49ers Draft Insights with Trevor Sikkema of PFF

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Very special guests on today's Lockdown 49ers WORK_OF_ART, draft expert, lead draft analyst for pro football focus. Draft grade for the San Francisco 49ers, where they did great, maybe some things that could have done better in the 2024. NFL ORG draft coming at you right now.

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Welcome to Lockdown 49ers, Brian Peacock PERSON here with you. Kroc PERSON, not here. He's traveling, but I've got a pretty solid replacement here. Lead draft analyst at Pro Football Focus ORG. Former alum of the Lockdown Podcast Network, none other than Trevor Sycamma PERSON. You can find him on Twitter at Tampa Bay ORG Trey.You can find all of his work at PFF, the NFL Stock Exchange podcast, which is fantastic. Of course, I am Brian Peacock, your everyday host here at BD Peacock ORG on Twitter. Thanks, everybody for making us your first listen on the Lockdown Podcast Network ORG, your team every day. We love our everydayers. Make sure you subscribe on YouTube ORG and everywhere you get your podcast.Today's episode brought to you by GameTime ORG. Download the GameTime ORG app, create an account, and use code locked on NFL for $20 off. Your first ticket purchase, terms apply. Trevor PERSON, welcome back to the network, man. How are you doing big things?More expensive haircuts now since you moved on to bigger and better things at PFF ORG. Love your work. And you did a fantastic job once again this draft season. I appreciate it, Brian. It's always good to be with you. Truly, the only thing

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that has changed is the haircuts got it more expensive. That's it. Like, everything else is exactly the same from when I was doing lockdown NFL draft with Ben and John PERSON. Yeah, replacing Croc PERSON here, like I can't play corner as well as he can, but we'll see if I can talk 49ers ORG as well as he can. So I'm excited to talk a little ball and some draft with you.

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We are going to talk a little corner here. Renardo Green's second round pick for the 49ers ORG. Real quick, though, just with your draft season. And I know a lot of this stuff is in the books. And now you're doing a lot of post-draft stuff. Do you get a little vacation?When do you start diving into 2025 draft take? Yeah.

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So first couple weeks after the draft, a lot of people like this fine show, you know, would like to have me on and hear my thoughts about how the draft actually went, which I really appreciate. Very blessed that that is the case that people actually care what I think about the NFL draft. But, you know, anime is normally, you know, I get a couple of weeks in the anime. And summer is a little bit more flexible for me, which is nice. But man, when June comes rolling around, I'm going to be honest, like, I get the itch again. And we start summer scouting and we start watching a lot of these guys.We start putting together the PFF ORG big boards. So you guys can be ready when the college football season drops, when the NFL ORG season starts. You know, whenever you want to get into the NFL ORG draft, we're going to have it ready for you. So that all starts in June.

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Thankfully, the Atlanta Falcons had the big wow moment in the first round of the NFL draft this year. Or else it might have been the 49ers that picked 31. I don't know if I've ever seen a prospect that was so universally liked but not loved like Ricky Pearsall and kind of everyone had like a second round grade on him, but nobody had him in the first round. And he did sneak into the end of the first round of the 49ers ORG at pick 31. Did you think that was a reach there for Ricky Pearsall PERSON? How do you like that pick? And what do you think Ricky Pearsall would bring to the San Francisco 49ers ORG? Yeah, I mean, I think it's a little bit of a reach,

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but it's sort of like everybody wanted to get their hands on this wide receiver class. And that was when a big wide receiver run was happening, right? And think that you felt like that was coming. You know, that first and second tier of receivers were starting to come off the board. And now things were really starting to move fast with the receiver class. So San Francisco GPE ends up getting the guy that they wanted to bring in. And look, I know that they say, hey, we're trying to make it work between Brandon Ayuk and Debo Samuel PERSON and keep all those guys here. I wonder if the RickyPearsall deal was a long-term deal. Maybe not like, okay, that means a trade with these guys is imminent. But, okay, maybe not a long-term deal. Maybe in a couple of seasons anyways, they might be moving on from one of these guys. You've already got Pierce PERSON all in the building. He'd have a couple years under his belt in the system at that point. And he's pretty versatile receiver, man.For as much as I'm a draft guy, I'm also a Florida Gator ORG alumnus. He graduated from the University of Florida ORG.

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And so I watch basically every single Florida Gator ORG game that there is. And so, you know, Ricky, I think, was really inconsistent in 2022 when Anthony Richardson was the quarterback. And this past year with Graham Merch PERSON, he just had a lot better chemistry. He was a lot more confident. He's really strong at the catch point. He runs really nice routes. I mean, I think that certainly he's a good enough athlete. I think that it's hard

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to find a player outside of Jayden Daniels, right, who is probably a day three pick and they vaults himself up to number two overall. It's hard to find a player that helped themselves more throughout the last calendar year for the draft process than Ricky Pearson PERSON. I mean, it was his best year of his career in college this past year, showed what he could showcase or showed what he could bring to the table as a true emphasis in the passing game and a wide receiver won for Florida ORG.Then he goes to the Senior Bowl EVENT, dominates two straight days so much so that he doesn't even have to practice that third day. He doesn't even have to play in the game. Goes to the combine. There's a fantastic combine. There's a lot more athletic,I would say, in a linear sense than people thought that he was going to be. I think people always were like, all right, yeah, he's going to dominate the agility drills with the quickness, but, you know, is he that explosive? Well, yes, he actually is. And so it's hard to think that like every step ofthe way, there was somebody who was handling their business better than Ricky Pearsall PERSON was. So it felt like this was always possible. I thought that he was going to be a second round pick, but, hey, San Francisco GPE obviously saw him as a versatile receiver who could maybe really help them in a long run.

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By the way, his former college teammate and quarterback, Jane Daniels back at Arizona State ORG. That's true.

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And it's really

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that's one of the things to think about. And by the way, like, if you're trying to find that guy next year in 2025, that's the sneaky late first round pick that nobody sees coming, find someone who just knocks the postseason, the pre-draft stuff out of the park.If they double up with an awesome senior bowl and then destroy the combine, that's kind of the player you're going to look for. And I think Ricky Purcell PERSON wasn't quite as surprising as someone like Cole Strange PERSON might have been, who also had a nice pre-draft season in, what,2022 draft? Yes, I believe so. Yeah. also had a nice pre-draft season in what 2020 two draft yeah um yeah and but you know pierce all was like he was just a really good prospect and and i think he's a really good fit for the 49ers i don't see the downfield runaway speed the 4-4-1 because you see someone like uh Troy franklin who fell a little bit late third round or early fourth round pick in the draft and they both ran four four one and it's like you see them run routes and it couldn't be any different like one guy's got crazy deep speed and the other guys got crazy short area quicks butdoesn't have the deep speeds I feel like that 10 yard split the first 20 yards you know the that's doing a lot of the heavy lifting on on Ricky Pearsall's 4-4-1s PRODUCT. I don't know if I see on tape him running away from guys down the field, even though he does, you know, obviously show some athleticism.

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He's got some vertical ability, right? But it's just it's, to your point, it's more short area explosiveness. And that's how he has his game. It's how you build this game, right? It's not going to be this. Oh, he ran a 4-4-1 PRODUCT.Let's make him this vertical receiver. Well, I mean, if you're doing that, why are you drafting him? Right. You're going to draft going to be this, oh, he ran a 4-4-1 PRODUCT, let's make him this vertical receiver. Well, I mean, if you're doing that, why are you drafting him, right? You're going to draft him to be that short and intermediate type of really good route runner, consistent separator, yards-after-catch player. And to me, when you talk about that 4-4-1 speed, it is more of a yards-after-catch thing than it is, let's run, you know, deep posts and go balls and things like that. Let's get behind the defense and just stretch the field really vertically.It's more of like a we can get the ball in his hands pretty quickly. He can become a playmaker and then we start to see that long speed show up. So that's the way that I saw the long speed for him.

