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2:49

news pod because the next pod about Brandon I

2:51

you could be he either gets traded during the

2:54

draft or he signs a big Extension

2:57

but there is a bit of NFL news which pertains

2:59

to the 49ers and might add fuel to the fire

3:01

for a potential Brandon I you trade and we do

3:03

know now that the 49ers are at least listening

3:06

to offers I'm

3:08

on Ross a brown signing a four year 120

3:10

million dollar contract Lots

3:13

of guarantees with the Detroit Lions and

3:15

a resetting the wide receiver market and

3:17

now we've seen two really big contracts

3:20

This offseason for wide receivers and we still haven't seen

3:22

CD lamb So I haven't seen Justin Jefferson do their

3:24

deal and obviously we haven't seen Brandon. I you do

3:26

his deal yet There's other

3:29

potential deals till T Higgins potential trades that

3:31

could happen. It's gonna be a crazy offseason

3:33

for wide receivers and Really

3:36

this the in my immediate thought

3:38

isn't so much about a brain I you could

3:41

trade when I see the Detroit Lions resign on

3:43

or Saint Brown. My thought is immediately

3:47

Why aren't the 49ers trying to hurry up and get

3:49

this deal done before these all these other deals? Start

3:52

rolling through because brand I use price

3:54

only goes up from here. I Think

3:57

one thing that's more and more apparent again as much

3:59

as the the 49ers want

4:01

Brandon to be the long term guy, right?

4:03

They want him to be a 49er. I

4:07

don't think they want to

4:09

pay him the same amount

4:11

as some of these other receivers and what

4:14

they're getting. Saint

4:16

Brown who just signed a big contract extension

4:19

kudos to him. He is

4:21

really used and featured in that often. Now they

4:23

run the ball to him with Gibbs and Montgomery.

4:25

But a lot of the offense goes to Saint

4:27

Brown. They move him around. He plays outside, he

4:30

plays in the slot. He's

4:32

gonna get his 11-12 targets,

4:34

right? He has a big

4:36

focal point of what they do. And

4:38

that's not the case for the 49ers with Brandon

4:40

Iu. So I think the

4:43

way the 49ers are looking at it is like, man,

4:45

we love you as a football player. And

4:47

we want you and what you do on our team.

4:50

But not at the price tag of

4:52

these other guys, because we don't use you

4:54

that way. And that might be the hang up.

4:56

So even when we see these numbers, I think it makes it tougher.

4:59

I think the agent of Brandon Iu

5:01

and the 49ers get further apart on

5:03

their negotiations. I think the 49ers

5:05

will tell you, well, well, because you

5:08

have a 50 year option you have to play on

5:10

and push them to shove, we'll franchise tag you the

5:12

following year. So they kind of have them by the

5:14

cajones a little bit. But it doesn't

5:18

make the situation any easier for

5:22

the 49ers if they're not looking to pay him.

5:25

Now, what, 27 million? Cuz

5:27

think we're all got 30 million a year, 77 guaranteed. Yeah,

5:31

part of the problem too is just we

5:33

need to wait and see what the actual

5:35

dollars are and what the actual structure is.

5:38

Because there's guarantees and there's actual full guarantees,

5:40

right? There's guarantees for injury. There's

5:42

numbers that just turn out to be flat, inflated

5:45

versus what, and these are the agents numbers

5:47

that come out first, right? So the numbers

5:50

that Ian Rappaport reports out there,

5:52

those are coming from the agent side. When we actually see

5:54

what the numbers are, maybe it looks a lot less. Maybe

5:57

it makes a lot more sense to pay for you

5:59

closer to what this. contract is and I do

6:01

think that Brandon I you would not get

6:03

as much money as a Monroe St Brown

6:05

because of how they're featured in

6:08

their offense and what they've done how they

6:10

produce so far in the NFL throughout their careers.

