Looking at 49ers 2019 Rookies

Originally posted by Dshearn:

Originally posted by USArmyParatrooper:

So I took a look at the last draft class once again. FOUR names stuck out to me as major contributors to our success this year.

Nick Bosa #2
Deebo Samuel #36
Dre Greenlaw #148
Justin Skule #183

These four didn't just play, but they all contributed in ways that made us better and helped us win immediately, THIS YEAR. That's a pretty darn successful draft, is it not?

I don't have the stat in front of me right now, but for a long stretch of the season, the 49ers had an NFL best kick off unit. The average starting position for opposing teams was like the 21 yard line. They were one of the few teams that did not attempt to blast the kick out of the endzone all season long. They also had a league low return average, but Dustin Colquitt ended up taking that from Mitch...though Mitch did out net him.

I also don't think any other punter in the NFL had a higher percentage of successful kicks land inside the 20 yard line, and again only Dustin Colquitt had similar FC-Inside the 20 ratios. I could be wrong on that, i have not look at the numbers in weeks.....but generally speaking.....All evidence points toward the 49ers getting one of the better precision kickers in the NFL in the 4th round.

I honestly didn't know all of that. It sounds like (at least arguably) that makes FIVE players in a single draft who were immediate impact players, who contributed significantly, and improved the team.

And Kaden Smith is having a solid year with the Giants, 30 catches and 3 TDs filling in for Engram.

Jalen Hurd looked good.

UDFAs we picked up Kevin Givens who may be active in the playoffs and Azeez Al-Shaair has suited up for 5 games

Great draft. They absolutely nailed it. And we have another WR basically redshirted so its like a bonus selection.

But all of our rookies have contributed to this team and each have a hand in our 13 wins.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Forget the draft...look at the whole picture of transactions:

PK Robbie Gould - Used the Non-Exclusive Franchise Tag at $5.018M
BE Arik Armstead - Picked up his 5th-year option last April and will be committed to his 2019 salary of $9.046M should he be on the roster on March 13th
RG Mike Person - Resigned to a 3 year, $8.25M deal
Options/Tenders - Tendered one-year contracts to RFA's RB/ST Raheem Mostert and ERFA's WILL Elijah Lee and CB Greg Mabin. SF exercised the 2019 contract options for FB Kyle Juszczyk, LEO Cassius Marsh, SAM/ER/ST Dekoda Watson and SCB K'Waun Williams
SAM/WILL Malcolm Smith - Restructured his deal to a 1-year, $2,737,500 deal
PK Jonathan Brown - Signed to 2-year deal
WILL Kwon Alexander - Signed to a 4-year, $54M deal
LS Kyle Nelson - Signed to a 4-year, $4.54M deal
LEO Dee Ford - Traded from the Chiefs for a 2020 2nd round pick and resigned to a 5-year, $87.5M deal
RB Tevin Coleman - Signed to a 2-year, $10M deal
FS Jimmie Ward - Signed to a 1-year, $5M deal
CB Jason Verrett - Signed to a 1-year, $3.6M deal
SS Antone Exum - Signed to a 1-year, $895K deal
ZWR Jordan Matthews - Signed to a 1-year deal
MIKE David Mayo - Signed to a 2-year deal
SAM Mark Nzeoch - Signed to a 3-year deal
RB/ST Raheem Mostert - Signed to a 3-year, $8.7M deal
P Justin Vogel - Signed to a 1-year, $570K deal
LEO Damontre Moore - Signed to a 1-year, $810K deal; counts the $645K minimum against the cap
T Daniel Brunskill - Signed to a 1-year, $495K deal
DT Cedric Thornton - Signed to a 1-year, $645K deal
LG Ben Garland - Signed to a 1-year deal
3T DeForest Buckner - Exercised the fifth-year option guaranteeing he remains with the team through the 2020 season. $12.378M per AB.
RB Austin Walker - Signed to a 3-year deal
MIKE LaRoy Reynolds - Signed to a 1-year deal
RG Willie Beavers - Signed to a 1-year deal
C Wesley Johnson - Signed to a 1-year deal
TE Levine Toilolo - Signed to a 1-year deal
LT Joe Staley - Signed to a 2-year deal through 2021
PK Robbie Gould - Signed to a 2-year, $10.5M fully-guaranteed deal that includes an option clause that can turn into a 4-year, $19M deal that includes $15M GTD
C/G Dillon Day - Signed to a 1-year deal
TE Niles Paul - Signed to a 1-year deal
TE Daniel Helm - Signed to a 1-year deal
1T Jay Bromley & WR Chris Thompson - Signed to a 1-year deal
ER Jeremiah Valoaga - Signed to a 1-year deal
T Sam Young - Signed to a 1-year deal
CB Quinten Rollins - Signed to a 1-year deal
CB Jordan Holland - Signed to a 3-year deal
XWR Emmanuel Sanders - Acquired Sanders and a 2020 5th rounder for a 2020 3rd and 4th rounder (Broncos)

Great look at what it took this offseason to get us here

Originally posted by Dshearn:

Originally posted by 25213646:
I still can not believe that spent a 4th round pick on PUNTER! There could have been an argument made for a fantastic kicker but a punter...?!

