What’s tragedy the 2022 and 2023 drafts were. Thank goodness for Brock at least.
April 3, 2025
What’s tragedy the 2022 and 2023 drafts were. Thank goodness for Brock at least.
36 comments
Damn without Brock 22 has zero starters. Awful!
Burford, brown, Dee winters all dawgs
For as much flak we’ve given Burford at least he contributed to the team. He’s a 4th round pick if he becomes an average starter that’s actually good value (though he has to get to average still).
Horrendous, and the way Shanahan talked about it during the Owners’ Meeting was concerning; basically said that they drafted only to fill holes. That is **not** how you draft for long-term success.
Don’t worry, we’re gonna build through the draft! Trust us!
why do i feel like ronnie bell has been here for way longer
Thankfully we didn’t waste first round money those two years.
Gave up on Womack too soon
Ji’Ayir Brown isnt good anymore?
Drake Jackson had promise. I still don’t know what’s going on with him. Injury or is it something else?
Womack probably the third best player in this entire group. For whatever reason they just never really gave him a chance despite never really looking bad.
Wasted a 3rd on Moody smh
Ji’ayir and Womack have been pretty good, but not much besides that
I like John Lynch but we really should’ve found a way to keep Adam Peters.
Jackson bums me out. You can see the talent but it looks like his body is just failing him
Burford cost them the SB, but he’s probably way better on the left side. Those are the worst 3rd round picks.
Brown was a solid draft pick. He still has a ways to go to reach his ceiling but he will get there.
Some of these picks were smart gambles that didn’t work which is totally fine. Drafting is like 3 point shooting. Even Steph Curry misses more than half his 3s.
Draft picks should be judged by their process. As long as we’re taking smart gambles and using strategies to try to maximize return, I can live with some negative outcomes.
However, I cannot live with bad process picks. And between the 2022 and 2023 draft, there were 3 notable bad process picks that have all gone very poorly:
Ty Davis Price: low value position drafted 3 rounds too early according to consensus.
Jake Moody: Never draft special teamers early. Just never do it.
Can Latu: low value position drafted 2.5 rounds too early according to consensus.
Not every pick is going to work out, but every pick should be made with good process to maximize the odds of drafting a good player.
This is what scares me about the strategy to rely solely on the draft to fill numerous holes on this roster. Right now we still need established starters at CB, safety, LB, DT, DE, center, and LG, and we completely opted out of free agency to fill any of those spots. Sure they had a good draft in 2024, but recent history before that shows us that the draft is never a guarantee. Another draft like 2022/2023 could leave this team in a really bad spot in a competitive division.
Lotta L’s there
Ashton Jeanty or nothin
This shit is DAMNING as far as Shana-lynch goes. You combine that with the worst trade in NFL history and Lynch should be gone.
I’m sorry people but I mean it. From overpaying for positions, and failure after failure in the draft, he should not have a job, especially after this offseason.
Cameron Latu
Can never really expect much from the day 3 picks, but all the 3rd round picks are unsurprising flops. TDP, Gray, Latu, Moody were all seen as reaches at the time
But if you zoom out and look at 2024 we actually had a pretty solid draft last year
I mean yeah. It’s not exactly surprising, considering the situation the team was in.
We had no top end picks and a stacked roster. The only way a player could actually keep a spot on it is if they proved they could be an impact player within a year or 2, if not they were getting dropped to open up a spot for somebody who might. So we were forced to reach on raw prospects that could develop into top end players or top end players with durability questions.
All things considered, we still got a:
– Franchise QB
– A body at guard
– A rotational DT
– A solid safety
The only thing I’m really disappointed in is that we took two swings and still couldn’t manage to draft a decent TE in 23 despite that year being fucking stacked with them.
Goddamn I hate that Moody pick so much lol
Bro decided to not even list our first round draft picks from those years. What kind of bullshit take is this?
/s because some people just can’t get sarcasm.
spin this however y’all want but this is horrible
Let’s hope we can do better this year because we need starters now
Davis-Price had the worst pass blocking of any rb I have ever seen. Not sure he could have been worse if he was actively trying to be bad.
Hope Lynch learned his damn lesson of trading 3 firsts for an unknown.
I remember when Drake Jackson had 3 sacks against the Steelers, and that a line of Jackson, Armstead, Hargrave, and Bosa was going to destroy the league.
