Who will be the surprise 49ers pick?
by wjackalope on Mar 26, 2009 10:14 AM PDT
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PrintFOOCH'S NOTE 10:14AM: Great discussion topic. Sanchez is my surprise pick, although if people are saying it so much elsewhere, is it really a surprise? Also, a guy like Knowshon Moreno would shock me, but is it remotely realistic?
Last year, as you all remember, with the 29th pick in the draft, the 49ers selected Kentwan Balmer, a defensive tackle from UNC. I think there was one reaction we can all agree we had: shock. Nobody saw that one coming, not at all. Many of us were thinking the Niners might go with an OT, or maybe a WR. The first round had some big surprises and there were a lot of tackles off the board early in the draft. Maybe this changed the 49ers plans. But with guys like DeSean Jackson, James Hardy, and Malcolm Kelly all on the board when the pick came up, a lot of us thought we'd go with a big name receiver. Instead we took Balmer, a guy we had probably barely considered before the draft.
Sadly I wouldn't be shocked if the Niners did something similar this year, and by that I mean take a player none of us are expecting. So who do you think will be the shocking pick?
My money's on Sanchez. I guess this wouldn't come as a shock, but it would piss a lot of us off. Still, most of us think the Niners won't go with a QB even though a lot of less informed people out there certainly think we will. So in my book, I'd be pretty shocked if we picked him. But let's explore guys that would be really shocking: Moreno? Vontae Davis? Larry English?
Your pick for shocking Niners selection if you please...
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Do you really think Manaluga is a Ted?
He seems more like a playmaker, not one to take on blocks and free up VD.
Blind devotion.
by ProfessorBigelow on Mar 26, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Maualuga
I think he’s best as a 4-3 MLB, but will probably fit also at 3-4 WILB (Mike). However, since the 49ers already have a Mike, if they were to take him, he’d be playing the Ted. I don’t think he’d be a very good 3-4 OLB candidate, but maybe that’s just me.
Bigelow
If you want to be taken seriously around these parts you need to at least know the initials of our starting Mike LB. I mean come on… (imagine the snarkiest voice saying that last bit.)
Sucks when we make mistakes, huh?
+1
Yeah, I’m still bitter.
by Patrick J Smiles on Mar 27, 2009 3:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Damn
I totally blew it. Carried over the VD post thought process to this one… Laaame.
And it doesnt suck that bad. As I said “Its the internet. Deal.”
Blind devotion.
by ProfessorBigelow on Mar 27, 2009 5:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Surprise 1st rounders
Good question!
I think if we traded our 10 and moved down a few spots I could see the following players being available that would be a surprise and make sense if we also got another 2nd rounder —
Robert Ayers
Malcolm Jenkins
Knowshon Moreno
Chris Wells
Jeremy Macklin
Serious surprise, move down further in the 1st round + a 2 and 4 (or 5) for:
Jarron Gilbert !
I'd be suprised if he didn't fall to the Niners and if they are dumb enough to take him!!
Don't sweat it. I'm illiterate.
by methodrampage on Mar 27, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
TRULY SHOCKING
In a show of tremendous faith in his alma mater. Mike Singletary convinces Scott to trade for pick number one and land: Jason Smith.
Actually
that could be intriguing.. think about it, alex smith and our number one to detroit for the number one overall. detroit gets e decent prospect and still has the number ten pick, maybe we throw in a 6 or something to. but that then allows us to draft curry or more likely jason smith, eugene monroe.. and i would love to see alex “flourish” in detroit
by 2ninersonecup on Mar 26, 2009 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions
2ninersonecup
are you on crack!? they don’t have matt millen anymore…..very one sided trade…but as a niner fan I would love it. No need to suprise anyone…we are taking andre smith…no doubt about it. We would be very VERY dumb not to.
try using the reply button
it will make following the conversation easier
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
# 10 Pick?
If one of these will be avaiable.
1.Raji
2.Orakpo
3.Monroe
4.Smith
5.Brown
6.Crabtree
7.Maclin
8.Jenkins
9.Oher
10.Maybin
Just from what I’ve read alone.
Whoever is left, I would take in this order.
by Josh G and the Shaun Hill band wagon on Mar 26, 2009 6:20 AM PDT reply actions
that's not really the question I was asking.
I’m basically saying who would you NOT want us to pick, but are afraid might happen?
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
But, I don't think that will happen.
..we are going to pick one of the 10, I posted.
by Josh G and the Shaun Hill band wagon on Mar 26, 2009 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I know you guys..
>. don’t understand me.. but I promise, there is a method to my madness!
by Josh G and the Shaun Hill band wagon on Mar 26, 2009 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes but the question was.. if the 9ers don't take any of those with the # 10 pick who would they pick that you wouldn't expect
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, either way, YOU'RE RIGHT !"
Ok.. ok..
