(10-25-2022, 12:06 AM)Portofino43 Wrote:

(10-17-2022, 10:54 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: It's too early to be this way. Yes Walker isn't playing great and yes, Gardner looks really good, but geez, we're doing that thing again. Can the guy have a season before we decide he was a bad pick?

I'd say give him a couple of seasons.  My thinking on Walker is that his career may progress in a very similar fashion to Rashaan Gary in Green Bay.  He did next to nothing for two years, and has looked much better in his third year. 

In addition to that, we just played the Giants and got to see Thibs play.  He looked OK, but nothing out of this world.  I'm also not sure how Hutchinson is doing in Detriot, but I don't think he is setting the world on fire either.  The fact is, there just wasn't a truly dominant pass rusher for us to get in the 2022 draft. 

If it makes anyone feel better, Devin Lloyd looks like he's going to be a very good player for us for the next decade, so there's that.

I really don't have any concerns with Baalke's early round decisions. It's the late rounds that concern me. If you're going to keep double and triple stacking up late RD picks in the 4th - 7th you better be doing something with them that ultimately nets you depth or role players. He's really had no luck in those regards.

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