49ers select De'Zhaun Stribling-WR-Ole Miss with the 33rd pick in the 2026 NFL Draft

Originally posted by the_dynasty:
This is so infuriating to read. This is exactly what hubris is. You're COVERING FOR BAD DRAFTS WITH TEAM SUCCESS on a team whose stars are rapidly aging and theres no one to replace them because the DRAFTS ARE ASS

Look at our past few drafts and trying to be the smartest people in the room.
They're bad. They're objectively bad. If you cant admit that, youre either blind or ignorant. These drafts have brought zero stars and very few contributing players.
Look at the eagles drafts over last few years. They're good, theyre objectively good with lots of impact players. Eagles follow the consensus and value model almost religiously and eek out value and it has helped them draft great players.

"but we win games and go deep in the playoffs and get to the sb". Yeah, thats not because of recent drafts. Once again, a smart executive/contributor analyzes their own mistakes, learns from them and improves on that. An executive with hubris dismisses the mistakes. "Well I got here and am successful therefore everything I do is right". Wrong ! That executive will never improve thinking this way.

how have the last couple drafts been bad? 2023 sucked

2023 def sucked. We didn't have a pick until pick 87... you know how many pro bowlers were selected out of the entire remaining draft after that pick? 1. Puka Nakua. lol it was a top heavy draft and we didn't have a damn pick to take anyone with.

2024: 4 starters (Ricky Pearsall, Renardo Green, Dom Puni, & Mustapha). 5 if you count Bethune playing. Sure they aren't all pros but that is a great result from a draft. the rest of the guys have been injured. Only complaint about this class is the guys struggle to stay healthy. otherwise, that's a good haul.

2025: 5 starters or key rotational players that are entering year 2. Once again, great turn out. Potentially more as they develop.

as a whole, sure some of the selections are annoying but that's the draft. we've got a lot of good, young players. The roster is in great shape, if we stay healthy. talent all over the place (except IOL lol).

Go do some homework on how often GMs hit on players in the draft. an overwhelming majority of them blow the draft. There's just a handful of GMs (like Howie Roseman) who consistently have nice drafts (baltimore too). btw, all their hits in 2023 were selections before we made our first choice at 87.

Just hoping that Stribling becomes a very good player for us. If that happens, it would be a really good second round value. I still remember the pain of drafting Rashaun Woods and AJ Jenkins in the first round of their drafts.

Jauan Jennings 2.0

Originally posted by NYniner85:
Would have been available at least 30 picks from now. Better talent sitting there

Talent that may not fit what Kyle wants to do. People at times going on name recognition. Best blocking Wr in the draft. Tough as nails. He is JJ's replacement, but faster. Also, because of his toughness and speed, may see the field like Debo as a runner on jet sweeps.

He was not going to last till the pick number 58 and people don't know when he is going last.

Look at some of the picks -got drafted earlier than people thought, M Lawrence for one.

Originally posted by 49erF90:
Just hoping that Stribling becomes a very good player for us. If that happens, it would be a really good second round value. I still remember the pain of drafting Rashaun Woods and AJ Jenkins in the first round of their drafts.

They are good examples of Wr not coming in prepared-prima donnas I am just going to be a wr, not in Kyles offense.

Along with some others we have drafted.

he's Hawaiian, i"m going to pretend that he's our version of Tetairoa Mcmillan

Originally posted by BP13:
he's Hawaiian, i"m going to pretend that he's our version of Tetairoa Mcmillan

Yeah bugga like scrap, which means he going be moa in da face than JJ was.

Originally posted by the_dynasty:

Originally posted by Giedi:
Agree. Consensus to me defines the average opinion and analysis. Average = the best of the worst, and the worst of the best.

Anybody who follows consensus when looking at the 49ers draft picks is looking through the lens of *average* and the 49ers draft to the beat of their own drums and that has resulted in 2 Superbowl's in the last 7 years. I really like Dezhaun and how he fits with Kyle's passing Scheme. I'm hoping someday Kyle will draft his version of Jerry Rice, and his version of Ronnie Lott, and if that ever happens, I think another 49er dynasty would be in the making.

