(04-30-2021, 10:01 PM)Sibelius Wrote: Welll, we've picked a guy with a torn ACL and another with a busted knee . . . Baalke is famous for drafting damaged players. It's part of what got him fired in San Francisco. 

Read this https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/wh...-the-49ers

I think most of the rest of our pix have not been best available players OR best picks to fill our needs. Other than TL, and he was an obvious pick - my cat could have made that choice.

I remember Gene Smith's schtick was that he loved taking small school players with major conference physical attributes or stats.  With the idea that they were undervalued based on the lower level of competition.  Sounded good in theory but he seemed to overdraft them and take them in rounds where they might have gone had they put up those kinds of numbers at a bigger school.  And not only did he over draft them, he just flat out missed on too many.

Seems like Baalke's schtick he takes guys that fall in the draft due to injury concerns.  Unlike Gene at least he seems to be taking them in the appropriate round and isn't overdrafting them.  Again, sounds good in theory but if, like his time in San Fran, too many of them never regain their old form, there will be more misses than hits.  Hopefully we have better luck here.

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