I hope you’re kidding.

He’ll be a H-back

another qb from the urban meyer system. [/sarcasm]

Booooo

The development of Nate Davis and play of Shaun Hill/Alex Smith will have a huge impact on the Niners’ draft. I don’t know that they drafted Davis as a career back-up so if he shows promise I don’t know that the Niners will be looking QB with either one of those first rounders. The draft takes on a whole new shape for the Niners if they don’t feel the need to draft a QB.

Honestly guys, it’s obvious that it’s too early for this conversation but what else do we have to do? Plus it’s succeeding in getting us posting, discussing, and arguing. Soooooo……leave it be and let’s enjoy the post and throw completely crazy thoughts off the wall. I think we grab a QB and NT with our first two picks.

LeFevour is the man.

Aka Taylor Mays but better.

Actually, maybe Cody because I see him doing all sorts of awful at the combine, but Berry has a good chance of being a top 5 pick.

not to get off topic but what the heck is a A-ll offense. And if you can keep it short that would be greatly appreciated. And I don’t think anyone is hating on Tebow it’s just people like to doubt great players until its proven. There has been many good looking qb’s in college who just turned out to be complete garbarge….like the great H. Shuler and R. Leaf. Tebow reminds of that white qb from Nebraska who was a complete beast. I must be getting old I can’t remember his name but that boy could run.

a player people thought would change the QB position Mike Vick anyone just say no to both. Four best Qb’s in the league right now all pocket passers go figure.

we don’t have a lot of depth at cornerback(at least not any that I feel could come in and start). If nate C were to go down that would mean Tarrell Brown would move into that starting position(I think bly is going to start over him) which leaves us with S. Spencer playing a lot more and I think i’m one of the few who thinks spencer will never amount to what they had hoped. He’s decent just not the best. OL I wouldn’t worry too much because of the young talent we have drafted. rookies or not ol is a position that you typically find studs in the draft. I think Boone will be okay to step in. With that said I wouldn’t trade out though, its rare to have 2 first rounders especially as high as people are expecting them to be….top 20. We all remember the last time we had 2 picks…we got bamm bamm and staley(he needs a nickname)

and I’d still rather take any of them over Tim Tebow any day of the week. He looks like a giraffe on skates when he runs, isn’t much of a passer, and that Jesus Jump thing he does sometimes on goal line situations will have a 0% success rate in the NFL. In fact, the only reason why I think Florida’s offense worked is because of the extreme versatility of the players (Tebow, Harvin, Trautwein) that matched well with that stupid 4-option thing they ran.

He is some athlete, I’ll give him that credit. He might make a decent FB/TE hybrid thing.

yes assuming alex smith or Shaun hill don’t have remarkable seasons that will buy them another 2 years but I’m skeptical that will happen but here’s to hoping and a wishing…personally I’d like to see Smith get it but I like Hill too. Nate Davis in development? Right now the 49ers arent even sure he will make the team. Huard is already been promised the 3rd string role. If the 49ers do not put him on the active roster Nate Davis is then elgible to be picked up by anyone. I really don’t see the 49ers carrying 4 qb’s on the roster. And if nate isn’t to put on, the 49ers probably will look at bringing in another qb. They clearly aren’t 100% happy with the situation…otherwise why flirt with warner and take so long saying no to vick? The 49ers want the face of the organization to be the QB(a superstar) and I don’t see either hill or smith being that in their eyes…….but I could be wrong.

thanks for letting me know what the value of the picks are darkkstarr. I totally agree with everything you said up above about all the college qb bust. 9 times out of 10 you will have either a career backup on your team or a bust. Maybe it’s time they change that term for college qb’s trying to come into the nfl. I think the word bust is better suited for positions that are an easier transition such (not that any are easy) it’s just the QB position is just too hard for most of them I truly believe the days of a Elway, Marino, Montana, Kelly, Moon are over. We wont have qb’s that good anymore and if we do it will be very rare such as Peyton Manning. The rest of your current and future qb’s will just have to manage the offense and not take them out of the game like Big Ben(who is imo 2nd best in the league), Eli, Philip Rivers and the likes. All of whom are good quarterbacks but none of them that make you go oooooooooooh and ah. I would much rather use those picks on the defense and build a defense that can keep us in it(like our 2nd half of the season D) than to gamble on first round qb’s. Build the OL and find a qb who can manage the offense……oh wait I think we have but no one believes in him…Shaun Hill. Like I said a part of me is rooting for smith though and thats only because of what he has been through.