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Yeah. And I love the ability to not have to force him into any certain role. Can probably play a wide receiver three sort of a slot role as a rookie. You move on from Debo next year. He's the Z. You move him around.Keep away from some of those press alignments so he doesn't get jammed up at the line of scrimmage and get him some free releases and use those quick. That's how I envision Ricky Pearsall fitting in with the 49ers ORG, especially in the year two and beyond. Age is an interesting question I've had. And I think these draft classes with the extra covert year, we've seen so many superseniors, fifth, sixth year seniors. And Ricky Piersall PERSON, you mentioned how he was helped so much. Like when he was 21, would he have been a first round pick? That, you know, there's no way. But he's going to be a 24-year-old rookie. How do you, when you're doing your draft grades,how do you look at two prospects, one that might be a true junior, a redshirt sophomore, and was 20 years old the last time he's on a field, versus a guy who's much more developed and spent three more years in college like a Ricky Pierce PERSON, saw. How does that change in your rankings?And how do you, do you factor that in even at all? Or do you just look at the last tape and what they are now and look at what they maybe could become?

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Yeah, I mean, it's an interesting question because people talk about age all the time. And I think age is more of a positive than it is a negative. And I don't think people talk about it that way. Right. Like when people talk about age for a prospect, they typically want to just talk about the negative, right? They want to talk about, oh, like he's an older prospect.Where if they're an older prospect, but they're better for it, then I don't really care that much. I mean, the shelf life in the NFL ORG is short anyways when you look at averages and even for like best case scenario stuff, like couple contracts, like two contracts from a guy. It's hard to think that they're getting a lot more than that. Just the NFL ORG is a, it's a tough game for a lot of these guys. And so, you know, if a player's really good, like people ask me this question about MichaelPennix Jr. all the time, right? They go like, ah, Michael Pennix, he's going to be 24. Like, Bo Nex PERSON, right? People are like, oh, Bo Nex is going to be 24. What do I care? Right?Like, they're good. Like, they were in college longer, but they became good. I mean, can you imagine if Michael Pennix Schuier PERSON came out as a junior? Can you imagine if, if Bo Nix PERSON came out, is it like a true junior just leaving Auburn instead of going to, instead of going to Oregon ORG? He probably wouldn't be in the NFL ORG. But instead, he got to go to a program that really honed in on what hedoes well, kind of taught him more about himself probably, and his game and how it could succeed at a high level. And now he's that kind of player. Like that's the kind of player he is. So quarterback's a little bit different because I don't really care about age because these guys can play in their late 30s anyways. But to me, everybody focuses so much on like, oh, this prospect's old. That means he's bad.No, I think it's kind of the other way around. You should look at it like, oh, this prospect's young and he's really good. That's a big bonus. I think it is much more of a bonus for young players that stand out than it is a negative for older more developed players that are like good football players like if we're talking about guys that are in the top 100 that's how i view it if you are younger and you have, have a lower breakout age success,great. That's a big positive for you. But I don't really see it as that big of a negative. If you don't have it, you just don't have that bonus to you. Now, like, when you get into day three, sure, do you want to be taking a 24 year old, like depth piece who might be like a practice squad player no you're going to take the younger guy you're going to want to take a guy who's 20 or 21 or something like that just because they're like they're younger and you keep them on the practice squad they can develop their second contract they'll be younger for it and like again those elements still exist but when you talk aboutguys in the top 100 like that's that's often like what they are already so are they good or not so that that's that's that's the age conversation to me. It's much more of a positive when it's a good thing than it is a negative when it's not. That's just my tip. Yeah.

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I'd much rather have a 29 year old player entering his second contract that's worth a second contract. Who's good?

