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I'll give them a C+ on the draft. it was a "meh" draft, they had terrible picks and I didn't expect much.
The plus comes form the trade down, which gave them some extra shots to take.
I'm honestly not sure who was left at 29 that could have pushed the grade higher. Of the receivers, they all seemed to have a huge red flag (Patterson has the most upside, but is a good shot to just flame out). Dobson and Boyce seem to fit as well as any of the others - really shocked they got two tough outside speedsters.
Collins could be huge...could be. Or could be nothing at all.
But I grade the whole off-season, which is four parts:
Retaining your players
Free agents
Draft
UDFA and late adds.
They did a good job retaining critical pieces in SeaBass and Talib...not so great regarding Welker. But still, solid.
I love some of the adds - Amendola, A. Wilson, Kelly and D. Jones.
Armstead and Vega are really draft picks - I wonder where Armstead would have gone if he was in this draft class?
They're going to add Abraham, it seems. If they do that, this has been a very, very good off-season.
This is a great organization and it shows year in and year out on the field. Every year, I'm watching football that matters (as a homer fan) in late January. I don't expect this year to be any different in that regard, except it might well go into early February yet again.
ps. Thank god this was a sucky draft, or SF would have cleaned house!
The plus comes form the trade down, which gave them some extra shots to take.
I'm honestly not sure who was left at 29 that could have pushed the grade higher. Of the receivers, they all seemed to have a huge red flag (Patterson has the most upside, but is a good shot to just flame out). Dobson and Boyce seem to fit as well as any of the others - really shocked they got two tough outside speedsters.
Collins could be huge...could be. Or could be nothing at all.
But I grade the whole off-season, which is four parts:
Retaining your players
Free agents
Draft
UDFA and late adds.
They did a good job retaining critical pieces in SeaBass and Talib...not so great regarding Welker. But still, solid.
I love some of the adds - Amendola, A. Wilson, Kelly and D. Jones.
Armstead and Vega are really draft picks - I wonder where Armstead would have gone if he was in this draft class?
They're going to add Abraham, it seems. If they do that, this has been a very, very good off-season.
This is a great organization and it shows year in and year out on the field. Every year, I'm watching football that matters (as a homer fan) in late January. I don't expect this year to be any different in that regard, except it might well go into early February yet again.
ps. Thank god this was a sucky draft, or SF would have cleaned house!