49ers select Mykel Williams-DE-Georgia with the 11th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:

Originally posted by dj43:
Sacks is not the only thing an Edge is supposed to do. In the 49ers Wide 9 the DE MUST be able to set the edge. We lost a lot of that when Cle Ferrell left. Several pundits I heard in the past week or so predicted that whoever the 49ers picked, if it was an Edge, would to be able to shut down the outside run game. Williams has the size and strength to do that.

Good pick. He will get his numbers with a healthy ankle and in the 49er system, not to worry.

So we got a run stopper at #11 overall. Not sure if that's good or makes sense.

Originally posted by thl408:
I like the idea of retooling the DL. Back to basics, build from the front to the back.

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:

Originally posted by dj43:
Sacks is not the only thing an Edge is supposed to do. In the 49ers Wide 9 the DE MUST be able to set the edge. We lost a lot of that when Cle Ferrell left. Several pundits I heard in the past week or so predicted that whoever the 49ers picked, if it was an Edge, would to be able to shut down the outside run game. Williams has the size and strength to do that.

Good pick. He will get his numbers with a healthy ankle and in the 49er system, not to worry.

So we got a run stopper at #11 overall. Not sure if that's good or makes sense.

Are you reading the thread? Have you been listening and watching what people have said about Williams and why the 49ers wanted him and not a much smaller guy who did not stop the run very well in college?

Nick Bosa didn't get a lot of sacks this season but he has a rep for being one of the best run-stoppers of all the so-called pass-rushing Edges. In that regard, Williams could be a Bosa clone.

Stop reading your own narrative into what others are saying.

Originally posted by gold49digger:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:

Originally posted by dj43:
Sacks is not the only thing an Edge is supposed to do. In the 49ers Wide 9 the DE MUST be able to set the edge. We lost a lot of that when Cle Ferrell left. Several pundits I heard in the past week or so predicted that whoever the 49ers picked, if it was an Edge, would to be able to shut down the outside run game. Williams has the size and strength to do that.

Good pick. He will get his numbers with a healthy ankle and in the 49er system, not to worry.

So we got a run stopper at #11 overall. Not sure if that's good or makes sense.

Good run stopper with pass rush potential. Were picking number 11 in a weaker draft, gotta take who you feel will make an impact. If we have even an average run defense last year it would've helped our atrocious 3rd down defense.

Originally posted by Wolf_Packer_53:

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:

Originally posted by dj43:
Sacks is not the only thing an Edge is supposed to do. In the 49ers Wide 9 the DE MUST be able to set the edge. We lost a lot of that when Cle Ferrell left. Several pundits I heard in the past week or so predicted that whoever the 49ers picked, if it was an Edge, would to be able to shut down the outside run game. Williams has the size and strength to do that.

Good pick. He will get his numbers with a healthy ankle and in the 49er system, not to worry.

So we got a run stopper at #11 overall. Not sure if that's good or makes sense.

Are you reading the thread? Have you been listening and watching what people have said about Williams and why the 49ers wanted him and not a much smaller guy who did not stop the run very well in college?

Nick Bosa didn't get a lot of sacks this season but he has a rep for being one of the best run-stoppers of all the so-called pass-rushing Edges. In that regard, Williams could be a Bosa clone.

Stop reading your own narrative into what others are saying.

If he was a Bosa clone he'd go before Abdul Carter lol

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by Wolf_Packer_53:

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:

Originally posted by dj43:
Sacks is not the only thing an Edge is supposed to do. In the 49ers Wide 9 the DE MUST be able to set the edge. We lost a lot of that when Cle Ferrell left. Several pundits I heard in the past week or so predicted that whoever the 49ers picked, if it was an Edge, would to be able to shut down the outside run game. Williams has the size and strength to do that.

Good pick. He will get his numbers with a healthy ankle and in the 49er system, not to worry.

So we got a run stopper at #11 overall. Not sure if that's good or makes sense.

Are you reading the thread? Have you been listening and watching what people have said about Williams and why the 49ers wanted him and not a much smaller guy who did not stop the run very well in college?

Nick Bosa didn't get a lot of sacks this season but he has a rep for being one of the best run-stoppers of all the so-called pass-rushing Edges. In that regard, Williams could be a Bosa clone.

Stop reading your own narrative into what others are saying.

If he was a Bosa clone he'd go before Abdul Carter lol

Read my post more closely.

The clone statement was in regards to the style of play - an Edge that can both set the edge, AND rush the passer. IN THAT REGARD...

Originally posted by jimrat:
This dude looks slow and stiff.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Almost 35 inch arms and 83 inch wingspan.

Trent Baalke somewhere: