LET'S BE REAL

Ok Niner Fans, the draft is over and looking at what we received...I am very disappointed at  what we got.  Yes, we did fill some holes, but I think that we filled the holes at the wrong times. 

1)  First Round - Kentwan Balmer is unproven and injury prone, and you pass up on Limas Sweed, Devin Thomas, Malcom Kelly, Phillip Merling, Pat Sims and Quentin Groves available at the 29th pick.  My suggestion at the time was to trade the pick and accumulate more picks,  but I am not the GM.

2) Second Round - Chilo Rachael - Did not have much of a problem with this pick

3) Third Round - Reggie Smith - WTF.  Could have had Early Doucet or

4) Fourth Round - Cody Wallace - No Problem here

6) Sixth Round - John Morgan - Character Issues - Do you really need a character issue guy

7) Seventh Round - Larry Grant - Finally decide to get the OLB

Can I ask if Nolan had any input in this draft???  What the Hell??  This was the worst draft under Nolan so far.

I wasn't excited by the picks either (although I love Reggie Smith at 3).  However, I need to hope that the Niners management scouted these guys and have a better idea of their NFL fit potential than do the dozens of "expert" NFL scouting sources.   Nolan has proven to be better than average at identifying talent than previous coaches (well, except of course Mr. Walsh).

I'm just disappointed that the Niners seemed to close their eyes to the "character" issue on a couple of the picks.  Balmer's work ethic was trashed by several pre-draft scouts but I have to believe that the Niners scouted this situation thoroughly before committing to picking him.  Although, I'm still not convinced that Rachal was a good pick (his character is not in question).  There was so much talent available (@ WR) that the Niners needed, I can smell a bit of desperation here because all their O-line options slipped away earlier in the draft.  Most post-draft grades give the Niners a "C" probably because their picks were boring.  I think if they selected one top ranked WR with the 2nd pick, this would have been considered a "B" grade draft.

FIRE MIKE NOLAN!!!

we could have had James Hardy in the 2nd also

I'm disappointed:

Rd1: Balmer is "not a pass-rush threat" but will help the guys around him?? Ok fine. The Niners didn't think he'd be there at that point the draft. Defense wins championships. Let's get a WR next round.

Rd2: Rachal?? So many good WRs on the board I thought this was the place to get one of them. I understand the O-line was thin but you know what's also thin? The WR corps!!

Rd6: Josh Morgan! Great! We finally got a WR! Here's the review: " Morgan is a developmental player who could be ticketed for the practice squad." ARGHHH!?!?!

I know 49ers know more about how to draft a team than I do but at this point I'm just throwing my arms up in the air.