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Then a 25 year old that you don't want to sign anyway. Right. Sometimes sometimes it is a little bit of that, you know, like the family guy meme where you look at a guy who's 24 and is kind of exactly what you want on the team or a 21 year old who's not quite there. But like maybe he'll get there. He's got maybe like you could say he's got potential on a high ceiling. And it's the family guy meme where he goes, yeah, a boat's a boat, but the mystery box could be anything.It could even be a boat. And it's like, just take the boat. Just draft the player that you know is good. Not every situation is like that. But yeah, that's kind of my approach to age metrics. All right.

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I'm moving on Beyond Round 1 here. Did you have a favorite selection? Was it Ricky Pearsall PERSON? Which pick did you like the most from this 2024 draft from the San Francisco 49ers ORG?

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You know, obviously, I love the Shanahan PERSON bit at this point where he just takes running back in round three or four

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no, no, that's not my favorite. But I did have to bring up Garando PERSON because I do think it's hilarious that Shanahan would just like every year, no matter what the running back room looks like. No, Schrader, does this, and this is the other Shanahan PERSON meme is the next running back ends up being better from the same draft class, whether he's drafted or not.Do you think Schrader becomes a better running back in the NFL than Garando, the Missouri ORG back? Wait a second. Yeah, they find him an undrafted free agency. He went for.

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Oh, yeah, baby. Oh, I love it. I love it. Let's go. Cody Schrader was one of my, like, my Oh, I love it. I love it. Let's go. Cody Schrader was one of my, like, my guy, day three players. Because he will give you, do you know what I think about like Cody Schrader's PERSON background?I mean, Cody Schrader did, I mean, he was a, I think like a either a two star or a zero star recruit coming out of high school. I mean, he played for a small university just to like continue playing football. Didn't really play at all the first three years that he was there. Ends up getting the rotational starting role that next year becomes a full-time starter. I think he led the, was it D-2? It must have been D-2. I think he led all of D-2 in rushing yards that year. Transfers after his fourth year where he led D2 ORG in rushing yards, transfers to Missourias a walk on. Like he didn't even like transfer to somewhere with it with a scholarship. He walked on that first year, earned a scholarship, kind of was like splitting carries a little bit. And then this past year, they give him the starting running back job. And what does you do? Oh, he leaves the SEC ORG in rushing yards. So it's like everywhere you've given this guy the chance to be doubted, outwork it, and produce, he absolutely has. So Schrader, his mentality, his background.I get it. He's not the biggest guy. He's not the fastest guy. But I just, he was truly one of my guys. And he's somebody that I'd absolutely bet on to be a fan favorite type of player that can be like a bottom of the roster guy or even be a rotational back at the NFL ORG level for a small

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period of time. So that's awesome. Undrafts of Free Agent signing. So I do like that from now. He's already a guy that, you know, he's becoming a fan favorite. Five, eight and a half, 202 pounds. He ran a 461 at the Combine. But 2,000 yards at Truman State ORG back in 2021.

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Yeah, that's it. 2,000 yards and 25 touchdowns in 2021. True. That's it.

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2,000 yards and 25 touchdowns. The first team, all-American offensive player the year there, led the entire NCAA in rushing and then came back his last year at Missouri ORG. He had 1,600 more yards and 14 touchdowns last year, 5.9 yards per carry. And it's funny because Grendo started one game in college, but he was 6-1-2-20 and ran 4-3-3. So there's your difference in draft stock right there. I'm pretty sure

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I have Cody Schrader graded higher than Isaac Garando PERSON on my rankings. So.

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Anyways, getting back to like the actual question of like some of the favorite picks.

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I like a lot of them.