This is so infuriating to read. This is exactly what hubris is. You're COVERING FOR BAD DRAFTS WITH TEAM SUCCESS on a team whose stars are rapidly aging and theres no one to replace them because the DRAFTS ARE ASS

Look at our past few drafts and trying to be the smartest people in the room.
They're bad. They're objectively bad. If you cant admit that, youre either blind or ignorant. These drafts have brought zero stars and very few contributing players.
Look at the eagles drafts over last few years. They're good, theyre objectively good with lots of impact players. Eagles follow the consensus and value model almost religiously and eek out value and it has helped them draft great players.

"but we win games and go deep in the playoffs and get to the sb". Yeah, thats not because of recent drafts. Once again, a smart executive/contributor analyzes their own mistakes, learns from them and improves on that. An executive with hubris dismisses the mistakes. "Well I got here and am successful therefore everything I do is right". Wrong ! That executive will never improve thinking this way.

I coulda sworn our crappy drafts beat the awesome eagles drafts - 23-19 in the Wildcard Game on January 11 2025.

But to your point - here are some contributing players - Deommodore Lenoir, Brock Purdy, Dominick Puni, Tatum Bethune, Mykel Williams, Alfred Collins, Nick Martin, Upton Stout, CJ West, Conner Colby, Marquis Sigle. These guys beat the 2025 Eagles Wildcard team, keep that in mind.

The draft is only 1/3rd of the talent acquisition process, Free agency and trades are the other 2/3rds (Mike Evans, Dre Greenlaw, Christan Kirk, and Osa Odighizuwa) should also be considered as contributing players this upcoming season.

Well we've done what I've asked us to do to match SEA. They draft athletes size and speed and then they coach them up. It was about time we done the same because I'm tired of us being outclassed by bigger faster stronger and meaner like the days of the LOB. I'm not worried so much about character as I am getting real athletes that can play football

Im good with Evans Pearsall CMC Kittle and Stribling as targets for Brock

Originally posted by D0PEMAN:
Jauan Jennings 2.0

To an extent, but dang 9.88 RAS for Stribling vs. 2.73 for JJ - wow at both numbers.

Originally posted by Giedi:
I coulda sworn our crappy drafts beat the awesome eagles drafts - 23-19 in the Wildcard Game on January 11 2025.

But to your point - here are some contributing players - Deommodore Lenoir, Brock Purdy, Dominick Puni, Tatum Bethune, Mykel Williams, Alfred Collins, Nick Martin, Upton Stout, CJ West, Conner Colby, Marquis Sigle. These guys beat the 2025 Eagles Wildcard team, keep that in mind.

The draft is only 1/3rd of the talent acquisition process, Free agency and trades are the other 2/3rds (Mike Evans, Dre Greenlaw, Christan Kirk, and Osa Odighizuwa) should also be considered as contributing players this upcoming season.

This response tells me either you completely dont understand the point Im making or deliberately trolling. There is no in between here.

so because we won a game against the eagles, this means we had better drafts than them ? is that what youre saying ? lol

so because Bill Belichik has won many superbowls, does this mean his drafting did not suck at the tail end of his patriots career ? I guess so, right ?

What's next, because the Niners won some playoff games it completely makes sense to waste 3rd round picks on RBs, right ? Not once has a RB in the third worked out or even got more than a handful of carries. Oh and yes, it completely made sense to draft Trey Lance and spend capital on him because we went to superbowl after ?

Im just trying to understand this warped ass logic. Its up there along with the 'qb wins' concept as most inane logic Ive ever heard. We're talking about drafts, and you want to move the goalpost to team success, a team thats largely dependent on aging veterans drafted almost a decade ago and bunch of late fliers that happened to work out

Originally posted by JTB1974:

Originally posted by 9moon:
NOT gonna argue about " takes one team " belief that they have... but brah, while Ole MIss had an awesome season last year this kid just did not make enough noise to make the 33rd overall pick valid... if you saw enough of Ole Miss last. year, guy was there, but it's not enough for us to make him the 33rd overall pick when we could have gone BPA and traded UP for him in the mid 2nd if we wanted to..

Good luck to him cause he's a 49er now, but this was a panic pick..

How can it be a panic move when they had the 1st pick of the 2nd RD and had 20 hours to make a decision? They even turned down offers to trade back.

first of all, if they truly believe that DZ is that good, then why take a chance on trading out of the 1st round.. do you NOT support of their principle that someone could have taken him if they trade down?

you gots to believe that Shanny and Lynchie did not even believe he a 1st rounder that's why they took that extra 5th (was it 5th) and sat there only to still find the guy landing on their lap..

and drafting him VERY EARLY in the 2nd round tells you it's a panic move..

