(04-28-2024, 01:26 PM)HardcoreMoJagFan Wrote:

(04-27-2024, 02:25 PM)iHaunting Raven Wrote: Is he? like someone said, the guy had like 5-6 good games in 2022 and in all other games he has been average at best.

Baalke has this weird fetish about players with injuries... I don't dislike the pick but I really wish he would have traded up for JPJ...

I think this weird fetish is a realization that without those injuries those players would be someone you couldn't get.  So you get them and hope the injury isn't a career detriment and realize you got a first round talent in the mid second.  

Shooting for upside might burn you, but it also might get you elite players.

Or you end up with a guy like Walker Little who doesn't have the versatility required to move inside but can't quite win a starting tackle spot. Still hoping he's a late bloomer, but... looking like a future swing tackle. 

Hopefully Maason Smith ends up at least getting meaningful rotational use by the end of his rookie year.

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