6:12

I think he's I think a better comp

6:14

still for Brandon I you is is Devante

6:16

Smith now Brandon I you might not see it that

6:18

way and if Brandon I use camp is asking for

6:20

30 million dollars a year. I know why the 49ers

6:22

haven't signed him yet and they shouldn't just give

6:24

him that just because he's asking for it right and

6:26

that's why this thing may drag out a little bit

6:28

longer. It might be why they might be more willing

6:30

to listen to a trade offer if they think it's

6:32

going to be a really tough deal to get done

6:34

and that they might not end up getting it done

6:36

because it gets a little bit more

6:38

difficult if you go through the season on the 50

6:41

year option, which is obviously an option for the 49ers

6:43

because Brandon I you don't forget still under contract then

6:45

they have the franchise tag and it could you

6:47

know go a lot of different ways from

6:49

here. I don't think 49ers want to do

6:52

that, but that's one of that's their biggest

6:54

strength in bargaining is that they're well,

6:56

okay. Well, you can ask for something crazy that we're

6:58

not going to give you and we'll just

7:00

not do a deal and you're under

7:02

contract, right? So like but

7:04

if the 49ers don't want to do a deal with

7:07

Brandon I you can want to play hardball. They can

7:09

absolutely do that and Brandon I you will play for

7:11

the 49ers on his fifth year contract at

7:13

some point. I don't think it's going to come to that,

7:15

but that is one Avenue and that's where

7:17

the 49ers are bargaining from so

7:21

with a and obviously a monorail St. Brown doesn't

7:23

have a fifth year options wasn't a first round

7:25

pick so that you know shortens what that rookie

7:27

deal would be compared to Brandon I you could

7:29

the extra fifth year on his deal. Also

7:32

when you talk about like the bargaining chips

7:34

within I think the 49ers can also utilize

7:36

that and the trade value

7:38

right like they still value him as

7:40

a piece of this offense and what

7:43

he does to help them be a Super

7:45

Bowl caliber team. So any team that wants

7:47

to trade for him, we're

7:49

not just going to give them away just because one, you

7:52

know, we can't come very close on the contract

7:54

right now. We hold him we have

7:57

kind of this power Over what

7:59

happens. You. Want him for.

8:02

You and give of the first round pick. And

8:05

will talk about been Albright's bad you

8:07

know what he kind of predicts or

8:09

whatever we his mark drowsiness sure there,

8:11

but. You're Not going to do something like

8:13

that. We. Will keep you. So.

8:16

You go. Had draft a receiver. At.

8:18

Whatever pick you want to just receivers and. You

8:20

don't know visa to be good or not.

8:22

We know we're burning are huge is we

8:24

know what value Hebrew sore team. Unfortunately

8:27

the with house in the hands his office

8:29

as a own force with works are you.

8:31

Is. Is not passes. It's

8:34

run. Things. To to run dreams

8:36

that set up the past to the runs and

8:38

then you start to get the bread and are

8:40

you. And. That's why does Will I?

8:42

Think. The whole a bit. On.

8:45

The subject to bring. Now you can

8:47

a potential trade in the draft: Daniel

8:49

Jeremiah Drop this Today or Tuesday or

8:51

what would I mean no daily use

8:53

of Wednesday is when he dropped it

8:55

on Twitter. were recording this or later

8:57

Wednesday Edge. Of. He

9:00

said. That. The two

9:02

teams the makes sense to him or

9:04

the colts. And the Jacksonville Jaguars

9:07

he says run through this are all

9:09

the scenarios in the in the things

9:11

that that makes sense to him. With

9:13

the Forty Niners potentially treating Breanna you

9:15

can the teams that makes sense on

9:17

the receiving end for brain and I

9:19

you would be the Indianapolis Colts who

9:21

have the fifties pig in the draft

9:23

and the Jacksonville Jaguars where the seventies

9:25

pick in the Nfl draft him as

9:27

he those are of picks that the

9:29

foreigners would be asking for in trade.

