I proposed the solution yesterday. Consensus generally becomes irrelevant after the top 50, maybe 100 guys. The 49ers hit so much late because they don't go consensus and go with guys that fit their scheme, traits prototype, culture. You don't want to lose those late round hits but need to improve in the early rounds.
So hire a top talent evaluator and give him the reigns during the early rounds (at least 1 and 2, but preferably 1-3) and then let John, Kyle and whoever else is involved do what they want for the rest of the draft.
I will push back against Warren a bit here. His methodology for ranking drafts solely based on DCOE is stupid. The 49ers drafted 7 starters over the last two drafts (24, 25). The draft is a crap shoot and most prospects flame out. If you are getting 3-4 starter level players (starters on a good team I might add) those are not bottom 3-5 drafts as he suggests. I noticed he didn't include 22 because it would have looked really bad if he ranked the 49ers last while they got a franchise QB with the last pick in the draft. Honestly, I don't know why he is so butt hurt about it. Twitter analysts seem big mad a lot of teams went against consensus (including draft darlings like the Rams and Seahawks) so they are feeling small and unimportant and want to take it out on the 49ers because they are the most egregious. .
I proposed the solution yesterday. Consensus generally becomes irrelevant after the top 50, maybe 100 guys. The 49ers hit so much late because they don't go consensus and go with guys that fit their scheme, traits prototype, culture. You don't want to lose those late round hits but need to improve in the early rounds.
So hire a top talent evaluator and give him the reigns during the early rounds (at least 1 and 2, but preferably 1-3) and then let John, Kyle and whoever else is involved do what they want for the rest of the draft.
I will push back against Warren a bit here. His methodology for ranking drafts solely based on DCOE is stupid. The 49ers drafted 7 starters over the last two drafts (24, 25). The draft is a crap shoot and most prospects flame out. If you are getting 3-4 starter level players (starters on a good team I might add) those are not bottom 3-5 drafts as he suggests. I noticed he didn't include 22 because it would have looked really bad if he ranked the 49ers last while they got a franchise QB with the last pick in the draft. Honestly, I don't know why he is so butt hurt about it. Twitter analysts seem big mad a lot of teams went against consensus (including draft darlings like the Rams and Seahawks) so they are feeling small and unimportant and want to take it out on the 49ers because they are the most egregious. .