49ers select Kaelon Black, RB, Indiana at no. 90

Always bet on Black. The young man will be fine. Go Niners!

Originally posted by Butter:
RAS compare with Frank Gore

Black has tiny hands. Other than that, he has an advantage in every category except the shuttle.

Theres a good chance he'll be a fumbler.

Blacks strength profile is crazy. He's can bench 415 and squat 500lbs. 27 reps on 225, wild.

Originally posted by Typecast:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by Typecast:
I just want Shanahan or Bobby T to start managing CMC instead of letting CMC decide when he wants to come in or out.

Thats a tough ask because of Shanahan as the play designer. Pretty much every play has CMC in it. On top of that, when Kyle gets behind in the score - he tends to panic, (In my opinon) and starts pressing and overusing guys like CMC in those catch up situations.

It's not really a tough ask for Kyle. He's got the power to do it. He's got multiple three-down backs on the roster, even though it seems like they have no trust in Guerendo. He just needs to stop delegating that responsibility and take control of the situation himself. His entire offense is generalized for plug-and-play. It's literally what he did the first few years before hitting on Mitchell.

There's multiple conversations going on in Kyle's headset, players talking to him on the field, coaches talking to him. He gets distracted. He's not going to be able to keep track of CMC's carries. It doesn't help that CMC feels downright insulted when he's taken off the field. He'll just ride the horse till it collapses - and as you said, plug and play the next RB.

I think that's one reason he drafts running backs every year because he tends to overuse them.

Originally posted by Butter:
RAS compare with Frank Gore

Black has tiny hands. Other than that, he has an advantage in every category except the shuttle.

He does look a bit like Frank when runs!

Originally posted by FaTaL:

Originally posted by Butter:
RAS compare with Frank Gore

Black has tiny hands. Other than that, he has an advantage in every category except the shuttle.

Theres a good chance he'll be a fumbler.

You can't make that assumption when he hasn't shown that in college. His ball security is one of the strengths of his game and he didn't cough it up at all during his senior season.

Originally posted by DaleGribble:

Originally posted by KiwiM:

Originally posted by Zachary:
The reason I don't like it is because we have shown we can take random RBs and make them productive. Mostert, Mitchell, Breida, Jordan Mason, etc in the bargain bin. And I think the dropoff from a 3rd round OL/S/etc to a bargain bin is much more significant.

You aren't factoring that this was a historically weak RB class. There simply wasnt the RB talent late or as UDFA this year.

Then simply don't draft a RB.

They needed a replacement for Brian Robinson. They liked Black a lot. If CMC goes down they have a nice combo with James and Black

Originally posted by Nastastical:

Originally posted by FaTaL:

Originally posted by Butter:
RAS compare with Frank Gore

Black has tiny hands. Other than that, he has an advantage in every category except the shuttle.

Theres a good chance he'll be a fumbler.

You can't make that assumption when he hasn't shown that in college. His ball security is one of the strengths of his game and he didn't cough it up at all during his senior season.

I wonder what's up with that shuttle time? He looks like he's got plus agility in those senior bowl clips. Certainly not a 15th percentile, lol.

Originally posted by Nastastical:
You can't make that assumption when he hasn't shown that in college. His ball security is one of the strengths of his game and he didn't cough it up at all during his senior season.

Great point, that definitely fits into Kyle's ball hogging offense. If your RB can hog the ball and keep the lead and run out the clock, he'll fit. The opposite is Guerendo. Until Guerendo fixes his ball security, he won't be playing a lot of snaps in Kyle's ball hog offense.

Originally posted by Nastastical:

Originally posted by FaTaL:

Originally posted by Butter:
RAS compare with Frank Gore

Black has tiny hands. Other than that, he has an advantage in every category except the shuttle.

Theres a good chance he'll be a fumbler.

You can't make that assumption when he hasn't shown that in college. His ball security is one of the strengths of his game and he didn't cough it up at all during his senior season.

And who's gonna rip the ball out of his hands with those guns??

Originally posted by Chance:
Cosell had him as his 3rd or 4th RB in this draft. So it's fair to say that other teams may have had him higher than consensus, so it's fair to say that he might not have lasted long after we picked, so it's fair to say everyone freaked the f**k out over nothing. RB was a need, and we got a good one.

Cosell is top notch when it comes to evaluating. He is one of the best running backs in the draft, but we still could've got him a round or two later and gotten way better value in the third, but I do think he's going to be a good running back and he does catch well even if they never passed to him at Indiana

Originally posted by elguapo:

Originally posted by Chance:
Cosell had him as his 3rd or 4th RB in this draft. So it's fair to say that other teams may have had him higher than consensus, so it's fair to say that he might not have lasted long after we picked, so it's fair to say everyone freaked the f**k out over nothing. RB was a need, and we got a good one.

Cosell is top notch when it comes to evaluating. He is one of the best running backs in the draft, but we still could've got him a round or two later and gotten way better value in the third, but I do think he's going to be a good running back and he does catch well even if they never passed to him at Indiana

Nobody nows if he woud have been taken by another team early in the 4th. Just because he wasn't projected to go high doesn't mean other teams didn't have him on their board.

Originally posted by elguapo:

Originally posted by Chance:
Cosell had him as his 3rd or 4th RB in this draft. So it's fair to say that other teams may have had him higher than consensus, so it's fair to say that he might not have lasted long after we picked, so it's fair to say everyone freaked the f**k out over nothing. RB was a need, and we got a good one.

Cosell is top notch when it comes to evaluating. He is one of the best running backs in the draft, but we still could've got him a round or two later and gotten way better value in the third, but I do think he's going to be a good running back and he does catch well even if they never passed to him at Indiana

No one knows where he would have gone. KS said the had him as RB2 in this draft. If another team similarly had him graded high, he could have been taken earlier. And why wouldn't another team not had him high, he's a stud. I think consensus slept on him because he wasn't invited to the combine, and his workload (ie production) was split with another back. I'm sure the team would have loved to grab him later, but when you try to get cute with a guy that's somewhat off the radar, often you find another team grabs that guy before your next pick, at least that's what both DeCosta (Ravens) and Kyle expressed in recent interviews.

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by Butter:
RAS compare with Frank Gore

Black has tiny hands. Other than that, he has an advantage in every category except the shuttle.

He does look a bit like Frank when runs!

I watched his game tapes and thought the same thing. He runs with power and seems to pop out of log jams just like Gore and picks up blitzes pretty good also. I'm rooting for the young man.

Originally posted by Cg9erSF:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by Butter:
RAS compare with Frank Gore

Black has tiny hands. Other than that, he has an advantage in every category except the shuttle.

He does look a bit like Frank when runs!

I watched his game tapes and thought the same thing. He runs with power and seems to pop out of log jams just like Gore and picks up blitzes pretty good also. I'm rooting for the young man.

Let's not forget Gore is a scout for the team. Probably had a say or contributed in some manner.