04-29-2017, 10:52 AM
(04-29-2017, 12:00 AM)Ricky Spanish Wrote: Why not take the best center on the board? I don't get it.
Likely they did not see a C who's a big boost.. or...figured a sleeper can be had later. Ross CAN make a BIG difference in the pass attack, Mixon......disturbs me but he's got talent and....I think learned a lesson. Willis was a guy some would have grabbed rd 2, quick pass rusher on the edge who bears little resemblance to Johnson... is about the size of Maleluga.
With extra picks in todays rounds, I expect SOME O-line, probably a LB,a DB, maybe a project QB or TE. I wanted Deep WR speed and a speed rush DE. Got that. I wish we'd kept Burkhead.. who...should have got more use sooner. I think Gio and Hill MAY have the seasons we'd envisioned. Ced and Fisher...were picked high, and.....MAYBE are solid. Billings may be a plus starter. Minter may do well at LB. Bengals LOST guys that mattered in FA two years in a row. It will take an efficient draft to offset that. we Also must maximize the guys we GET/got.
I was out west when Bill Walsh turned the Niners from SUCKY to Dynasty. In a draft where the Niners got MANY future stars.. the got Jesse Saupolo LATE .....and when he'd aged... they got Fred Quillan late. They covered the C spot for over 15 yr with LATE picks. They were REAL solid C's. Center need not be speedy. Execution matters more than raw power.
We will see how the 4-7 picks go.. then....if they are coached up, used. The Bill Walsh Niners really SCORED in the mid-late draft. Part of that was COACHING. Walsh had a lot of coaches move up to be good head coaches. That's a factor in how guys drafted rounds 3-4-5-6 end up stars.
