Draft 2023: How'd we do?

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
From where we are picking it's a B. Great draft. Player after player. Who doesn't always fit height, weight, speed combine stuff. But lots of players and the best kicker in the draft. Good safety, CB, edge rusher, LB, great kicker. We did better than some teams picking way ahead of us. We picked all play makers. This is a good draft IMO.

Originally posted by walker807:
I dont have any real problem with this draft. Obviously limited by previous trades. Not a ton of holes to fill. People are butthurt about no o-line picks. I get it, but just shows previous picks like Mckivitz and Zikelj must be what the coaches are relying on.

I can easily see Brown as Gipsons long term replacement. Gould is replaced now. Luter could turn into an outside CB starter. Edge depth. Now we see if last years picks make that 2nd year jump.

Originally posted by brodiebluebanaszak:
This is the least successful draft i have seen by us for positional need. These picks can turn into contributors, but we have not used the draft to enhance our ability to pressure the opposition quarterback or protect our quarterback.

After the way our dline faded last year and jimmy brock and our backup got clobbered, these tasks should have been job 1 imo.

Unless there's some magic trick up their sleeve, i cant understand what our brain trust is thinking. It seems bizarre, really.2 bkup tight ends? A top 100 kicker? A wide receiver? We have the best wr room in the nfl. Really?

Im sure some of these guys will work out. But as a team we didn't move forward the way we need for a deep run in 2023. My 2c.

Originally posted by btthepunk:
We vastly improved the DL in free agency. We didn't need or have much space to add to it in the draft. Hargrave alone helped our defense tremendously even with the losses of Omenihu and Willis.