Game Thread: THE 2014 NFL DRAFT DAY ROUND #1

[poewelch84]

People are acting like the draft is over, the value from the 20's to 50 in this draft is very similar and the Niners have 5 picks in the next two rounds.

 

[Excel]

He ran a 4.46 40 at pro day I believe

i seen him at 4.61 I am not sure I trust pro days, but i hope that is what he really runs.

 

[CalamityX11]

Looks like CB is where he's going but who knows...

 

[BOB11]

29s[/ame] Harbaugh on Ward: "He has an instinct to reacting to plays before anyone else sees them." [URL="https://twitter.com/search?q=%2349ers&src=hash"]#49ers

 

[Rvnight18]

i seen him at 4.61 I am not sure I trust pro days, but i hope that is what he really runs.

 

[dredinis21]

29s Harbaugh on Ward: "He has an instinct to reacting to plays before anyone else sees them." #49ers

I fucking hope so.

 

[ChrisPozz]

Minnesota fans better hope like hell that Norv Turner isn't thinking of retirement anytime soon either IMO. The good thing for them is that if he does work out, he was taken in the first round so they control him for 5 years instead of 4.

Also, if he starts right away he'll be playing outside at TCF Bank Stadium (Gophers home) until 2016 when they move into their new stadium.

 

[tallglassofwater007]

29s Harbaugh on Ward: "He has an instinct to reacting to plays before anyone else sees them." #49ers

And I heard he can change direction mid air.

 

[poewelch84]

i get what your saying buts thats awful for a team contending for the now... they could've drafted a developmental S later or have two drafts to get one or sign one....

WR, CB, C, TE(had more beef than S), DT, NT, DE, OLB...i don't get it

I don't really think he's a developmental S, he's a developmental CB, probably a starter at safety. After Ward the quality at the Safety position drops a bunch so this guy probably wouldn't have been around in the 2nd round. I honestly didn't want Roby too many issues off the field for my liking.

 

[dredinis21]

i seen him at 4.61 I am not sure I trust pro days, but i hope that is what he really runs.

He ran a 4.47 with a 38" vert at his pro day, didn't run at the combine bc of a foot injury.

 

[AngryNiner]

Idk if its premature to say but Baalke cant draft for sh*t in the late first...

he needs to move up

I think its a little premature just because Ward looks like a solid player.

The pick is a little underwhelming, especially because Roby was there, but did you really expect Baalke to make the obvious pick? That doesnt seem to be his MO.

 

[Rvnight18]

And I heard he can change direction mid air.

 

[I_am_1z]

Ward FS and Reid SS... Might be just as good as Seattle's safety dou

 

[CalamityX11]

is there an expansion to the roster?

cuz we won't have any room for all these picks....

thus I suspect we will move some picks to next yr...

 

[BINGO]

whats your take?

I give it a B-. I like it better than the Eric Reid pick last year. Ward is a playmaker. We just got ourselves a poorman's version of Earl Thomas. I would have preferred Nix or Rashede Hangeman based on the way the card was dealt to us.

 

[Excel]

He ran a 4.47 with a 38" vert at his pro day, didn't run at the combine bc of a foot injury.

Thats what i get for looking at walter football.

 

[I_am_1z]

I give it a B-. I like it better than the Eric Reid pick last year. Ward is a playmaker. We just got ourselves a poorman's version of Earl Thomas. I would have preferred Rashede Hangeman based on the way the card was dealt to us.

Cyprien. That is all

 

[Hangman]

It is fucking disgusting that the 9ers made no move and then reached more than any Cowboy pick in the pass 3 decades. This is something the Raiders and Browns do.

This dude could have been had in the early 3rd. Plus he has off the field issues.

 

[CalamityX11]

I don't really think he's a developmental S, he's a developmental CB, probably a starter at safety. After Ward the quality at the Safety position drops a bunch so this guy probably wouldn't have been around in the 2nd round. I honestly didn't want Roby too many issues off the field for my liking.

no no, i wasn't referring to him as a developmental S... I was talking about a Buchanneon, Vereen, Loston, Baily... guys who could've been taken later and let them develope without relying their immediate impact on the field for our current window.

Being taken first, for me, you better make an impact(pending on most positions) and after JUST signing a bad pickup in bethea, what's the point?

I feel we could've address 4 positions before talking S that early....

 

[purguy12]

what a wasted day