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by ritz126:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by the_dynasty:
I dont think he can *ever* be Puka. Puka is waaaaay more agile than Stribling in terms of separation and shiftiness and also Puka has insane aggressiveness at the catch point.

Stribling, for an older player with six years under his belt, is kinda stiff. A Jennings with speed isnt really a floor but kind of "average to better than average" scenario imo. NFL teams will sit on his comeback/hitch routes if he doesnt expand his route tree. His athletic traits are great in terms of raw speed and size/frame, but idk. For a Brock Purdy, a QB who relies on anticipation routes and timing, and a QB who doenst like to settle for checkdowns, Im not sure this is a great pairing. We'll see. I like him as a ceiling prospect, but that was a clear reach at 33 and imo not the kind of a WR who can shine right away. I hope Im wrong.

I think if you can get him some free releases and play that big slot role, he could be a nice piece to a WR room.

IMO he's not a super fluid route runner (I haven't watched much of him). He's fast but not sure he plays fast…until he gets the ball in his hands.

we will see.

He plays fast he is a long strider though so he eats up cushion fast he isnt like a twitchy WR. Like you said he could add some upper body strength cause he struggles a bit against press so moving him around and getting free releases will help.

Also you should watch the Matt Harmon video on him regarding his route running they highlighted how his route tree is a perfect for our offense (before the draft)

Do you see this kid as a future #1, or a role player who can hit the home run? He is different from what we currently have.

We are going to screen the hell out of Seattle LOL

JUST like Slick Softy Rick, our first pick can be a good to a very good player, but he NO One ... he NO One..

Originally posted by the_dynasty:

Originally posted by Giedi:
Agree. Consensus to me defines the average opinion and analysis. Average = the best of the worst, and the worst of the best.

Anybody who follows consensus when looking at the 49ers draft picks is looking through the lens of *average* and the 49ers draft to the beat of their own drums and that has resulted in 2 Superbowl's in the last 7 years. I really like Dezhaun and how he fits with Kyle's passing Scheme. I'm hoping someday Kyle will draft his version of Jerry Rice, and his version of Ronnie Lott, and if that ever happens, I think another 49er dynasty would be in the making.

This is so infuriating to read. This is exactly what hubris is. You're COVERING FOR BAD DRAFTS WITH TEAM SUCCESS on a team whose stars are rapidly aging and theres no one to replace them because the DRAFTS ARE ASS

Look at our past few drafts and trying to be the smartest people in the room.
They're bad. They're objectively bad. If you cant admit that, youre either blind or ignorant. These drafts have brought zero stars and very few contributing players.
Look at the eagles drafts over last few years. They're good, theyre objectively good with lots of impact players. Eagles follow the consensus and value model almost religiously and eek out value and it has helped them draft great players.

"but we win games and go deep in the playoffs and get to the sb". Yeah, thats not because of recent drafts. Once again, a smart executive/contributor analyzes their own mistakes, learns from them and improves on that. An executive with hubris dismisses the mistakes. "Well I got here and am successful therefore everything I do is right". Wrong ! That executive will never improve thinking this way.

You don't know what "objective" means.

Originally posted by the_dynasty:
This response tells me either you completely dont understand the point Im making or deliberately trolling. There is no in between here.

so because we won a game against the eagles, this means we had better drafts than them ? is that what youre saying ? lol

so because Bill Belichik has won many superbowls, does this mean his drafting did not suck at the tail end of his patriots career ? I guess so, right ?

What's next, because the Niners won some playoff games it completely makes sense to waste 3rd round picks on RBs, right ? Not once has a RB in the third worked out or even got more than a handful of carries. Oh and yes, it completely made sense to draft Trey Lance and spend capital on him because we went to superbowl after ?

Im just trying to understand this warped ass logic. Its up there along with the 'qb wins' concept as most inane logic Ive ever heard. We're talking about drafts, and you want to move the goalpost to team success, a team thats largely dependent on aging veterans drafted almost a decade ago and bunch of late fliers that happened to work out

Not warped logic, just pointing out that the draft is just *one part* of the other two ways to get offseason talent. That's all. The bottom line of drafts is to win games. But so is free agency and trades. They all work towards *one thing* -- winning games. I'm simply pointing out just looking at one aspect of the offseason talent acquisition process is a narrow limited view in my opinion. You may disagree, that's fine. The draft boards are a great place to argue your particular points.