Originally posted by Heroism:
Originally posted by NYniner85:
Nope his final mock and only mock a week before the draft he had SF drafting OT Josh Jones and trading out of 31.
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/04/20/nfl-mock-draft-2020-justin-herbert-tua-tagovailoa-fmia-peter-king/
"Peter King: 49ers 'desperate' for space-eating defensive tackle like Javon Kinlaw
Defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw," writes King in his latest Football Morning in America column. "Another defensive lineman in the first round?!! This sounds crazy, and maybe it is, after all the first-round defensive-line capital the Niners have used up. (Consider Arik Armstead, DeForest Buckner, Solomon Thomas, Nick Bosa in the last five drafts.) But I hear the Niners are desperate for a space-eating defensive tackle who can threaten the pocket, and that's what the 315-pound and athletic Kinlaw does."
And the article I posted was days after he said that
23. San Francisco (trade with New England)—Josh Jones, offensive tackle, HoustonIn this projection, I'd have the Niners moving to 23 and getting New England's first-round pick in 2021. Good value, but it won't help John Lynch trying to get a pick or two in the two-day gulf between picks 31 and 156. So I think the Niners look to trade one of their two first-rounders again, so they can add an extra pick in round two or three. If they stay here, tackle's the right call. With Joe Staley having either one year or zero years left, it's a good time to pick a long-term tackle. Jones started for four years at left tackle—45 games—and that's not something you can say for many collegiate tackles these days.
King is far from who's he's been in the past. He's been wrong plenty.
FWIW not a single person knew SF was trying to move up in the draft. Not even King, no one knows and king was grabbing something from Simms because of the relationship...even though Simms says he doesn't talk to Kyle as much anymore.
[ Edited by NYniner85 on Mar 28, 2021 at 8:21 PM ]