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I think this is a really solid draft for San Francisco GPE. The two that really stand out to me that I think could be like sneaky impactful. The Dominic Pony PERSON, I mean, I don't know how sneaky this is. But to me, his inside out versatility is pretty huge for this team. Maybe they have a need at right tackle. Might be able to step into there.Maybe they have a bigger need on the interior. I think that he can play interior as well. I wasn't so sure of him about him succeeding at tackle at the NFL ORG level just because I think he's a, he's like more of a powerful offensive lineman. I feel like he didn't play with great pad level when it came to like getting low and he just really just used his kind of like brute force a little bit. He was a little bit erratic for me. I know a lot of people like him and what hecould be, but he was a little bit lower on my ranking. But for San Francisco GPE specifically, that versatility of like guard and tackle, I think he's a really nice ad for them. And I think he could develop into a good pro, especially under Shanahan PERSON staff. And then the other one is Malik Mustafa, the safety that they drafted, I believe in the fourth round as well. And the reason why I like Mustafa is because when they lost Talanova Hufonga PERSON last year to injury, I didn't feel like there was another player on the Rasa who could really do that job well, right?Just like this downhill robber, enforcer type of a player. And that's exactly what Malik Mastaf PERSON is. And if anything were to happen to Hufonga, again, Mustafa can be a really nice, okay, we still have this mold of player who can step in right away and a lot of our scheme can stay the same and we can still be aggressive over the middle. I don't love him when he's got to turn his hips and try to cover deep. You know, that's notwhere, you know, I'm, I was lower on him as like a total safety than I think of a lot of other people were. But the straight line downhill ability is Hufonga PERSON's style. And that is, that is, that's, I really like him being able to back him up there this year.

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Yeah, it's a good pick because I, and I, I've, and I don't know why anybody would ever doubt John Lynch's PERSON ability. But when it comes to John Lynch and DBs and especially the safeties, it's gotten to the point where the 49ers ORG, no matter who they decide is going to be a player for them. Turns out to be pretty good at safety. So I'm going to trust them on that. And actually pre-draft, I was like, man, if John Lynch probably sees a guy and it puts a twinkle in his eye, it might be Malik Mustafa, and it turned out that they ended up drafting him in the fourth round. So I did like that one.And man, he is a thumper when he arrives. The play ends. And a sound tackler. He's not like a lead with the crown of your helmet, knockout. He wraps up. He hits you with his chest, and it ends with the thud.Like the play ends. And so he's not only a strong hitter, but he's a sound tackler as well, which I love. And obviously, when he sees it, he triggers downhill in a heartbeat.

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Yeah, very quickly, very quick to get downhill. There's no doubt about it. Sometimes, I will say this, he's conscious of wrapping up to tackle, but sometimes the shorter arms do fail him when it comes to wrapping up for those tackles. So he is, he's a guy who loves to be physical. He knows the tackling is a part of the game. It's in his DNA. When I saw him miss tackles over the last couple of years, it was kind of generally because of those shorter arms. But at least he is conscious of it. So he's always trying to make the most of it. All older prospects, again, that we've talked about

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so far, Schrader even, you know, 20, he's going to turn 25, I think, at some point. He is older.

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Yeah, he's much older.

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He was six years in college football.

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Another one was the second round pick.

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Where did you have Renardo Green graded?

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I think Green PERSON was, now let me, let me pull this up because I want to make sure that I

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get the exact number for you. He was pretty high for me. I like Renardo Green, especially after watching him at the Shrine Bowl. I think he had a ton of confidence. Obviously, plays main coverage really, really well. I had him 89th on my board. So I had him top 100. Obviously, they take him a lot earlier. They take him at 64, but I mean, I don't hate it. I felt like anywhere from the, I feel like he could have been a third round pick basically anywhere. And 64, let's face it, okay, second round, but, you know,it's back into the second round. So we're talking basically a third round pick at that point so um this is fine value for me it was really the top end of where i thought that he could have been drafted but just a pure man coverage dude man and i think that if the 49ers ORG want to do more of that then that's exactly what he's going to give and the competitiveness of how he approaches the position is really important i mean when i was at a shrine bowl in Frisco GPE, they did the like, hey, end of practice,offense's best wide receiver, defense's best corner. One-on-one rep, see who wins it, and basically, like, quote-unquote, like, for the practice.

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Like, let's see what it's winning in practice.

