RaidersAreOne Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 I hated the pick at the time, hate the pick a little more each day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 On 4/22/2020 at 1:08 AM, Forge said: I really can't stop thinking that Kinlaw is going to bust hard. On 4/24/2020 at 12:36 AM, Forge said: Boy, I really hate that I feel this way now *sigh* Confirmation bias, sure...but hard to take when I really wanted other players on the board. Hopefully the surgery will fix it, but I'm not holding my breath. This seems chronic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanedorf Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 53 minutes ago, Forge said: I hated the pick at the time, hate the pick a little more each day. It seemed like a great idea at the time - using the high pick from trading Buckner... to draft his replacement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinderFournette Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Forge said: *sigh* Confirmation bias, sure...but hard to take when I really wanted other players on the board. Hopefully the surgery will fix it, but I'm not holding my breath. This seems chronic. Trade him to Jacksonville for taven Bryan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4L Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, Shanedorf said: It seemed like a great idea at the time - using the high pick from trading Buckner... to draft his replacement Well, thats actually not why they traded Buckner. They knew Joe Staley was retiring and that there were no LTs available in FA to fill the void. They knew it was a great T draft with four potential franchise LTs in the top 15 picks. They told Joe Staley to keep his retirement under wraps until after the draft. They made the Buckner trade with the idea they would draft Tristan Wirfs. Blue chip talent at a premium position Then, Trent Williams became available, and he wanted to be a 49er. They were able to work the back channels with Mike Shanahan and Trent told a few other teams he wouldnt play for them without a new deal and that he wanted to be the highest paid LT in the league A lot of other tackle needy teams drafted tackles in the first and second rounds that year. Trent william's market dried up and the 49ers were the last team standing. Pretty ballsy move by the 49ers FO because they had to pass on Wirfs before they traded for Trent Williams. So they pivoted to Kinlaw from Wirfs once they felt confident they would land Trent. In hindsight, they should have stuck with the original plan and drafted Wirfs. McGlinchy is an ok player but he has a lot of warts. Wirfs and Williams would be the best T combo in the league. I hate McGlinchy lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Just now, N4L said: In hindsight, they should have stuck with the original plan and drafted Wirfs. McGlinchy is an ok player but he has a lot of warts. Wirfs and Williams would be the best T combo in the league. I hate McGlinchy lol Not to mention that Wirfs could have easily started at RG while McG played through his contract or was traded. Hell, a lot of people thought Wirfs was going to end up at guard. And last I checked, we've had a pretty desperate need at RG since.....i dunno, forever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefs_5627 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 I really thought he was gonna be the next big monster in the middle of that line. I guess that's why no teams have called to offer me a job 😥 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D82 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 I thought Kinlaw was doing well though? Is it just a case of injuries derailing his career so far? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4L Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, Forge said: Not to mention that Wirfs could have easily started at RG while McG played through his contract or was traded. Hell, a lot of people thought Wirfs was going to end up at guard. And last I checked, we've had a pretty desperate need at RG since.....i dunno, forever. agreed 100% I think this shows how much this regime gets tunnel vision. They were only focused on replacing Joe Staley they forgot about the rest of the OL. The fanbase didnt know Joe was retiring and was very much focused on the OL as a whole. The FO missed the forest for the trees, clearly. Putting wirfs at RG for a year and then getting rid of McGlinchy was probably the most popular choice by our forum outside of maybe CeeDee. Instead, we picked up McGlinchy's 5th year option and now we have to pay this bum 10m for 2022, or extend him and be stuck with him for even longer. Unfortunately the 5th year option is no longer only guaranteed for injury, and is fully guaranteed at execution. Smh. When you look at some of the other questionable moves theyve made, they get so fixated on "their guy" and they assume the rest of the league sees what they see, so they trade up/overpay a FA to get a guy that they are overvaluing, which compounds the misses 2 minutes ago, Chiefs_5627 said: I really thought he was gonna be the next big monster in the middle of that line. I guess that's why no teams have called to offer me a job 😥 To be fair, he is/was really showing a lot of promise. Absolute monster of a human being and was showing very clear improvements across the board. He had some very nice moments in his rookie year. He eats double teams and is a huge part of our The criticism of the pick/player has to do with the buckner trade, and his injury history/track record. IF what they are saying is true and that they did permanently fix the knee issue, then he is going to be a helluva football player. Big IF though 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Forge said: *sigh* Confirmation bias, sure...but hard to take when I really wanted other players on the board. Hopefully the surgery will fix it, but I'm not holding my breath. This seems chronic. I wanted Kinlaw SO badly in the draft. Hasn't he been very good, or has he just been sidelined by a lot of injuries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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