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Hence rolling the dice on Darnold with a third round pick. I'm down for that - he's much more talented than Mond / Newman / Mills / Trask.

Absolutely nobody made that connection. He was ultimately seen as a failure at Georgia.

I'm very much falling in love with the idea of trading down / taking an elite player at #8 (preferably OT, but we'll see how the Draft falls) and trading a 3/4th rounder for Darnold.

Someone needs to tell the 49ers that just because they're willing to trade three first round picks for a QB doesn't mean other teams will give them a first round pick for their mediocre starting QB.

Woah, when did our defence get Top 10 in the league good?

It wasn't throwing 30 interceptions in the Playoffs against Arizona or not diving on the fumble in the Super Bowl, but yeah it was pretty brutal.

I can see your point about Lawrence - he's overrated, but his physical tools are ridiculous. He's also going to play for Urban Meyer - that dude will put him in the best system to succeed. He's hidden the flaws of his QBs for decades.

I have Lawrence - Wilson - Jones as the top three, with a clear gap between those guys and the rest. Fields - I just hate his throwing mechanics and how deliberate he is when making reads. I don't think that flies in the NFL. Lance - I mean, there's so little data on him (and he looked worse in his one game this year). I'm not opposed to taking either, but I'd like to trade down before picking them up - which probably isn't happening in this QB thirsty Draft.

Are we really still using 'the big 4' when the QB people hate is going #3 overall?

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1377698971343327233?s=20 (don't know how to embed Tweets)

My nightmare is chasing the QBs. The three that have separated themselves from the pack are going 1-2-3. I'd be happy with sitting at #8 and getting a franchise LT / matchup nightmare TE or trading down to acquire second day picks.

Corn Elder has signed for the Lions, apparently.

I just saw his dickish video taking the piss out of Chris Simms' QB list. Lost a sub on that one, April Fools or no.

I'm not sure about that - the Jets will surely want an instant return on him if they're trading him. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a Draft day trade - we pick who we want / trade down in the first / second round and, if we don't get the QB we like, we pick up the phone to the Jets for Darnold in the third round. I think he has potential, but he's in the last year of his rookie contract so he QUICKLY becomes very expensive. You only have a year to work out whether he's the guy or not.

I'd love Elder to stay, but the fact he was benched at the end of the year for Hartsfield tells you what the coaching staff think of him. We weren't at the point of experimenting with any other position at that point - he's gone.

So literally nobody else wanted him, huh?

As we all should have learned with Rivers - as long as it's repeatable it doesn't matter. Fields is the one with the throwing motion that worries me.

Vick ran a 4.3 at his Pro Day (and was clocked at 4.2 by some). Don't undersell his speed - he was a freak athlete. He made NFL players look like they were running in quicksand.

Why are the Gators fans doing the Nazi salute in that picture?

I mean the 49ers changed the landscape of the Draft this week. You have to accept that unless you truly think 4/5 QBs are worth taking with the first 8 picks we're going elsewhere.

We'll be better next year than we were this (barring a run of catastrophic injuries).

Franchise LTs don't come available on the FA market very often. If it's a choice between a guy we think can hold down LT for a decade and Pitts at #8, you take the LT. If said LT is gone and so are the QBs you like, I'm comfortable taking Pitts. Pitts and McCaffrey will give opposing LB corps (and Safeties) sleepless nights. Add in Moore's ability to dominate on the outside and that's an enviable stable of talent at the skill positions.

I'm not saying it's gimmicky - I'm saying it in conjunction with a boatload of screens and misdirection is gimmicky. It doesn't require much arm talent to run that offence - and the reads aren't difficult either. I'm not blaming Lawrence or Sweeney, I'm just saying. I also hate playing it every other year because they have better athletes than we do.

The death / coffin theme is a bit much.

Yes, teams and scouts are INTENTIONALLY hamstringing themselves. They've watched the tape - there aren't any questions about his arm strength or mobility (albeit there's questions about his mechanics).