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

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
1. Lynch has yet to have one of his DL picks establish themselves as a legitimate player and he's used a ton of capital on that.

The DL results have been underwhelming, but DJ Jones was one of the best nose tackles in the NFL.

In regards to Bosa, there were a ton of people on here that were pounding the table for Quinnen Williams or Josh Allen over Nick Bosa. SanDiego49ers guaranteed the Niners would go to the SB if they selected Quinnen(they went to the SB w/ Nick ).

Originally posted by ninersrule4:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by ninersrule4:

Originally posted by RidetheHyde:
Would be solid if he was a third rd pick

Yeah.. This was just another classic JL DL s**t pick

Right…like Nick Bosa?

Mykel was a fine pick. Some of you guys clearly have one method of evaluating DLmen and it's stat based.

An injury is a curve ball to his career and development which is terrible but this idea that he was a bad pick is ridiculous and has nothing behind it but simple "he didn't get a lot of sacks tho!"

Lol everyone in the nation knew about Bosa. Hell the Cards were debating taking him at 1. Lynch has yet to have one of his DL picks establish themselves as a legitimate player and he's used a ton of capital on that.

Yet you had guys like Grant Cohn claiming the 49ers would be making a mistake taking him.

49ers have drafted the following DLmen in the first round

Thomas - their first pick as a regime and his career was derailed by the death of his sister. Hard to know what he really could've become here without that terrible situation.

Bosa - great pick obviously

Kinlaw - talent wasn't the issue. Injuries killed his career here.

Mykel - way too early to call but you saw first hand the impact without him out there, especially in base personnel. It wasn't pretty.

2nd round picks

Drake Jackson - most people loved the pick. Injuries killed his career

Collins - still in progress but another guy who was missed vs the Rams.

So acting like they've been putting all these premium picks into DL isn't right. Clearly they made some whiffs but they've also learned along the way.

and back to Mykel having him out there vs the Rams running heavy personnel would've been a huge help for the defense.

Originally posted by genus49:
Yet you had guys like Grant Cohn claiming the 49ers would be making a mistake taking him.

49ers have drafted the following DLmen in the first round

Thomas - their first pick as a regime and his career was derailed by the death of his sister. Hard to know what he really could've become here without that terrible situation.

Bosa - great pick obviously

Kinlaw - talent wasn't the issue. Injuries killed his career here.

Mykel - way too early to call but you saw first hand the impact without him out there, especially in base personnel. It wasn't pretty.

2nd round picks

Drake Jackson - most people loved the pick. Injuries killed his career

Collins - still in progress but another guy who was missed vs the Rams.

So acting like they've been putting all these premium picks into DL isn't right. Clearly they made some whiffs but they've also learned along the way.

and back to Mykel having him out there vs the Rams running heavy personnel would've been a huge help for the defense.

People need to go and check out Jonnydel's breakdown of the Rams game. He started out by showing a running play from the first game, where Williams set the edge on his side, CJ West did his job in the center of the line, Brown (I think) did his job, and the play resulted in something like a one-yard gain.

Then he showed the exact same running play from the second game. Ferrell couldn't hold the edge, Elliot didn't do his job over center, there was no safety in the hole, and the back ran for something like 10 yards.

The things that Williams was doing might not have always shown up in the stat sheets, but they were making a difference in the way the defense was playing.

Originally posted by 49ers81:
People need to go and check out Jonnydel's breakdown of the Rams game. He started out by showing a showing a running play from the first game, where Williams set the edge on his side, CJ West did his job in the center of the line, Brown (I think) did his job, and the play resulted in something like a one-yard gain.

Then he showed the exact same running play from the second game. Ferrell couldn't hold the edge, Elliot didn't do his job over center, there was no safety in the hole, and the back ran for something like 10 yards.

The things that Williams was doing might not have always shown up in the stat sheets, but they were making a difference in the way the defense was playing.

Mykel's absence has absolutely been glaring in the run defense. The dude has been an impact player there from the first snap in the Seattle game.

Even tho the injury itself wasn't catastrophic, the wrench it throws in the offseason plans could be catastrophic for his career considering his rawness coupled with the investment the team made in him. Unfortunately, this is the type of injury that can set a player like Mykel back multiple seasons. Just a really s**tty situation.

