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If Rodgers turned out well

The 49er organization cannot hang their head over selecting Alex Smith over Aaron Rodgers. First of all, he was expected to be a top 10 pick, with most people believe top 5 was a reach. Although almost anyone was better than Smith, I doubt we would have selected Rodgers. Plus, 3 years of holding a clip board for the greatest statistical QB of all time + Donald Driver and Greg Jennings = much better situation for him. Who knows, he could have turned out to be a bust in San Frnacisco And looked at the top 10, it's not very impressive. 2. Ronnie Brown- Injury prone and Frank Gore 3. Braylin Edwards- only good selection from top 10 4. Cedrick Benson- BUST 5. Carnel Williams- Injury Prone + only 1 good season 6. Adam Jones- Nate Clemens + Not worth the off field trouble 7. Troy Williamson- BUST 8. Antrel Rolle- Nate Clemens and Michael Lewis, not worth #1 9. Carlos Rodgers- Nate Clemens, not worth #1 10. Mike Williams- BUST So the top ten was not very impressive, and most picks would have been just as bad as Smith. What we should have done is traded our pick to New Orleans or Dallas, who had Aaron Brooks, and a 33 year old Drew Bledsoe. We could have Demarcus Ware or Jammaal Brown. I thought in 2005 that Smith would be like Joe Smith with the warriors, but turned out to ot even be an average player. But those two players are 2 of the best in the nfl. And o yeah, if we did the trade with Dallas, we could have also selected a guy named Shawn Merriman. He's pretty good too. So overall, niners can hang their head over pick Smith, since he was probably the best pick at the time, and most of the other top 10 picks didn't turn out that well. Plus as many Chargers fans say about Ryan Leaf, Smith cannot be a bust since his sucking got us patrick willis. Thanks Alex.

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Hindsight is always 20-20

But I think at the time we did the right thing. Looking back, trading the pick looks soooo much better. I guess there’s the silver lining in that the rest of the top 10 picks were just as bad.

by linkbruin on Sep 9, 2008 4:11 AM PDT reply actions  

Rodgers benefitted from the right situation. Yes, I wanted Rodgers, but that had more to do with him being from Cal than anything else.

by Rishi on Sep 9, 2008 9:10 AM PDT reply actions  

AARON RODGERS SO FAR IS 1-0!!!

Please, no more proclaiming the greatness of Aaron Rodgers! No more “Did the Niners make the right move?” fanposts! No more conjecture or comparisons! Please, we all have the power to stop the madness, so let’s all just stop this now!

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Sep 9, 2008 2:16 PM PDT reply actions  

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