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And it was Renardo Green. I can't even remember the wide receiver that he was going up against. Might even Casey Washington PERSON. But locked him down.

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Just like absolutely locked him down. And shut down the play and the team got super hyped and he got a PBU on it. Never really let the wide receiver get to get anything further than a half arms length distance away from him. And he was able to get his hand in there to disrupt the pass. And so like that's exactly what he's like. I mean, he's just sticky in man coverage. It's his style. He likes to play in press. He likes to get up in guys face. He likes to get his hands on wide receivers. So if that's something that the 49ers ORG want tocontinue to gravitate towards, you pick the exact right player to do it because that's his style

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and that's what he does best. Yeah. And I wonder if they might start leaning a little bit more towards some more press man looks because that's definitely where he best. Yeah, and I wonder if they might start leaning a little bit more towards some more press man looks, because that's definitely where he shines. He's looking at the PFF ORG grades for green. He's like 90 point something man coverage grades. His own grade is like 65 or something.There's a pretty big delta between those two grades. And so it'll be interesting to see how the 49ers ORG use him. And a lot of these picks we're seeing with the 49ers ORG is older prospects, captain types, ready to fight it out. And I think is really important. And you look at all their late round picks that they've hit on.And I think they've hit on those types of players that are just wired the way they want them. So I like that about Renardo Green. And maybe done dirty by Jim Nagy PERSON. Why is he a shrine guy and not a senior bull guy? Because I think that was probably part of his draft stock. He's like, okay, shrine guys go mid, middle of the draft later, day three.And the senior bowl guys go in rounds two and round three. But, you know, you have to talk to Jim Nagy PERSON about that one. Look, shrine bowl.

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Shrine bowl guys are coming up, though. We've had a couple of good guys from the Shrine Bowl EVENT. I really enjoyed being at the Shrine Bowl this year. Obviously, I enjoy the Senior Bowl EVENT as well. But there was just a lot of really great competition at both of those events.And so Renardo Green, Renardo's teammate, Jerry and Jones PERSON. Like both of those guys were at the Shrine Bowl EVENT. Malik Washington PERSON was there as well. Tage Washington PERSON was a fun battle between those corners and those wide receivers at that event.

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No, well, no, not really. I mean, I look at their whole draft, a lot of the guys that we have already talked about, you know, I think that they are fits for exactly what they want to do. You know, you can throw Jacob Cowing in there as well. I think that this is a really solid draft for them. I wanted to double check on this.When you asked the question, I just looked it up really quick. Because I can't remember, I couldn't remember what I gave them on our show, NFL Stock Exchange. And I was like, off the top of my head, I give them a B plus. And I just double checked it. And I didn't give them a B plus.So look at me. I know me pretty well. So I think that this was a draft where it felt very 49ers ORG-esque. You know, I give him a B plus because it's like, all right, you draft Ricky Piersall in the first round. Did you really need it? Depending on what happens with the wide receivers, you know, Poonie PERSON a little bit higher than where I had him ranked.Renardo Green a little bit higher than where I had him ranked. You know, Garando PERSON probably the same thing. So I didn't give it an A because a lot of these picks were higher selections versus where they were on my big boards to just value wise. I kind of bring that down a little bit. But when I look at the class as a whole, it's hard for me to look at it and go, yeah, I really didn't like this haul from the Niners ORG. In fact, I liked itquite a bit. So even though those guys were a little overdrafted compared to where I had him on my board, I always give some flexibility in my grading or assessment because I'm evaluating these guys in my own vacuum. The NFL ORG teams are evaluating these guys for how they're going to fit on their team with their coaching staff and their culture. Like that's a, it's a, I don't want to say it's a completely different thing because it's not, but there's a lot of nuance that can come here and there. So I always give a little bit of wiggle room.It's not like, oh, like, we're not up green, for example. I had him ranked 89th overall. Niners take him to 64. Okay, yeah, a little bit of a reach. I mean, it's more than, it's what, 25 spots ahead of where I had him ranked, but that's not that big of a deal.It's really not, especially for a team that liked him if they want to go in that direction. Yeah.