Originally posted by Heroism:
Mykel's absence has absolutely been glaring in the run defense. The dude has been an impact player there from the first snap in the Seattle game.

Even tho the injury itself wasn't catastrophic, the wrench it throws in the offseason plans could be catastrophic for his career considering his rawness coupled with the investment the team made in him. Unfortunately, this is the type of injury that can set a player like Mykel back multiple seasons. Just a really s**tty situation.

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Originally posted by Heroism:
Mykel's absence has absolutely been glaring in the run defense. The dude has been an impact player there from the first snap in the Seattle game.

Even tho the injury itself wasn't catastrophic, the wrench it throws in the offseason plans could be catastrophic for his career considering his rawness coupled with the investment the team made in him. Unfortunately, this is the type of injury that can set a player like Mykel back multiple seasons. Just a really s**tty situation.

Just goes to show that you cannot count on one guy at any position anymore and you can't over spend on guys no matter how good they are. You have to build your team with depth, depth, depth no matter who you have to let walk or whichever coach gets mad about who you draft. On paper it looked good, you draft Williams, you got Bosa, you signed Huff and few other solid pieces, but jeezus it just doesn't matter because absolutely none of them stayed healthy. There's just no way a team is this unlucky. When the hell is this team ever going to make it through a freakin season healthy? Something has to change because it's only getting worse not better.

Originally posted by Heroism:
Mykel's absence has absolutely been glaring in the run defense. The dude has been an impact player there from the first snap in the Seattle game.

Even tho the injury itself wasn't catastrophic, the wrench it throws in the offseason plans could be catastrophic for his career considering his rawness coupled with the investment the team made in him. Unfortunately, this is the type of injury that can set a player like Mykel back multiple seasons. Just a really s**tty situation.

That was my biggest disappointment in the injury. The fact that he won't be able to work on his game during that critical jump to season 2 sucks big time.

Upside is he's only 21 and it would've been a lot worse for an older rookie cuz you blink and he's starting to figure it out at age 25-26 but it's still a killer. I was expecting a huge glow up from Mykel in year 2 and as you said...huge wrench thrown in that now.

My hope is he and Bosa rehab/work together as much as they can so hopefully just the ability to talk things through Nick and maybe work on hands can still move the needle.

Too much hot air about Mykel Williams here. The dude is a needle-mover. You don't need stats, just the eye test. He deconstructs the blocking schemes alot and has to be game planned for. That's already way more than we got from Kinlaw and Thomas. I'm high on him and think he will be our inside bully a la armstead/defo. He will get his sacks too in time.

I personally thought Mykel's pick was a bit too high.... and the Brick AFTER Brick Brothers continue to show why they should not be part of the draft.. just like Shanny's inability to learn how to game plan around the opposing teams, go back and study our drafts and you will see that's nothing more than a Free for All type of drafting...

Outside the Big Trio of Bosa - Skittles - Warner... and Purdy (still a question mark someway) there is no one we can be proud of.

This is still one of the craziest plays of 2025. I don't think I've ever seen an true end bump inside, take on a double team, beat it and tackle the ball carrier for a loss. Like HUH?! They've got 300+ pound IDL that can't do this. I love Mykel's ferocity in the finish. I need that same urgency when he's rushing the passer. That alone will start racking up sacks.

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Mykel is a great player already in some ways. He sets the edge like a brute strong Hulk or something. His power and length is incredible. He can also interior pass rush and play the run. He's versatile and can move around. Those who questioned the value at #11 overall may have a point. He's a super powerful edge setter. Way beyond his weight. I would think he's 320 lbs. instead of 270 lbs. If you watch him. Because that's how he plays. He has great length at 6'5" + and very long arms. He's very good at what he does. Just he was never a real natural come around the corner pass rusher. He doesn't have speed, quickness, explosion, fast twitch. He didn't put up big sack numbers at Georgia. So not sure why people expected him to here.

Question is for what he does is he worth #11 overall? He may be. But that's a little high. He will never be the pass rusher game wrecker. It's never been his history and is not now either.

Sure wish we had him after the bye

Hope he heals up 100% and comes back strong next season