Is Drake Jackson going to be ready for summer training camp or even pre-season with his knee injury? He had a lot of hype when he was drafted…
36 comments
Damn without Brock 22 has zero starters. Awful!
Burford, brown, Dee winters all dawgs
For as much flak we’ve given Burford at least he contributed to the team. He’s a 4th round pick if he becomes an average starter that’s actually good value (though he has to get to average still).
Horrendous, and the way Shanahan talked about it during the Owners’ Meeting was concerning; basically said that they drafted only to fill holes. That is **not** how you draft for long-term success.
Don’t worry, we’re gonna build through the draft! Trust us!
why do i feel like ronnie bell has been here for way longer
Thankfully we didn’t waste first round money those two years.
Gave up on Womack too soon
Ji’Ayir Brown isnt good anymore?
Drake Jackson had promise. I still don’t know what’s going on with him. Injury or is it something else?
Womack probably the third best player in this entire group. For whatever reason they just never really gave him a chance despite never really looking bad.
Wasted a 3rd on Moody smh
Ji’ayir and Womack have been pretty good, but not much besides that
I like John Lynch but we really should’ve found a way to keep Adam Peters.
Jackson bums me out. You can see the talent but it looks like his body is just failing him
Burford cost them the SB, but he’s probably way better on the left side. Those are the worst 3rd round picks.
Brown was a solid draft pick. He still has a ways to go to reach his ceiling but he will get there.
Some of these picks were smart gambles that didn’t work which is totally fine. Drafting is like 3 point shooting. Even Steph Curry misses more than half his 3s.
Draft picks should be judged by their process. As long as we’re taking smart gambles and using strategies to try to maximize return, I can live with some negative outcomes.
However, I cannot live with bad process picks. And between the 2022 and 2023 draft, there were 3 notable bad process picks that have all gone very poorly:
Ty Davis Price: low value position drafted 3 rounds too early according to consensus.
Jake Moody: Never draft special teamers early. Just never do it.
Can Latu: low value position drafted 2.5 rounds too early according to consensus.
Not every pick is going to work out, but every pick should be made with good process to maximize the odds of drafting a good player.
This is what scares me about the strategy to rely solely on the draft to fill numerous holes on this roster. Right now we still need established starters at CB, safety, LB, DT, DE, center, and LG, and we completely opted out of free agency to fill any of those spots. Sure they had a good draft in 2024, but recent history before that shows us that the draft is never a guarantee. Another draft like 2022/2023 could leave this team in a really bad spot in a competitive division.
Lotta L’s there
Ashton Jeanty or nothin
This shit is DAMNING as far as Shana-lynch goes. You combine that with the worst trade in NFL history and Lynch should be gone.
I’m sorry people but I mean it. From overpaying for positions, and failure after failure in the draft, he should not have a job, especially after this offseason.
Cameron Latu
Can never really expect much from the day 3 picks, but all the 3rd round picks are unsurprising flops. TDP, Gray, Latu, Moody were all seen as reaches at the time
But if you zoom out and look at 2024 we actually had a pretty solid draft last year
I mean yeah. It’s not exactly surprising, considering the situation the team was in.
We had no top end picks and a stacked roster. The only way a player could actually keep a spot on it is if they proved they could be an impact player within a year or 2, if not they were getting dropped to open up a spot for somebody who might. So we were forced to reach on raw prospects that could develop into top end players or top end players with durability questions.
All things considered, we still got a:
– Franchise QB
– A body at guard
– A rotational DT
– A solid safety
The only thing I’m really disappointed in is that we took two swings and still couldn’t manage to draft a decent TE in 23 despite that year being fucking stacked with them.
Goddamn I hate that Moody pick so much lol
Bro decided to not even list our first round draft picks from those years. What kind of bullshit take is this?
/s because some people just can’t get sarcasm.
spin this however y’all want but this is horrible
Let’s hope we can do better this year because we need starters now
Davis-Price had the worst pass blocking of any rb I have ever seen. Not sure he could have been worse if he was actively trying to be bad.
Hope Lynch learned his damn lesson of trading 3 firsts for an unknown.
I remember when Drake Jackson had 3 sacks against the Steelers, and that a line of Jackson, Armstead, Hargrave, and Bosa was going to destroy the league.
Is Drake Jackson going to be ready for summer training camp or even pre-season with his knee injury? He had a lot of hype when he was drafted…
I like the direction Dee Winters is going.