(03-30-2024, 08:23 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(03-29-2024, 11:31 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: The stream of RBs has been his MO since SF.  We can deduce that he doesn't subscribe to the idea of paying RBs no matter who they are and he'll keep bringing guys in the door until someone claims the job from the outgoing or declining RB.  He let Gore go when Gore still had gas in the tank.  I wouldn't be surprised to see an RB in this draft class (if so, late I hope) because that has been one of the stronger trends in his drafting.  Not paying RBs is a good philosophy in my opinion.

LB picks were interesting.  We were drafting for a different philosophy then than we will be going forward.  The only thing that makes sense to me is they had Muma and Miller graded head and shoulders above anyone else on the board when they were selected and weren't expecting either to be there, so he took the clearly highest graded remaining player on their board.  Also, injuries happen and sometimes previously selected highly graded players don't always develop for whatever reason.  Sometimes your board is screaming at you to take a guy you weren't necessarily envisioning selecting because your cupboard at that position is already relatively full.  You take him anyway because of the unknowns I just mentioned.  They may have even had late 2nd/early 3rd round grades on Muma and Miller and no one else close to that grade on their board.  What would you do if that was the scenario? It sounds to me like he's generally a BAP guy even into the 4th round with Miller.  I'm ok with that personally.

There is an argument for Baalke to be fired for how bad the o-line we trotted out last year was.  I wouldn't fire him off of that alone, but I can understand the argument and it is a valid criticism.  I'd imagine he's on thin ice pending what happens this season.  Everything else seems to manifest in the anti-Baalke groupthink echo chamber.

At pick 70 (70!), do you honestly believe Muma was head a shoulder above every other prospect? They spent 2 of their top 70 picks on linebackers after giving Oluokon a big contract. 

If they take another linebacker this year in round 2 because they’re “head and shoulders above everyone else”, you going to be cool with it? They did that last year with Strange and Bigsby. They used high draft capital to take backups at non premium positions. It’s one thing to take a backup pass rush rusher, CB or OL but to take a backup TE?

Again. Process.

Absolutely, if LB is head and shoulders above everyone else taken behind him they finally made the right pick.  It means we will likely have an All Pro at LB if they are head and shoulders above every pick after him.  They just missed on the Muma pick being he wasn't.  If Strange and Bigbsy was better than every player after them they nailed those picks as well.  It's the player not the position.

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