9:32

do those teams make sense to you i

9:34

don't know why you consider the steelers who

9:36

are it twenty is part of this for

9:38

deal jeremiah swaths he doesn't really elaborate on

9:40

it he just as those two teams in

9:42

an office because what he's hearing or if

9:44

it's because of what makes sense to him

9:46

if he's put his g m hat on

9:48

for all these teams but i don't know

9:50

how the the steelers are coming up workers

9:53

are just a few pics after the jags

9:55

and they have the receiver need as well

9:57

and they're not pain and expensive quarterback or

9:59

an expensive wider right now so you

10:01

would think under their cap and under their team

10:03

building strategy, Brandon and I would fit really nice

10:05

in Pittsburgh as well. I

10:08

think especially after losing Deontay Johnson or the

10:10

trade Deontay Johnson or whatever happened with him

10:12

but now the guy who was I felt

10:15

like a big piece in the offense and maybe he you

10:17

know had some frustration start to kick in and I mean

10:19

just get me out of here. I'm done

10:21

with whatever y'all going through at this quarterback position. I

10:24

don't want any parts of it. You obviously

10:27

still have Pickens and

10:29

you know he's a terrific receiver but

10:32

you would like a Brandon

10:34

Iuk and Pickens. Pickens

10:37

needs someone that compliments him in a

10:39

different way with the game that he

10:41

plays. He's kind of a contested catch

10:43

guy, not as much high volume

10:45

guy and that's why Deontay Johnson I felt like

10:47

worked so well but adding Brandon

10:49

Iuk takes that to a higher

10:51

level. And Deontay Johnson is a good receiver as well.

10:54

I think he's in the same class as Brandon

10:57

Iuk, no, Deebo

10:59

Samuel. Brandon

11:02

Iuk. 2017

11:05

Deebo Samuel class, yeah. He went a few

11:07

picks in the third round I believe after

11:09

DK Metcalflin. There we go, yeah. So,

11:14

like him a lot but he's gone.

11:16

So how do you figure

11:18

out a way to kind of bolster your receiver room

11:20

and it is potentially training for a guy like Brandon

11:22

Iuk. Because the Colts and the Jags

11:24

have already done work in free agency and the Colts

11:26

just paid Michael Pittman who's from the same

11:29

draft as Brandon Iuk, right? He just got

11:31

paid. So you'd be putting a lot

11:33

of money in wide receiver and now you got a

11:35

rookie contract quarterback and that's what you're trying to help

11:37

out so obviously it's not crazy money that they'd be

11:39

dropping but you know they'd be paying two big

11:42

wide receiver contracts the

11:44

same offseason. I don't know if

11:46

that makes as much sense and I think at 15

11:48

you'd be much more likely to have someone like Brian

11:51

Thomas Jr. there for you to

11:53

actually pick yourself. The teams that

11:55

would be more interested are the teams that are

11:57

outside of the top receivers in the draft probably.

12:00

think the brand I use better than what's left for them in

12:02

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12:05

makes sense are predictions for a brand

12:08

and I trade if it happens

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he's a pretty plugged-in guy and has sources

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14:03

front offices and he

14:05

projects an interesting trade the 49ers going

14:07

up with the Jacksonville Jaguars as Daniel

14:09

Jeremiah mentioned and what's interesting is those

14:12

two that mock trap was written Before

14:17

the Daniel Jeremiah stuff came out So maybe

14:19

they're starting to hear the same thing is

14:21

Trent bulky talking to John Lynch about a

14:23

potential brand and I you trade Because Albright

14:25

had the Niners trading up to 17 with

14:27

Brandon I are not trading up but trading

14:30

the brand and I you for the 17th pick and Selecting

14:34

a wide receiver right there out of LSU

14:36

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speed a downfield weapon does that

14:41

receiver even fit? Shanahan

14:43

style if he was to trade Brandon I you to

14:46

the Jaguars for 17 well

14:48

when I saw that at pick 17 and they

14:50

took the receiver one not a huge fan of

14:54

Forcing anything right? I think 49 fans

14:56

they did at me because I'm not

14:58

forcing in an office attack Well,

15:00

you know, I would love to have one but at 31

15:02

is I always got to be office of line It's like

15:04

I'm not big on forcing things and I definitely wouldn't

15:06

want to force a receiver at 17 Just

15:09

because in that scenario you trade away Brandon

15:12

I so for me personally, I'm

15:14

looking what office alignment are available.

15:17

It's the time they were available am I making this

15:19

trailer for the town? No, it's not available and Looking

15:22

at Benjamin Albright board

15:26

Fotano went the pick before the 49ers to

15:28

I want to say Seattle Seahawks. Yes Yeah,

15:32

so, you know At

15:35

that point like I'm sorry Brandon I you

15:37

but you're not gonna get paid anymore this

15:39

year because I'm not trading you if the

15:41

guy that I would want on the board

15:43

is not there and then also When

15:46

you look at what they traded for and I think this

15:48

kind of is reminiscent a little bit a little bit

15:50

of the Deebo Samuel situation Deebo

15:53

Samuel stayed a 49er a lot of people

15:55

look at that like, oh see he was

15:57

never gonna go anywhere. No The

16:00

trade offer just was not good enough.

