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If Sewell is drafted before #8...

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There are going to be temptations laid before our team. Best Player Available is almost always the right direction to go... except for right now. We have to avoid the temptations of Pitt and Parsons and go for a LT right away at #8. No effin' around and trading down, no trading up, no toying with the idea of a CB.

Pick the danged LT and give the new QB a chance to compete in the system. If we don't take one of the three stud OTs in the draft (and my pick is Slater, then Sewell, then Darrisaw) then we're going to put  the young Darnold out there in another situation like he faced with the Jets. He simply won't stand a chance and the gamble on him will never have even a shot at paying out.

If we grab a great LT and that guy  performs at the expected level, then we can truly evaluate the Darnold move under the best of conditions. We will know if there's hope there or if we swing for QB next time around.

If we do anything else, there's too much wiggle room in the results. Too much of a chance that a poor performance by Darnold will be because of bad line play. It seems stupidly simple, but it really is that straightforward.

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Darrisaw may be the 2nd best LT in the class but that doesn't mean anything. He's a power man blocker. He doesn't fit the scheme man. Folks have to learn it isn't always about who's the best it's about who can do what we want them to do. If the 49ers draft Mac it isn't necessarily because they think he's the 3rd best QB but it's because they think he can do what they want him to do. This is why when owners draft for their team the results never work out. Good teams draft the right players for their scheme and everything else be damned. 

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Interesting article.  I know Slater did a great job with ROY Chase Young, and that means a lot.

I don't want to miss on a starting LT this year.  I don't want to trade back and miss all 3.  If 2 of the 3 are available when we pick, I wouldn't trade back more than to 10 and only if we know one will be there.

Pitts is the player that will make things interesting...Falcons love him, Cowboys love him, and Verge suggested today we like him so much we could trade up to get him.

I don't think Pitts will get close enough to our pick to make a trade, and knowing he'll be one of the non-QBs taken brings us closer to Slater and possibly even Sewell.  

A late 3rd is the value to move back from 8 to 10, and for that, the risk is not worth it to me.  I'm staying put and taking the LT that falls to us.

If 4 QBs and Pitts go in the first 5 picks, all we need is for one of the two remaining teams ahead of us to take a CB, trade to a team that wants the fifth QB, and we get one of Sewell or Slater.  If we feel Darrisaw is better than Slater....take him there.

Fix LT and fixing the rest of the line is easy.

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7 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Pitts, Sewell, and Chase are just on a level of their own.  I would throw Trevor on that pile--4 players who are the best of the best. 

If one is there, you have to have a plan to take him.

Thats me after the Darnold trade. Each still have some level of hope they reach the Panthers. 

Pitts- its ultra rare for TE to be draft in the top 7. Especially with stud WRs and QB on the same level

Chase- 4 or 5 QB land in the top seven. miami listens to their Bama QB and takes Waddle. Chase falls to panthers

Sewell- QBs, WRs......O MY!!! Sewell acts his age and needs coaching....shocking huh? Penalize him for convid-out, fine by me if hes there for panthers.

 

Simple math only 7 players can be drafted before pick 8. If 49ers take Jones that greatly helps one of the non-QBs to fall to the Panthers. All they have to do is wait and not take the cheese like 49ers did. 

 

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8 minutes ago, Captain Morgan said:

Interesting article.  I know Slater did a great job with ROY Chase Young, and that means a lot.

I don't want to miss on a starting LT this year.  I don't want to trade back and miss all 3.  If 2 of the 3 are available when we pick, I wouldn't trade back more than to 10 and only if we know one will be there.

Pitts is the player that will make things interesting...Falcons love him, Cowboys love him, and Verge suggested today we like him so much we could trade up to get him.

I don't think Pitts will get close enough to our pick to make a trade, and knowing he'll be one of the non-QBs taken brings us closer to Slater and possibly even Sewell.  

A late 3rd is the value to move back from 8 to 10, and for that, the risk is not worth it to me.  I'm staying put and taking the LT that falls to us.

If 4 QBs and Pitts go in the first 5 picks, all we need is for one of the two remaining teams ahead of us to take a CB, trade to a team that wants the fifth QB, and we get one of Sewell or Slater.  If we feel Darrisaw is better than Slater....take him there.

Fix LT and fixing the rest of the line is easy.

If you are picking Slater as your LT you may ending wanting more.  Steady guy but I am not sold he is a franchise LT.  I think he has pretty decent bust factor.  I doubt he busts completely but rather ends up at G.

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I’ve always been a fan of trading back but when I do the mocks, if you wait past the teens, you can get a good OT prospect or an RT, but not someone guaranteed to start at LT. I also like Darrisaw as LT2. So Sewell or Darrisaw at 8. Still good CB available at 39, then OL at 73.

I’m also warming to the idea of trading back at 39 if an offer is available.

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