Stafford.
by Josh G and the Shaun Hill band wagon on Mar 26, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Sanchez
I agree taking Sanchez would be the shock of the year, I’d also consider not going for a OT as a shock. There are plenty of good DL in this draft and we could look into picking one up in the 2nd round, plus there is a bigger demand for a OL this year. Teams like StL, DET, CIn, Philly, BAL, Pitts, and OAK need help at OT so having a top 10 pick would call for a Oher or Smith pick
Joe and Steve were under the same system for years... don't expect Smith to be super so soon.
The team...
… doesn’t need DL help, per se. They really need a 3-4 OLB. There may be three of the best (potentially) available when they get to pick. So skipping on an OT, especially if they sign M.Smith, isn’t that big of a surprise.
I agree, though, that taking Sanchez (or even Stafford) would surprise the heck out of me. First of all, I don’t think they’re interested at all in taking a QB at #1. Secondly, I can’t believe that there aren’t other teams looking to jump up (even if the 49ers forfeit a little value to pick up an extra pick) and take a QB.
It will be...
………..a surprise!
"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing"
Mark Sanchez
remember that little rant Singletary had about not coaching jay cutler "he’s a player under contract CAN’T DO IT!!!! (love that he’s funny without trying to be funny) and he also didnt like Mathew Stafford for getting upset about getting asked how his parents divorce. So my point bieng is that if they are looking at quarterbacks all signs point to Mark Sanchez running a run first offense for jimmy raye
Stay calm. I'm a relatively respectable citizen -- a multiple felon, perhaps, but certainly not dangerous
if Sanchez
i will start to cry………………the guy is good, and i don’t take anythhing away from him, but we have other needs, and i believe in shaun and alex next year.
by onexmanxshow49 on Mar 26, 2009 10:18 AM PDT reply actions
I won't cry...
… but I’d strongly believe that McCloughan (or Singletary, which ever spearheaded the choice) should be fired.
Vontae Davis?
This guy sounds like a beast in the making. Vontae and Clements as your CBs sounds pretty good. It’d free another CB to potentially help at FS. He’d get to play with his brother, so maybe they could help eachother chill out a bit. If he’s a workout freak like his brother he could also help set the tone at practice the way Vernon did last weekend.
reggs
they already are, they announced it weeks ago..he’ll serve as a backup to both
by 2ninersonecup on Mar 26, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm going for a kicker!!!
You said the most shocking pick, right? I’m only Joking. At this point, who knows what the Niners are going to do.
And the question was?
Refer to the “1st and 2nd sentence.”
by LASVEGASNINER on Mar 26, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Percy Harvin
He’s everything they tend to like. Athletic, hits the weights, decent leader and most importantly no one knows how he will fit into the NFL.
Because
they know they should have picked him last year!
by Bob In Beaverton on Mar 26, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Wrong
I’d still take Rachal over DeSean Jackson.
Don't sweat it. I'm illiterate.
by methodrampage on Mar 27, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
late surprise pick/ round 6 0r 7
Javorski Lane. Fullback. Texas A&M. If they can get this guy and Singletary can do his thing with him….he’ll be a weapon we haven’t had since Johnny Davis in ’81.
Mr. Lane lol
in my own Mock for all 7 rounds i picked him you should go see who i chose, its wild but i’m trying to get peoples opinions
Blood Bros! lol
this is my crazy surprise pick lol… what happens is the 49ers end up signing Marvel Smith to a 2-4 year contract from either 8-12 million, and we just signed Wragge for another year, but we lost Strickland… so things are going wild in the matter of what we “really” need. I’m going to save the best for last so the 1st round pick wil be the last thing i say lol. For our 2nd round we are going to pick up OT William Beatty “if he is available” if not we will go with OLB Connor Barwin =) “shoot maybe they’ll both be gone lol”. oh and about the Blood Bros. 1st round pick is going to be CB Vonte Davis “Vernon’s lil bro”.
Crazy, Unlikely, and “would be” Definitely Surprising lol
Awesome
Then we could watch the Davis brothers underachieve in tandem.
Don't sweat it. I'm illiterate.
by methodrampage on Mar 27, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Shockers
Any of the guys that are going around there in mocks wouldn’t be THAT surprising. Well, if you want to talk a true shocking pick… players who people aren’t even talking about at #10.
Conner Barwin
Josh Freeman (ugh)
Robert Ayers
Clay Matthews
Darrius Heyward-Bey
You know, one of those picks tht makes everybody go, “Ooohhhh what!?”
Kinda like...
… the Dolphin’s pick of Ginn a while back? I guess he hasn’t turned out THAT bad, but he was definitely a head scratcher with Bowe still on the board.
players who people aren’t even talking about at #10.
Clay Matthews
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
I WANTED TO POST THAT SO BAD!!!
Blind devotion.
by ProfessorBigelow on Mar 26, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
You got it out for me don't you?
Blind devotion.
by ProfessorBigelow on Mar 27, 2009 5:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I saw a mock draft where they had us taking Robert Ayers at # 10
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, either way, YOU'RE RIGHT !"
