Players of interest breakdown thread

[Fritz]

Not sure if it constitutes "Players of Interest", but the 49ers are moving on from Trey Lance.

He lost his job to Brock Purdy, who has almost three times as many passing TDs in the same amount of game action. Lance lost the backup competition to SAM DARNOLD...

Relevant because Christian Watson was part of the reason Lance looked like a good QB at South Dakota State.

You know, when a team beats and beats up on your team a few times, especially in the playoffs, like San Fran did just a few years ago to our boys, you tend to look at that organization as if they've figured it all out - they're smarter, they're one step ahead.

But the Trey Lance debacle suggests they are human, too. They really went after him to get him in the draft, and now he looks like a turd they are trying to scrape a few kernels of corn from before they give up on the whole thing.

[run pMc]

The 12 players drafted shortly after Lance include seven Pro Bowlers, including wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase, tight end Kyle Pitts, offensive tackle Penei Sewell, cornerback Patrick Surtain II, linebacker Micah Parsons, offensive tackle Rashawn Slater, and quarterback Mac Jones, whom Shanahan was rumored to be interested in leading up to the draft. The Dolphins used the three picks they got from the 49ers to draft a productive and dynamic receiver in Jaylen Waddle and as trade compensation for two star veterans in wide receiver Tyreek Hill and pass rusher Bradley Chubb. The Eagles, tangentially involved after Miami traded them San Francisco’s original no. 12 pick to go up to no. 6 for Waddle, traded in turn with Dallas to move to no. 10, where they selected receiver DeVonta Smith, who has 2,112 receiving yards through two seasons. The Cowboys took Parsons, probably the best non-quarterback of the first round, with the 49ers’ original pick at no. 12.

from https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2023/8...arnold-lessons

looking like a pretty big swing and a miss. There's always some opportunity cost involved in acquiring a player via FA (salary cap) or draft (player X vs. player Y), but when you trade up for one I think it's magnified.

[smuggler]

Yikes. Almost every player on the list is elite.

[Fritz]

It reminds me of the Tony Mandarich draft. A zillion pro bowlers picked after the Packers took a turd.