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He finally pushed me to it. I had to dedicate a thread to it. His most recent drivel:
Trent Baalke’s draft GPA - Inside the 49ers
Some thoughts on this gem.
1st round – 11th pick: Anthony Davis. Baalke traded up two spots, costing the Niners a fourth round pick, for 20-year old right tackle expected to start right away. Stunk right away, of course. Improved, and could be one of the best right tackles in the league in his prime. He’s certainly athletic enough, and he’ better than the next RT drafted in 2010 – Bryan Bulaga. Grade: B+.
While I think Davis still has loads of potential, a B+ at this juncture is very generous. It's also highly doubtful that he's better than Bulaga right now. Not to mention that we traded up for him, and missed out on Earl Thomas and JPP (granted not a great fit in our system) in the process.
6th round – 182nd pick: Nate Byham. Baalke drafted him to be a blocking tight end and missed out on stud wideout Antonio Brown, whom the Steelers drafted 13 picks later. Byham tore his knee up the first day of training trying to catch a pass in the flat with no one around him. Grade: D-.
There seems to be a recurring thread in this article: it wasn't a good pick because a guy who went shortly thereafter was better. That's an idiotic way to evaluate late-round draft picks. It has some merit early on, but late-round picks are all a crap shoot. As for Byham, he was a 6th round pick who, in his rookie season, was looking like one of the better blocking TEs in the league. He was versatile enough to line up in the backfield, and even caught a few balls. The only reason he didn't play a big part in the offense this year is because he tore his ACL. D-? Ok.
7th round – 224th pick: Phillip Adams. Played 13 games as rookie, but broke his ankle at the end of the season and got cut the following training camp. Baalke missed Cal CB Syd’Quan Thompson, whom the Broncos drafted 1 pick later. Apparently Baalke doesn’t watch Cal games. Grade: D.
Adams was a late-7th rounder who looked like he might contend to be our nickel back before he was injured. He later went on to play a fairly significant role with the Pats for several weeks last season. Not a great player by any means, but for that pick? He's still in the league. That's at least a C. It's even more curious that Cohn complains about not taking Thompson, a guy who has done little and, applying the Byham standard, must surely rate in the D range himself as he missed last season with an injury.
No major complaints about the 2011 review. Cohn's probably a bit generous there, but he's pretty indecisive about anyone who's even slightly questionable. A+ seems high for Culliver using Cohn's approach, though, when Richard Sherman is already looking like a good starting CB and was drafted quite a bit later.
Trent Baalke’s draft GPA - Inside the 49ers
Some thoughts on this gem.
1st round – 11th pick: Anthony Davis. Baalke traded up two spots, costing the Niners a fourth round pick, for 20-year old right tackle expected to start right away. Stunk right away, of course. Improved, and could be one of the best right tackles in the league in his prime. He’s certainly athletic enough, and he’ better than the next RT drafted in 2010 – Bryan Bulaga. Grade: B+.
While I think Davis still has loads of potential, a B+ at this juncture is very generous. It's also highly doubtful that he's better than Bulaga right now. Not to mention that we traded up for him, and missed out on Earl Thomas and JPP (granted not a great fit in our system) in the process.
6th round – 182nd pick: Nate Byham. Baalke drafted him to be a blocking tight end and missed out on stud wideout Antonio Brown, whom the Steelers drafted 13 picks later. Byham tore his knee up the first day of training trying to catch a pass in the flat with no one around him. Grade: D-.
There seems to be a recurring thread in this article: it wasn't a good pick because a guy who went shortly thereafter was better. That's an idiotic way to evaluate late-round draft picks. It has some merit early on, but late-round picks are all a crap shoot. As for Byham, he was a 6th round pick who, in his rookie season, was looking like one of the better blocking TEs in the league. He was versatile enough to line up in the backfield, and even caught a few balls. The only reason he didn't play a big part in the offense this year is because he tore his ACL. D-? Ok.
7th round – 224th pick: Phillip Adams. Played 13 games as rookie, but broke his ankle at the end of the season and got cut the following training camp. Baalke missed Cal CB Syd’Quan Thompson, whom the Broncos drafted 1 pick later. Apparently Baalke doesn’t watch Cal games. Grade: D.
Adams was a late-7th rounder who looked like he might contend to be our nickel back before he was injured. He later went on to play a fairly significant role with the Pats for several weeks last season. Not a great player by any means, but for that pick? He's still in the league. That's at least a C. It's even more curious that Cohn complains about not taking Thompson, a guy who has done little and, applying the Byham standard, must surely rate in the D range himself as he missed last season with an injury.
No major complaints about the 2011 review. Cohn's probably a bit generous there, but he's pretty indecisive about anyone who's even slightly questionable. A+ seems high for Culliver using Cohn's approach, though, when Richard Sherman is already looking like a good starting CB and was drafted quite a bit later.