“I say trade one of our 1st rds AND Alex Smith to a team in need of a QB. The only problem I see in this theory is that most teams in the league right now are pretty settled at signal caller. The only possible exceptions are the Browns, Texans, Seattle and Minnesota. Other than those few teams, everyone has their QB of the future. It’s time the Niners got theirs. (sorry Smith lovers…..I ain’t convinced).”

Uh … who is convinced?

At this point, Alex Smith doesn’t add much (if anything) of value to a trade. Even most Smith supporters (of which I consider myself one) recognize that he’s got a lot to prove before he’s talked about as a long-term solution at QB.

It’s way too early to talk about next year’s draft. Obvious long-term needs are RT, CB, and pass-rushing OLB. But you can’t go into a draft insisting on drafting certain positions if the players on the board don’t justify it.

As long as it’s at least Niners or football related and for you to try to oppress certain discussions because it’s not what you want to talk about is in bad taste.

ninerfanNVA – I’m sorry if I made it seem like I don’t want people to talk about it… I was trying to be funny but it obviously didn’t translate well. I readily admit I don’t know as much about the draft as other people on this site; it is faaar from my forte. I also understand that those people who love and live the draft want to focus in on the amazing gift we have in our first round in 2010. That’s fantastic, because I’m more than likely going to draw my opinion on the matter from you guys. So I apologize if it seemed like I was attempting to squelch your FanPost.

In the future I will do everything possible to make sure any and all comments I leave are not only supportive, but engaging and add to the discussion. I’m really sorry about having a hand in hijacking your discussion… I feel like poo.

Speaking of adding to the discussion – sfgfan – I don’t see this as one person’s blog, or even a handfull of people’s blog. It’s the Nation for a reason: anyone who comes to this site, be it randomly from a Google search of “Duke and Verragamo”, or someone who clicks over from Yahoo, or a seasoned veteran (like methodrampage) who has been here since 2006, can write a post, add media, whatever. It is everyone’s blog, I’ve just been lucky enough to moderate and have my opinion reach the front page. Some people like my opinion and what I have to say, some don’t. I apologize to you also for adding/detracting/whatever in a discussion that I am, obviously, far outclassed in.

And finally, methodrampage. First of all, I’m sorry things got a bit out of hand, and the attacks might have been a bit more scathing than necessary. I can make excuses like long day at work or this or that or blah blah blah, but as sfgfan noted, I guess things do change if you are an editor on this site. I was wrong about stating that Heisman is a lock for drafted early, I neglected to remember those that fell off the map soon after being crowned best-in-college.

You are one of the better posters on this site, even if you are a [site-decorum]-head about it some times. To use a terribly cliched saying, you keep it real. I did not mean to infer that those who do not make FanPosts do not add to this site, and those who do not make long, drawn out comments (like this one… oops) add nothing to the site. So go ahead, keep me honest and keep my facts in check, I will some day by you a beer in appreciation for it. However, I do not appreciate personal attacks on my character, or my intelligence. I have few things in this world, and I take pride in both of those, that is what hit a nerve with me (ugh… I might have just given a thief the keys to the house with that comment…). In the future, I would just appreciate it if you just attack my comments, maybe give a jab here or there, and not be a complete [site-decorum] head about it.

Aaaaand I think that was enough apologizing for one day….

We don’t know where our two picks will be. We don’t know what our needs will be. We don’t know who will be available if we trade up. We don’t know which high-value #1s will avoid injury and still look high-value in a year.

I mean, let’s take the most obvious example. Let’s suppose that Alex Smith follows up on the early reports of him looking very good, has a great preseason, wins the starting job, and starts looking a quality NFL starter. I’ll say up front that I think this is unlikely, but not impossible. All of a sudden, the notion that we should trade our two picks for a top QB becomes very, very dumb.

What’s our free-safety situation look like, going into the next draft? What about our OLB situation? None of us know. They could be positions of vital need. They could be positions where we have league-average starters. One or the other could be positions where we’re very happy with our player. Heck, maybe Crabtree and Morgan can’t deliver, and we desperately need a WR. Maybe Willis blows out his knee, and that’s the end of that. Are we going to need DE or NT help? Possibly, can’t tell.

The only thing we know for sure is that we’re going to need an RT of the future. But that’s not usually a guy you have to pick in the top ten to get.

Patience is a virtue. Be virtuous. I know it’s the offseason and there isn’t a lot to write about … but really it’s time to chill out, have a beer, enjoy the sunshine … and relax. There will be plenty of time to strategize about next year’s draft when we actually know what we need.