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So this won't really be a weak class if the same happens this year? I won't be at all shocked if three QBs go in the top 15 or so picks and I'm expecting four in the 1st round.

Agreed. But it seems a lot of Huddlers think these pre-draft class evaluations are rooted in fact. That Mahomes/Watson draft was considered a really strong WR class. Three WRs went in the top 10 over Mahomes and Watson. Those WRs? Corey Davis, Mike Williams, and John Ross. Holy poo. OOPS!

The guy we just spent the better part of the last year and a half trying to trade the entire franchise to get was the third QB chosen in a "weak QB class". He was chosen two picks after Patrick Mahomes. They went #10 and #12 overall. Class sure doesn't seem weak now, does it?

No, drafting a bust won't help us. But neither would drafting a bust of an OT or any other position. Interesting note: Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson were also in that draft class and were picked later in the 1st. No one would mind picking a guy like that.

Hell no. It's a huge red flag to be willing to cut bait on a top pick after only one year, much less one you've mortgaged the future of your franchise on to acquire.

From the sounds of it the Niners are in the midst of some serious buyer's remorse.

Should be. But we we've been saying that for years and here we sit with three consecutive five win seasons to show for it.

Stay the course? Hell, I'd be up for doing anything other than staying the course that has produced three straight five win seasons.

I don't see it. They gotta do something at QB. Jameis Winston is their current penciled in starter and they don't have a 1st next year.

I have to chuckle at this widespread Huddle sentiment that an NFL team can just sit back and choose a new franchise QB prospect at their leisure. Let's say next year's class is another very strong on paper class. Well, guess what? If we're sitting at #6 again we're probably gonna be too low.

It's kinda odd to me that all the talk about Trey Lance not even being close to ready doesn't have people backpedaling pretty hard on Willis. They just seem so similar as prospects IMO. If anything, Willis might even be more raw.

Yeah, it's weird to me that the team that gave Teddy a big contract and sung a significant trade for Darnold while immediately picking up his option supposedly has zero interest in a QB who has shown a lot more than either of those other guys. I mean, maybe the word is out that Baker is just THAT toxic. It's definitely possible.

Hell, I'm kinda done judging a QB by his system. Herbert played in a damn HS offense at Oregon. I let that fool me into thinking he wasn't capable of more.

Ah shucks, we'll get 'em next year gets you our Carolina Panthers.

The NFL is rapidly turning into a "gamble big to win big NOW" league. Hell, I sure wish we'd done it during Cam's prime. Even though I wasn't a fan of him coming into the draft, in hindsight I wish we'd let crazy Marty mortgage the future on swinging big on a trade to land Herbert.

I honestly don't see it. I think they're very similar in terms of prospects. I'm not big on either, but I can't see making an honest argument for one being vastly superior to the other as a prospect.

Yeah, that makes sense.

How is Trey Lance a better prospect than Willis?

I'm betting a QB goes ahead of us simply because every team in the league knows we're desperate for a QB. I have to think that the overall league sentiment is that if you want your choice of the QBs, #5 is your logical target landing spot.

The Steelers have absolutely been all over him all year long.

Yeah, I'm baffled on the timing.

20th overall pick

I'm taking Sam Howell.

Bingo.

I honestly think this isn't all that accurate and a lot of it is because there isn't a slam dunk top prospect among them and this class is right on the heels of last year's very strong on paper class. I mean, folks... the reality is that Trevor Lawrence and Andrew Luck type prospects are a rarity. That's why they're considered "once in a decade" type prospects. IMO, this is a fairly typical QB class. Some good, but not perfect on paper prospects.