Niners draft Colton McKivitz | OT West Virginia

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:

Rookie OL take time. If they want to add competition for him in the draft that's fine but wasting money on a FA RG would be stupid.

Originally posted by illinois9er:

Man IF he could lock down RG spot it would be HUGE. I'd kick Brunskill back out to RT battling Mike in the offseason. If somehow Mike gains weight in the offseason and wins the job then you have Brunskill locking down swing T. I'd ditch Richburg and keep Garland around as the backup C. I'd use draft capital from next season to move up for one of the big 4 QBs then use our 2nd rounder to go rookie Center.

Originally posted by illinois9er:
Man IF he could lock down RG spot it would be HUGE. I'd kick Brunskill back out to RT battling Mike in the offseason. If somehow Mike gains weight in the offseason and wins the job then you have Brunskill locking down swing T. I'd ditch Richburg and keep Garland around as the backup C. I'd use draft capital from next season to move up for one of the big 4 QBs then use our 2nd rounder to go rookie Center.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by illinois9er:

Man IF he could lock down RG spot it would be HUGE. I'd kick Brunskill back out to RT battling Mike in the offseason. If somehow Mike gains weight in the offseason and wins the job then you have Brunskill locking down swing T. I'd ditch Richburg and keep Garland around as the backup C. I'd use draft capital from next season to move up for one of the big 4 QBs then use our 2nd rounder to go rookie Center.

Agreed on most of this!

I'll pay for a good vet center though. Not sure GB resigns Lindsey and he knows the scheme.

Originally posted by thl408:
For sure. Forget Compton, let this kid play RG for the remainder of the season.

Originally posted by illinois9er:

If he does even remotely well you'd have to figure he'd be better next season with a proper training camp under his belt and a hopeful upgrade at Center next to him. Seems like a no brainer to me

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by Niner4ever:

While I agree about not overreacting at small sample sizes this guy's last start was against the Rams and he did good as well. Maybe there is something, maybe there isn't only one way to find out.

Fingers crossed! It's just too bad we couldn't get a much larger sample size over the course of a season.

Look like a LAR OL scenario...just like the one you love

Originally posted by Willisfn4life:

Originally posted by illinois9er:

If he does even remotely well you'd have to figure he'd be better next season with a proper training camp under his belt and a hopeful upgrade at Center next to him. Seems like a no brainer to me

I have no idea why we've even waisted snaps on Compton. We know what he is at this point. McKivitz should have been getting all of the rg snaps anyhow imo after Brunskill moved to center.

Originally posted by hummbabybear:

I see them drafting one OT and one interior guy but I don't think they'll invest higher than a 4th. It takes young line players a while before they are effective. 49ers can't afford to sign free agents. My guess is they resign Williams, Brunskill and we're looking at Williams-Tomlinson-Richburg-Brunskill-McGlinchey for one year or until Richburg gets hurt.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by Niner4ever:
While I agree about not overreacting at small sample sizes this guy's last start was against the Rams and he did good as well. Maybe there is something, maybe there isn't only one way to find out.

Fingers crossed! It's just too bad we couldn't get a much larger sample size over the course of a season.

Look like a LAR OL scenario...just like the one you love

Only if it gets better like theirs. Not worse like our "running it back" got us this year.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by Willisfn4life:

Originally posted by illinois9er:

If he does even remotely well you'd have to figure he'd be better next season with a proper training camp under his belt and a hopeful upgrade at Center next to him. Seems like a no brainer to me

I have no idea why we've even waisted snaps on Compton. We know what he is at this point. McKivitz should have been getting all of the rg snaps anyhow imo after Brunskill moved to center.

"Trusted agent" with the season on the line vs. a raw rookie. Season's over now so game on rookie...for the remainder of the year.

Originally posted by illinois9er:
Man IF he could lock down RG spot it would be HUGE. I'd kick Brunskill back out to RT battling Mike in the offseason. If somehow Mike gains weight in the offseason and wins the job then you have Brunskill locking down swing T. I'd ditch Richburg and keep Garland around as the backup C. I'd use draft capital from next season to move up for one of the big 4 QBs then use our 2nd rounder to go rookie Center.

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Completely agree. Brunskill was solid at RT.
We need a new C more than anything...