Brandon Aiyuk is a 49er! Pick #25, 2020 NFL Draft

Originally posted by okdkid:

Originally posted by brodiebluebanaszak:

Originally posted by NYniner85:
He was looked at as a late 1st early 2nd guy. Kyle has shown over and over if he likes a dude, he will get him on the team.

Not a fan of how this pick went down. Is what it is now, I'll root for the kid now that he's wearing red & gold.

yea, what's the rush on this guy with mims on the board. Give up 2 picks for WR8? Whatever. Hope he does well. I think with Ruiz getting sucked up, our options were thin.

Because Mims isn't Aiyuk. Nobody in this draft is.

These dudes aren't interchangeable just because the internet draftniks say so.

Aiyuk is simply in another class.

This. Aiyuk was on Shanahan and Lynch's top 6 players. Only reason for the trade up was because he was still available.

Chances are, Mims was not on that list. Just because all the draft "experts" rate Mims higher than Aiyuk doesn't mean the teams agree.

Hell, Mims may be the better overall WR, however, Aiyuk fits our offense so much better.

Was always the best fit for us. He and Raegor IMO

Originally posted by krizay:

Was always the best fit for us. He and Raegor IMO

Exactly and we had to get ahead of Packers, Eagles, Ravens and Hawks.

So, there's a lot of things that go into that. That is why he probably wasn't considered to go before 13 for most people, but just watching him, the guy, what he's put on tape this year at Arizona state and getting to meet the person, everything he did there, he was more than a viable option there at 13. And the fact that we were able to get him late, I can't, I feel very fortunate and I'm very happy for the Niners today - KS

Imagine Aiyuk going at 13th. This Zone would hella implode lol

Remember when people lament the abilities of Dante Pettis in a Deebo body and mind...I think that's Aiyuk

I absolutely love this pick. I had Aiyuk as my #4 receiver. He's incredibly dynamic. Can't wait for the season to start—whenever that may be.

Originally posted by qnnhan7:
So, there's a lot of things that go into that. That is why he probably wasn't considered to go before 13 for most people, but just watching him, the guy, what he's put on tape this year at Arizona state and getting to meet the person, everything he did there, he was more than a viable option there at 13. And the fact that we were able to get him late, I can't, I feel very fortunate and I'm very happy for the Niners today - KS

Imagine Aiyuk going at 13th. This Zone would hella implode lol

Remember when people lament the abilities of Dante Pettis in a Deebo body and mind...I think that's Aiyuk

He's 5'11. He ran a 4.5. Bleacher Report says he has the catch radius of a TRex. WR8 on many boards.

Are we talking about the same guy? Does Kyle have time to watch AL22 play by play.

Originally posted by krizay:

Was always the best fit for us. He and Raegor IMO

When the eagles drafter Raegor I instantly thought of the Game of Thrones dragon and thought the eagles got a steal

Aiyuk/Jeudy/Ruggs/Lamb are all on the same level to me.

The order of the four is a matter of preference than overall grade.

Obviously, Shanahan took it a step further and put Aiyuk/Lamb as the tier 1 WRs.

No reasonable argument can be made that Aiyuk is a lesser prospect.

just wondering why we traded up to 25 to get Aiyuk?
i think we would of gotten him at 31???

anyone have any insights?

Originally posted by ginseng1000:

just wondering why we traded up to 25 to get Aiyuk?
i think we would of gotten him at 31???

anyone have any insights?

The thinking here is that the Pack would have taken Aiyuk. But who the hell knows if that's true given their ultimate selection of Love.

Originally posted by ginseng1000:

just wondering why we traded up to 25 to get Aiyuk?
i think we would of gotten him at 31???

anyone have any insights?

Some teams in front of us that wanted him or some teams that were trying to trade up for him and we heard about it.

Either way, let's go!

Originally posted by btthepunk:

Originally posted by maxsmart:

Originally posted by btthepunk:

What excellent starters do you think will be available in round 5?

Kittle was a 5th

He's an exception. That doesn't happen often. You're acting like it's a fact that there's excellent starters in this draft in the 5th round. Yes it's a deep WR class but that's still only about 10 players that are worthy of going in the top 2 rounds.

Dre Greenlaw

Originally posted by BYisGod:

Originally posted by ginseng1000:
just wondering why we traded up to 25 to get Aiyuk?
i think we would of gotten him at 31???

anyone have any insights?

The thinking here is that the Pack would have taken Aiyuk. But who the hell knows if that's true given their ultimate selection of Love.

I don't think the Packers were taking Aiyuk. If that was true, then we're implying the Packers were sitting at #30, Aiyuk gets drafted at #25, then the Packers scramble to move up (to #26) to pick Rodgers' successor.

"Crap they took the WR we wanted to help Rodgers, better take Rodgers' replacement now". That doesn't make sense. GB was in love with Love.

The best guess I have is they thought MIA (sitting at #26) was going to pick Aiyuk to pair with Tua, so the 49ers felt they had to get in front of MIA. Of the teams drafting before #31 (49ers original pick), I don't think SEA, BAL, TEN were selecting a WR (they have good young WRs). It had to MIA imo.

Originally posted by brodiebluebanaszak:

yea, what's the rush on this guy with mims on the board. Give up 2 picks for WR8? Whatever. Hope he does well. I think with Ruiz getting sucked up, our options were thin.

WR8 on some analysts board but WR1 on our board.

Cowboys once drafted Travis Frederick at 31. Analysts said he was a late second round early third round prospect, and s**t all over Dallas for "reaching". Frederick turned out to be an all pro center and a tremendous pick because Dallas trusted their evaluations not some internet or TV analysts evaluation.

Originally posted by brodiebluebanaszak:
He's 5'11. He ran a 4.5. Bleacher Report says he has the catch radius of a TRex. WR8 on many boards.

Are we talking about the same guy? Does Kyle have time to watch AL22 play by play.

Catch radius of a TRex?!? He has an 81" wingspan, which would make any reasonable TRex jealous