Originally posted by pwillis52beasty:
I think we're going to draft him with our next pick. I think it will be a mistake though. We need a wide receiver with size that can better serve as a red zone threat. We already have Torrey Smith as our deep threat and another guy in Ellington who has good speed and quickness. We need that size now on the outside.
I think Baalke has made it clear that speed on offense is a huge priority, true "cya" sort of speed. Torrey Smith is the only guy who has that, Devin Smith would give them another that could be worked into various packages and could make for very lethal playaction with defenses having to respect the speed of both Smith's as well as defending Boldin in the slot, Davis in the intermediate area and also having to worry about Hyde and Kaepernick running it.
No more cheating on defense to stop the run, no more loading the box, if they don't keep a safety back deep, they are going to get dusted sooner or later.
[ Edited by Phoenix49ers on May 1, 2015 at 8:03 AM ]