That pick could have been used in so many different ways. Additionally, average punters can be found a lot easier in the later rounds, which makes this pick really bad!

I know that this has been discussed on many forums but I am still mad :(

The rebuttal to this is always easy..... First, the punter is above average, and in some metrics bordering on elite.

The second....who......

Who would you take with the 4th that would have had an impact on this season. You have the full blessing of hindsight, you got to watch an entire season of football...what player would you have taken other then Mitch?

That's always the best question, who would you have taken instead? People put so much stock in round, and perceived value (Probably Mel Kiper to blame) over team fit and team need / value. I don't have a huge problem with drafting a punter in the 4th, because we had a huge need. We literally had no one.

But to answer your question, with a bit of a twist...with the 4th round pick I would have instead drafted...Jalen Hurd! When we got ready to pick in the 3rd, and Chase Winovich was still on the board, that is who I was hoping strongly for. He would have been my pick in the 3rd, and I feel strongly that Hurd would still have been available at our pick in the 4th. I probably would have waited until the 6th to grab a punter, which means we would have lost out on Kaden Smith instead.

Here's another way to loot at it though. Imagine if we had waited until the 5th round to draft a punter? And missed out on Dre Greenlaw. Or even later in the 6th and missed out on Justin Skule?

Originally posted by English:

Originally posted by 25213646:

I still can not believe that spent a 4th round pick on PUNTER! There could have been an argument made for a fantastic kicker but a punter...?!

That pick could have been used in so many different ways. Additionally, average punters can be found a lot easier in the later rounds, which makes this pick really bad!

I know that this has been discussed on many forums but I am still mad :(

Just look at the picks again. Are you really b***hed about us taking the best punter in the draft when you look at the other picks?

You sure he was the best Punter in the draft?

Originally posted by 49ers808:

Originally posted by English:

Originally posted by 25213646:

I still can not believe that spent a 4th round pick on PUNTER! There could have been an argument made for a fantastic kicker but a punter...?!

That pick could have been used in so many different ways. Additionally, average punters can be found a lot easier in the later rounds, which makes this pick really bad!

I know that this has been discussed on many forums but I am still mad :(

Just look at the picks again. Are you really b***hed about us taking the best punter in the draft when you look at the other picks?

You sure he was the best Punter in the draft?

He was at the time of drafting. Not sure that hindsight judgement has any value.

Though not a traditional draft pick, them picking up Brunskill after the AAF folded has been so good.

Will be extremely impressive if we draft this well next year.

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Though not a traditional draft pick, them picking up Brunskill after the AAF folded has been so good.

AAF was good to us...Damontre Moore and Daniel Brunskill.

While I commend Kyle, Lynch and the scouts for a good draft I'm not about to think that they will draft like that every year. This upcoming one could be a real downer with no 2nd, 3rd or 4th rounder and the fact that we'll be picking late in the round.

Originally posted by jersey49er:

Can anyone think of a a team with a better 2019 class ?

NOBODY !! Inner Harbaugh flashback

Originally posted by IrishCrnjo:

Last time we won the super bowl, we were starting a rookie at OLB, that had been taken in the 6th round, he was fast but undersized, named Lee Woodall. Dre Greenlaw, Lee Woodall....

We also had a great rookie lineman, Bryant Young #97, like Nick Bosa, #97.

Let history repeat itself.

And that specific super bowl was in Miami

Originally posted by corona55569:

Originally posted by IrishCrnjo:

Last time we won the super bowl, we were starting a rookie at OLB, that had been taken in the 6th round, he was fast but undersized, named Lee Woodall. Dre Greenlaw, Lee Woodall....

We also had a great rookie lineman, Bryant Young #97, like Nick Bosa, #97.

Let history repeat itself.

And that specific super bowl was in Miami

...it was an anniversary year (75th) for the NFL as well

Originally posted by corona55569:

Originally posted by jersey49er:
Can anyone think of a a team with a better 2019 class ?

NOBODY !! Inner Harbaugh flashback

Who... could POSSIBLY have a better 2019 class than us?!?