hoyer and this front office took an undersized DE.
They really started off with a bang. There were literally 10 other guys who would have made a bigger impact and they reach on Thomas.
Then in 2020 after trading Buckner away for some stupid reason they take Kinlaw over Tristen Wirfs, CeeDee Lamb and Justin Jefferson??
Literally a monkey throwing darts at a draft board would make better picks than these guys.
Taking Solomon Thomas at 1.3
Trading DeForest Bucker
Trading 3- 1sts for Trey Lance
95 million in dead money this year. Even more now with Aiuyk
Any one of those moves would get a regime fired. And it's not like Shanahan has some elite winning record. He has 4 winning seasons out of 8 and lost two Super Bowls and two NFC Championship games.
I just don't get it.