Originally posted by MinerForty-Niner:
I know this has been said but I can't go throught 5K plus pages to look.
SF should have sat back at pick 12 and let the draft unfold. Lance, Fields and Jones (all busts) were all not going top 11. At worst SF gave up their 1st in 2022 like the Bears did for Fields. Huge overpay to give up 2 future ones. Hate when people say 'they gave up 3 #1's!!' Never got all the love for Lance. June Jones was right when he said that 'Lance isn't really great at one thing' and he is not very fast.
They panicked, trading up early before they even knew who they were trading up for. If you see a prospect that you feel is can't miss and you need to trade the farm for them, so be it, but they moved up and were still deciding between prospects which really blows my mind.
Hindsight being 20/20 and all but that trade was brutal. Instead of Lance they could have had Micah Parsons, Dax Hill, Sam LaPorta and an extra 3rd rounder.