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

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
Nic Scourton had a 68.1 PFF grade with 23 tackles, 8 sacks and 34 pressures and over 700 snaps. Dude was one of the better rookies in the league last year. Not sure what you were watching. He would have been a 10x better pick and we could have had him a round later.

Donovan Ezeiruaku had a 73.1 PFF grade with 29 tackles, 2 sacks and 36 pressures over 600 snaps. He would have also been a better pick and again, one round later.

For comparison Mykel Williams had a 53.9 PFF grade with 13 tackles, 1 sack and 19 pressures over 385 snaps. Even if Mykel had 600-700 snaps he wouldn't have had better numbers than those two.

Simple fact is we reached on Mykel for need and passed on better players. It's what this regime does every single year.

I like Mykel but he was a reach at 1.11 and probably will never have the pass rush impact that a player picked that high needs to have. We can find a two down edge setter in rounds 4 or 5 easily.

Hindsite is 20/20 but we can go back to every single draft this regime had and say there was 5-10 players who were probably better selections but this front office gets locked in on taking a player for need instead of taking the BPA.

Nic Scourton had 5 sacks on the season(PFF doesn't do .5 sacks) and he had 2 of them through 9 weeks on the season. Got 1.5 in a game vs the Jets where he split a sack on a busted play - OL run blocked while Fields didn't hand the ball off and had to eat a "sack" when OL didn't actually block guys from rushing. The other was a sack Tyrod Taylor ran into after Scourton got stonewalled by the OT.

Through 9 games Scourton had 15 pressures.

Ezeirauku is a speed rusher. He finished the season with 2 sacks. To be fair to him he got both by week 9. He had 22 pressures through those 9 weeks.

Also Mykel played 40 snaps inside at DT with most coming in pass rush situations. Scourton played 4 all year long...Ezeirauku actually had more with 11 all year.

You bringing up the snap counts also doesn't hurt Mykel's performance. Easier to make impact plays when you're getting less snaps and not having to deal with as many doubles and the dirty work that Mykel had to handle.

Mykel wasn't drafted for his rookie season. He's not the first guy to not come out of the gate with all pro numbers and he won't be the last.

Wasn't williams towards the tops of the league in getting doubled as well?

Originally posted by niner4life21:
This regime has messed up in a big way with guys like Kinlaw and Solomon Thomas, but I don't understand the doubt around Mykel.

He was more than formidable against the run (see the run D stats before and after his injury) and constantly double teamed.

What I liked about Mykel was that almost all of his flash plays displayed elite strength and power - Like grown man strength amongst children. That was him at 21 years old. I think he will be fine, although the lack of a true offseason will be a challenge.

Originally posted by glorydayz:
Isn't he too light to be a every down player on the inside of the D-line?

I think he would be the lightest DT in the NFL, right?

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by glorydayz:
Isn't he too light to be a every down player on the inside of the D-line?

I think he would be the lightest DT in the NFL, right?

Who said he's going to be inside at DT every down?

Originally posted by glorydayz:
Isn't he too light to be a every down player on the inside of the D-line?

I think he would be the lightest DT in the NFL, right?

Originally posted by TopDogBerkeley:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by glorydayz:
Isn't he too light to be a every down player on the inside of the D-line?

I think he would be the lightest DT in the NFL, right?

Who said he's going to be inside at DT every down?

I doubt that Morris will move to a base 3-4, but hypothetically he probably would be too small to be the starting 4T. He is better suited to the 5T who occasionally rushes from the interior.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by TopDogBerkeley:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by glorydayz:
Isn't he too light to be a every down player on the inside of the D-line?

I think he would be the lightest DT in the NFL, right?

Who said he's going to be inside at DT every down?

I doubt that Morris will move to a base 3-4, but hypothetically he probably would be too small to be the starting 4T. He is better suited to the 5T who occasionally rushes from the interior.

Wrote about the kind of changes we can expect to see from the 49ers' defense under Raheem Morris, why it could be the best thing for Mykel Williams and Upton Stout, and why safety is now even more of a glaring need. https://t.co/ky8awy8wiL

— Kyle Posey (@KP_Show) February 2, 2026

Originally posted by NYniner85:
Wasn't williams towards the tops of the league in getting doubled as well?

Originally posted by ritz126:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
Nic Scourton had a 68.1 PFF grade with 23 tackles, 8 sacks and 34 pressures and over 700 snaps. Dude was one of the better rookies in the league last year. Not sure what you were watching. He would have been a 10x better pick and we could have had him a round later.

Donovan Ezeiruaku had a 73.1 PFF grade with 29 tackles, 2 sacks and 36 pressures over 600 snaps. He would have also been a better pick and again, one round later.

For comparison Mykel Williams had a 53.9 PFF grade with 13 tackles, 1 sack and 19 pressures over 385 snaps. Even if Mykel had 600-700 snaps he wouldn't have had better numbers than those two.

Simple fact is we reached on Mykel for need and passed on better players. It's what this regime does every single year.

I like Mykel but he was a reach at 1.11 and probably will never have the pass rush impact that a player picked that high needs to have. We can find a two down edge setter in rounds 4 or 5 easily.

Hindsite is 20/20 but we can go back to every single draft this regime had and say there was 5-10 players who were probably better selections but this front office gets locked in on taking a player for need instead of taking the BPA.

Nic Scourton had 5 sacks on the season(PFF doesn't do .5 sacks) and he had 2 of them through 9 weeks on the season. Got 1.5 in a game vs the Jets where he split a sack on a busted play - OL run blocked while Fields didn't hand the ball off and had to eat a "sack" when OL didn't actually block guys from rushing. The other was a sack Tyrod Taylor ran into after Scourton got stonewalled by the OT.

Through 9 games Scourton had 15 pressures.

Ezeirauku is a speed rusher. He finished the season with 2 sacks. To be fair to him he got both by week 9. He had 22 pressures through those 9 weeks.

Also Mykel played 40 snaps inside at DT with most coming in pass rush situations. Scourton played 4 all year long...Ezeirauku actually had more with 11 all year.

You bringing up the snap counts also doesn't hurt Mykel's performance. Easier to make impact plays when you're getting less snaps and not having to deal with as many doubles and the dirty work that Mykel had to handle.

Mykel wasn't drafted for his rookie season. He's not the first guy to not come out of the gate with all pro numbers and he won't be the last.

Wasn't williams towards the tops of the league in getting doubled as well?

yes he was one of the most double teamed player i forgot that graph but he was an outlier in that

Originally posted by krizay:
Yea that stat sounds good but when you watch his tape it doesn't really paint that picture IMO.









He gets stonewalled alot by just the TE in a lot of these. You're fooling yourself if you watch this and thinks he needs double team.

Originally posted by genus49:
You're fooling yourself if you think he's getting "stonewalled by just the TE in a lot of those"

Originally posted by krizay:
Soon as I reread that i knew you'd be the one. What I meant was in his TE reps he gets Stonewalled alot. More than he won. That's for sure

Originally posted by genus49:
I know what you meant. I am simply saying you're wrong. Hope that helps.