nawlinsman77
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So for everyone who thinks that possibly "Johnny" Vacarro was the wrong safety chosen when the 49ers trade up soon after to take Reid, here are my two cents.
I think it simply shows that the 49ers really wanted a safety after losing Gholdson and viewed Reid as a good one. However, they probably feared another team in between 15 and 31 grabbing him, so they simply used their bazillion picks to make it happen.
My other thoughts: With the Saints showing a propensity seemingly every year to trade away picks to move up in the draft, why don't we pull a Patriots? By that I mean, slowly over a year or three actively give away some picks, in exchange for more picks next year. Obviously, despite our trend to be pretty active in Free Agency, we still value the draft tremendously, and aggressively pursue certain players like a punter, or trade two 4ths for one 3rd to get a player we didn't think would be there 30 picks later.
So if we are that desperate to get certain players, why not trade a few in 2014 for some in 2015 to give us options. Would you be ok if they got rid of say a 3rd and a 5th next year, for an extra 2nd and 4th in 2015, that kinda thing?
I think it simply shows that the 49ers really wanted a safety after losing Gholdson and viewed Reid as a good one. However, they probably feared another team in between 15 and 31 grabbing him, so they simply used their bazillion picks to make it happen.
My other thoughts: With the Saints showing a propensity seemingly every year to trade away picks to move up in the draft, why don't we pull a Patriots? By that I mean, slowly over a year or three actively give away some picks, in exchange for more picks next year. Obviously, despite our trend to be pretty active in Free Agency, we still value the draft tremendously, and aggressively pursue certain players like a punter, or trade two 4ths for one 3rd to get a player we didn't think would be there 30 picks later.
So if we are that desperate to get certain players, why not trade a few in 2014 for some in 2015 to give us options. Would you be ok if they got rid of say a 3rd and a 5th next year, for an extra 2nd and 4th in 2015, that kinda thing?