10 TH Round Pick
I would go for Orakpo
We need a pass rusher ! i would go all out to get him first.
by Dreamer
Maclin or Trade
Im hoping Orakpo/ Andre Smith/ BJ Raji/ Oher/ Maybin/ Maclin/ Brown in that order then a trade if these player is not avaible.
Sanchez would be a shocking....
yet dissapointing pick. Shaun Hill is good QB for our system not to mention he is actually winning games for us. Just focus on the OL and Pass Rush among other things, but not QB.
Nightmares
1. Josh Freeman – I’d scream. This is the ultimate worst case scenario, if Stafford and Sanchez are gone. It’d be like the Rocky Horror Picture show. Uncomfortable, weird, gay, and strange.
2. Percy Harvin – Remember Cam Cameron selecting Ted Ginn early (8th overall) with the Dolphins? That’s how I’d feel if Percy was selected at 10.
3. Beanie Wells – I don’t like the Buckeyes, and I don’t like Beanie Wells, and I don’t like the idea of paying a guy more than Gore to compliment Gore.
4. Michael Johnson – I’d fall on the floor and turn purple.
by Andrew Davidson on Mar 26, 2009 5:57 PM PDT reply actions
Harvin == Ginn
That is exactly how I’d feel, too, if the 49ers took ANY of the “top” WRs at #10 except Crabtree.
Harvin == Ginn == Maclin
Don't sweat it. I'm illiterate.
by methodrampage on Mar 27, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
agreed on all counts
Harvin is like reggie bush but worse.. so yeah, not thanks.
Beanie wells is hack. ( hehe)
Other than death and taxes, only 4 things in this world are indisputable:
Brandon Roy is the BEST player in the NBA in the clutch.
Montana to Rice were the greatest to ever play the game.
The Four Horsemen of Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine and Avery were unstoppable.
No one protects the pipes like Luongo.
by GreatOden'sRaven on Mar 29, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
we have 3 qb's already
we’re not gonna draft one imho
If you had a lineup of 9 Jack Custs who hit(Cust career average) .239 AVG, .382 OBP, and .475 SLG, then your team would score 6.12 runs per game-totalling to 991runs a season.The 08 rangers lead the majors in runs score with 901.
I think...
… they still can. Huard’s contract is for one year with probably less than a half a million in “guaranteed” money. If the 49ers can take someone that can be molded into the “next Shaun Hill” in any round after the 4th, I think they would definitely do it. And by “next Shaun Hill”, I mean a QB who can be a fairly solid #2.
play makers!!!!
We need an explosive playmaker. I think a surprise pick that I would be very happy with is Percy Harvin. Put him in the Slot , put him in as the 3rd down back, maybe even use him in the “Wild Cat”. He would be a nightmare catching screenes out of the backfield. kickoff/punt returns. Playmakers, Playmakers, Playmakers. We need more of them.
I would hate at 10 and be incredible surprised.
Any of the USC linebackers and any QB’s If any of those happened I’d would be upset for months!
If the 49ers weren't so...
… committed to a 3-4, I would possibly be okay with Matthews. Since they are, though, I’d be pretty upset if they took any of them.
Robert Ayers
I think he is the workout warrior, secretly going up the draft boards.
Rey Malaluga is a definate possibility and could be a surprise pick
Mark my words tho. Ayers!!!
It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog. -PostingandToasting
by GreatOden'sRaven on Mar 27, 2009 11:05 PM PDT reply actions
How about....
CB Greg Toler of St. Paul’s of Virginia? Although not in the 1st round (or maybe, even as an UFA). I read John Crumpacker’s brief mention of this player on today’s SFGate article. He is 5’11" and 191 lbs. Ran the 40 at 4.35 and has 14 career college interceptions.
"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing"
by Jeff_Fuller_49 on Mar 28, 2009 11:37 AM PDT reply actions
I heard casserly on NFL network talking about him as a solid 5th/6th round player
Other than death and taxes, only 4 things in this world are indisputable:
Brandon Roy is the BEST player in the NBA in the clutch.
Montana to Rice were the greatest to ever play the game.
The Four Horsemen of Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine and Avery were unstoppable.
No one protects the pipes like Luongo.
by GreatOden'sRaven on Mar 29, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
he had lots of praise
Other than death and taxes, only 4 things in this world are indisputable:
Brandon Roy is the BEST player in the NBA in the clutch.
Montana to Rice were the greatest to ever play the game.
The Four Horsemen of Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine and Avery were unstoppable.
No one protects the pipes like Luongo.
by GreatOden'sRaven on Mar 29, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Malcolm Jenkins
We need a safety badly. Let’s move down a couple of spots and take a play maker. We have our DE and OL already, great linebakers lets shore up the safety position. Unless a Jason Smith is still available, take Malcolm Jenkins, he is exactly what we need to gety to the next level.
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