I was surprised Nix went in the first. Also surprised the 49ers took Pearsall in the first. Legette over Mitchell in the first was surprising. Guyton instead of JPJ, even though NFL values tackles a lot more. I didn't think Robinson would go before Newton but again it's a case of NFL valuing edge over DT.
Yeah, it's a passer and get the passer league and even though newton is a destructive force of interior pressure, the NFL just had their eyes set on edge.
Leggett was a homer pick I think, a crowd pleaser. Fans love a home town guy.
I also don't think Nix was a 1st round guy. But there'd always been rumblings that Sean Payton liked him. So although it's a reach, if you're reaching for your guy who's going to be your guy for the foreseeable future, then no one's going to mind the reach if he brings results.
Pearsall was a luxury pick, sure there's quite a few other needs for the 9ers but that one's a bit of a head scratcher. Perhaps they feel they can flesh out the rest of their needs in the later rounds, there's still plenty of talent available even down in the 6/7 rounds. I think there's going to be a bunch of huge UDFAs available.
Guyton I guess like you mentioned is Tackle being valued over any other oline position, but if I remember right, guytons got some decent positional flexibility but he's not a center like JPJ. Graham Barton over JPJ with the buccs pick was interesting. But I guess they're different styles of center and perhaps the buccs wanted what Barton brings more than what they saw in JPJ.
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49ers second round pick will be interesting to me. If a CB or IOL of value is sitting there are they going to take him.
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You hope. Adonai Mitchel and Ladd McConkey still sitting there winking at ya 😉
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