2009 NFL Draft: 49ers Saturday through Monday recap
The last few days have been a whirlwind of activity here at Niners Nation. The draft kicked off Saturday afternoon and it's been a sprint ever since. We've had seven draft choices and multiple undrafted free agents added to the fold. We've had some screaming and yelling and we've had some more civilized discussions.
The common thread in all of this is that we've had a whole lot of posts for discussion. Given that, I thought I'd put together a quick link dump of the various posts we've had the last few days. You could go through three pages of posts and still not see everything that went down. So, I thought we'd bounce back to Saturday and take a link-based journey through Draft weekend.
Before the draft started, the 49ers unveiled their new uniforms. We had a nice-sized thread going discussing them. Personally, I like them, but I think some folks may take some time to come around.
First draft thread of Saturday. The best part of that thread is seeing the excitement as the Raiders took DHB and then Crabtree fell to the 49ers. It's the kind of comments usually reserved for game winning touchdowns.
Michael Crabtree thread. The excitement carried over as people wrapped their minds around adding Crabtree to the offense.
Third draft thread of the day. Things were getting crazy busy as we had to open up a new thread while waiting for the 49ers second round pick that....
Never came. Some folks were fine with the trade, plenty of folks were not so kind.
After things got a bit heated following the trade, we closed out the evening with a bit of levity from our own Josh from Hollywood. He had put together a live blog of the first round for our entertainment.
We also got a Scot McCloughan wrap-up of the first round.
Day 2 through now after the jump.
Back at it at 7am local time for Day 2. I don't even get up that early for class!
The Glen Coffee pick definitely caught folks by surprise.
People were a little surprised by the Scott McKillop pick, but upon further review it made a lot more sense.
Some folks compare him to Alex Smith, but given the round and cost, I'm intrigued to see if the 49ers can develop Nate Davis into a long-term answer.
While it might have been early, you have to like a guy named Bear Pascoe. We'll hear more about him tomorrow from Professor Bigelow.
The 49ers went for more upside guys in the likes of Curtis Taylor and Ricky Jean-Francois, two defensive players from LSU.
We loaded up on post-draft conference calls with Michael Crabtree, Glenn Coffee, Scott McKillop, Nate Davis and Bear Pascoe.
The 49ers followed up the draft pretty quickly with some undrafted free agents. They scored Pannel Egboh (DE - Stanford), Kory Sheets (RB - Purdue), Alex Boone (OT - Ohio State) and Jahi Word-Daniels (CB - Georgia Tech). They also landed Carlo Thomas (CB - Michigan State), and reportedly Brandon Long, Matt Huners, Dobson Collins and Terrail Lambert.
We had another Michael Crabtree meeting with the media. However, this one was in person down in Santa Clara.
Ninjames put together a good rundown of the draft recap links earlier this morning. Loooooot of hot air flying out there.
I put together grades on the 49ers draft, which naturally created some intriguing conversation, both supporting my thoughts and criticizing them.
I promoted a FanPost that argued the offseason as a whole should be judged a success when you combine everything together.
The folks at Uni-Watch took a look at the recently unveiled uniforms.
And finally, there is a 15% discount at the 49ers online team store that expires at 11:59 eastern time tonight (so in just under 2 hours).
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Bear Pascoe
will surprise many!!!!!
by sundaysfinest on Apr 27, 2009 7:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If he can't play DB
Does it matter??…….Is he gonna be a Tackle, maybe used around the goaline like the Pats used their OL in the redzone.
LG
by rlott#42 on Apr 27, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he will develop into a very good run blocker, i know he won’t stretch the field but he will be excellent in the red-zone
by sundaysfinest on Apr 27, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bear Pascoe.
Will be what everyone expects him to be. A freaking beast of a man who blocks like a bear, and plays behind his pads. I’m excited to watch him play!
by Poundtherock on Apr 27, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
great job all weekend
Check my 49ers blogs at Mining the Gold Rush and San Francisco 49ers Examiner
by PHUT! on Apr 27, 2009 7:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Quick question Fooch
Is ninernation mobile ever gonna be able to respond to posts?? If so when??
LG
by rlott#42 on Apr 27, 2009 7:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Fooch
Your amazing dude! Niners Nation is lucky to have such a man as yourself, your a true fan, and you cater to some rowdy people with what looks like relative ease and comfort. Great posting, at great times, with great info. Couldnt ask for more.
Thanks again Fooch!
by Poundtherock on Apr 27, 2009 9:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh Yeah..............How bout new GM
LG
by rlott#42 on Apr 27, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like our draft a lot and I think I see what Scotty Mac is doing...
that maybe he wasn’t able to do with Nolan, and that is pick guys who produced on the field. The big thing I see from the draft is that too many teams take guys who they ‘hope’ can produce, meaning there is not much history so they ended up drafting on things like 40 speed and height and weight. That is why you get the “what if” dreamers like Al Davis who take DHB where he is applying his vision onto the players body. Too many times the vision turns out to be a cruel hoax.
What I think I’m seeing is guys selected by us who who been at the top of their conferences or in National statistics, who have won awards for performance and thus “proven” their ability to be football players. Guys who dominate their conferences or set school records (created by other notable players) are also legit as well. Of course you can’t take every guy ho has this but I think it gives a margin of safety when drafting. It would be interesting to see the correlation between NFL players/pro bowlers who were producers in college. Florida Danny, care to take a crack???
by jviet on Apr 27, 2009 9:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for all the posts
You truly made this site a “one stop shop” in terms of getting instant feedback, news, and analysis.
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by VD cant be Contained on Apr 27, 2009 10:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
My most vivid memory of the wknd
Was (finally) getting home in time for the second rd and sitting around with all my friends, watching Ev. Brown slip down to us…ESPN goes to commercial, only to come back to a shot of Brown on his cell phone getting the call that hes been picked. We all cheer on high-five each other assuming the niners picked him since they were on the clock, and then see the Carolina logo. Puzzled, we all kinda look at each other before someone frantically grabs a laptop and finds out about the trade. We all approve the trade, but time will tell if that stands….
by VD cant be Contained on Apr 27, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Raider Nation here
dont mean to interupt… but what are your guys opinion on the stat comparison to Rashaun Woods? Btw… im not here do disrespect anyone… just wanted i DPOV…
aka GOLDENBOYWARRIOR
by gogomaplata on Apr 28, 2009 12:29 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
has anyone
seen any footage of Mitchell?
aka GOLDENBOYWARRIOR
by gogomaplata on Apr 28, 2009 12:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
btw...
impressive draft fellas… good luck next season
aka GOLDENBOYWARRIOR
by gogomaplata on Apr 28, 2009 12:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
great job with the site
You guys kept discussions interesting the whole weekend and the site was updated within seconds after picks.
Rays in '08.... Desmond Jennings - the breakout continues.....
by youALREADYknow on Apr 28, 2009 6:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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