Go back to the Rasul Douglas trade. Gute was willing to throw in a 5th round pick to get the 3rd round pick. That suggested to me that Gute sensed the value wouldn't be very good by the time you got to the 5th round.
I wouldn't have made that trade. Rasul was a really good player, and we probably didn't replace him even with all these picks this year.
Would he have been the difference in the niners loss?
If he were playing safety as I begged for in the spring, he very well might have. Savage blew 2 tackles that lead to long TDs. One on CM3 and another on Kittles.