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They should get zero credit for that. Pure luck. If you think a QB has any reasonable chance of being a serviceable starter in the NFL, you’re not waiting until the 6th or 7th to pick him in hopes of value. Even if you are pretty sure he will slip, you’re not picking marginal roster and special teams guys ahead of him in rounds 4-6 if you like a QB as a guy that will ever sniff a starting role.
Like every other team, SF thought he might be a solid long-term backup. They had zero clue what they were getting.
Purdy bought Lynch a ton of goodwill and time. After some great drafts he has not been good going back to the Lance debacle, sans the Purdy pick.
Purdy saved their jobs, given up three 1st round picks and a 3rd rounder to move from 12th to 3 to pick Lance should have drove the organization into the ground. Lance has either been hurt or greatly underperforming at the NFL level. Some times you have to be lucky, but drafting Purdy as basically an afterthought saved their jobs. The hardest part for many people is thinking it was pure genius on their part instead of blind luck. The guy they drafted as a career backup has turned into a top 8 to 12 QBs in the league.
I'm going to assume there is a plan in place, as awkward as this draft has been looking. Doesn't seem like this organization to work so haphazardly, regardless of how it looks on the outside.
After the dust from the draft settles, I will start a Niners 2026 page for all things regarding the upcoming season.
After the dust from the draft settles, I will start a Niners 2026 page for all things regarding the upcoming season.
I feel like they got a lot of talent, but reached on most picks. The profile though is athletic with measurables and some discipline in the background (at least in the first few).
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The San Francisco 49ers believed their best value was to add at a position that already might be the deepest spot on the roster.
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Why 49ers' final 2026 NFL Draft pick Enrique Cruz Jr. is a promising project at offensive tackle
The San Francisco 49ers put a cap on their 2026 NFL Draft weekend with a promising offensive lineman, Enrique Cruz Jr.
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49ers GM John Lynch shuts down critics who believe team's 2026 NFL Draft picks were 'reaches'
San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch fired back at those criticizing the team for reaching during the 2026 NFL Draft.
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SF has to stop drafting runningbacks in the top 4 rounds who do not play. Isaac Guerrendo, the dude Jordan James last year, this year Kaelon Black. It seems like they rotate from guys Kyle likes to guys Lynch likes.
They do not have a real GM and scouting department that runs and owns the draft. The coach should not be picking players to draft - thats what has done in so many good coaches like Belicheck, Mike Shanahan and others. They need a separation of role responsibility.
They do not have a real GM and scouting department that runs and owns the draft. The coach should not be picking players to draft - thats what has done in so many good coaches like Belicheck, Mike Shanahan and others. They need a separation of role responsibility.
I think someone will give him a chance at some point, but he cost himself a lot of money.
I don’t think he ever sees meaningful snaps in NFL again. His body is aging and his mind is so far gone.
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I agree with that. I think someone will give him one more chance, but it's hard to imagine him taking advantage of it. Signing him to that big deal really blew up in the 49rs face. They got out of the contract but they are still taking cap hits over the next two years for him, and that matters more than whatever money they owe him.
They should have traded him when they had a chance. Receivers are rarely worth the money.