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Is he a good player?

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Does he hit what you're trying to find on draft day?

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The thing that I came away with was like, yeah, not that I didn't like the players they drafted, but especially with the six quarterbacks going in round one, I thought there was an opportunity at the end of round one and be like, oh, man, this guy's here and I can't believe he's still on the board for us. And I think a lot of teams kind of had that at the end of round one, when especially those extra couple of quarterbacks go that they probably didn't factor into what was going to be available for them in their first round.But for the 49ers, you know, at 31 with Pearsall, I don't think John Lynch PERSON turned to Kyle Shannon. He goes, I can't believe Ricky Pearsall still on the board for us to pick 31, you know. And so they didn't have that opportunity like, man. And I was looking at, you know, Johnny Newton PERSON, if I'm not mistaken, it's one of your favorites in this draft. You know, Kool-Aid PRODUCT was out there. If you really want to get a corner early, it's not that I didn't like Pierceall PERSON. I was like, man, there was just some other names on the board that I wasn't sure we'regoing to get to where the 49ers were at 31.

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Yeah, those were the two that I would have said immediately that were the two that that you're still on the board at that point at 31 where you go, okay, wow, this guy made it to us. And obviously they passed on them. Those guys end up going early, you know, second round anyways. And maybe Jackson Powers Johnson PERSON was another guy like that.

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Yeah, Cooper DeGine PERSON was still there. He would be.

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He was still there too. So yeah, I mean, I think I was the most shocked that Johnny Newton was still on the board. That was that was pretty crazy to me. I think Washington ORG got an absolute steel and he was a top 12 player for me. So that was the one, but all the other ones I can be like, yeah, I thought there was a world where they could have absolutely gone in the first round. But I get there's only 32 picks that can happen in the first round. So somebody's got to be left out.And it was a really good draft class overall. So it makes sense.

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Fantastic stuff, Trevor PERSON. I was just thinking back the other day, if you remember when you were hosting locked on NFL draft and, you know, pre-draft, you would have some other hosts and some other folks go come on and do a mock draft and pick for their teams. And so we did a 49ers ORG mock draft. And it was on, I remember the date because of what happened the next day. It was March 25th, 2021. And we did a little mock draft. I was picking for the 49ers ORG. You know, great podcast. We're all done. You know, see you later. Guys. Okay, go to bed, wake up in the morning. 49ers trade three first round picks to move up in the draft with the miami dolphins and go get a quarterback and i was likewow i botched that because my big take was hey don't you know look out for maybe quarterback at 12 but they might even you don't want to trade up a little bit a couple spots now but i but i said

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but there's no way they're going to be trading like a future first or something

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to go way up. So one of these guys has to fall a little bit. And just clip the first part.

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Just clip the first part. Exactly. So hey, my strategy looking back was better though anyway.

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So maybe they shouldn't have spent all those first round picks because this is the first pick they've had since that in the first round since Trey Lance. But that one hit me the other day and that was fun. It was always fun talking to you guys on locked on NFL ORG draft. But proud of you, buddy. I love seeing what you're doing now at PFF ORG doing big things.If you guys aren't following Trevor, you must at Tampa Bay, Tray on Twitter. Trevor Sikima lead NFL draft analyst at Pro Football Focus ORG. Fantastic stuff. Great draft season, Trevor. Hope analyst at Pro Football Focus ORG. Fantastic stuff. Great draft season, Trevor PERSON. Hope you get some much due time off here pretty soon.

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It is always good to come back on here, visit with you, talk some football. Brian, I appreciate it, my friend, anytime. Now I'm going to remember that date always because of what you said there. That is funny. But always good to be with you, my friend. I appreciate it.

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Absolutely. All right. Thanks, everybody for making us your first list. And make sure you subscribe on YouTube ORG and everywhere you get your podcasts. I'll be back with Crock tomorrow right here, locked on 49ers ORG.

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