16:02

So here's here was the the

16:04

D-Bo Samuel situation. They tried to trade

16:07

pick 10 overall But

16:09

they want to pick swap they want to pick 61 in

16:11

return So

16:13

the 49ers would have had picked 10 and

16:15

they would not have picked again until late in the third round Right.

16:18

Like no we we valued D-Bo more than

16:20

that. Yeah, this is the 2022 draft,

16:23

right? Yes, and the new york jets

16:26

The 49ers would have basically packaged both D-Bo and

16:28

61 their second round pick Which is the first

16:30

selection they had in that draft to go up

16:32

to number 10, right? Right.

16:36

Yeah, look Garrett Wilson would have been real nice that was

16:38

the pick for the in that spot by the way by

16:40

the by the New

16:43

York Jets and he'd been a nice fit for

16:45

the 49ers and You

16:48

could argue whether or not that would have been worth

16:50

it, but this is a similar

16:54

Trade which is just a flat no for me with

16:56

a pick swap on top of pick 17 Your

16:59

the 49ers would have been basically utilizing

17:01

Brandon I you to move up from

17:04

31 to 17 just

17:06

to draft a receiver and that's a big

17:08

big no for me and the

17:11

the 49ers only get outside

17:14

of pick 17 and again using I like to

17:16

get get up he has The

17:19

Jacksonville giving the 49ers pick 116

17:21

so I mean what is

17:23

that a fourth round pick? So you know, you guys already

17:26

have three fourth round picks. They don't need another one. Yeah,

17:28

so I was like, okay We're gonna trade I you

17:30

to move up to draft another receiver just

17:32

to Absolutely not

17:34

like that. That's that's one of those scenarios where like

17:37

yes, he is for sale Yes, we would like to

17:39

have a pick 17, but we're not doing it This

17:42

way like where we feel like how does this

17:44

benefit us? Because we just

17:47

get rid of Brandon. I we don't want to get rid of Brandon.

17:49

I right Yeah,

17:51

that makes no sense if it was for 17 I

17:55

think you're talking right and that's why that's

17:57

what the 49ers are asking it should be

17:59

asking there a report, remember a few weeks

18:01

ago, which might be might

18:03

sound like it has a lot more validity than

18:05

at the time where there was a reporter in

18:07

Jacksonville that said she heard the 49ers axing

18:10

price was 17 plus wide receiver

18:12

Zay Jones from

18:14

the Jaguars. I think that's more in line of what John

18:17

was just probably asking for. A pick swap

18:19

is a huge no, very

18:21

reminiscent of the the

18:24

offseason two years ago with Depot. If

18:27

you told me right now that big 17, you get 17, you get

18:31

Zay Jones who I think Zay Jones

18:33

is a solid receiver. You know,

18:35

I think he could work well in the 49ers

18:37

offense. Is he a replacement for Brandon? I know,

18:40

but he'd be solid. Like if he

18:42

had 700 yards at the

18:44

end of the season and four touchdowns, like would I be surprised

18:46

not at all? Yeah, gives you a better player to plug in

18:48

now. And then you still draft the guy that you're trying to

18:51

develop for later. Yeah, and you still can't but at least you

18:53

still have picked 31. But

18:55

if you're saying I will give

18:57

you 17, but we're taking Iuke

19:00

and pick 31. I'm out. I'm

19:03

out. I'm sorry, Brandon. I'm

19:05

not trading for that. If I'm the Jaguars, you

19:07

could turn 17 into pick 31 state

19:11

has some first round pick and get Brandon Iuke. That's

19:13

insane. Like you'd be doing back once if

19:15

you're a Jaguars fan in that in that situation.

19:18

Now, I did have someone in on

19:20

Twitter in the comments asked me, what do you

19:22

think about this scenario? And it was a pick

19:24

swap plus a second round pick. At

19:27

least I'm intrigued by that. Like I can

19:29

think about that. Because then at

19:31

least I still have three picks. And

19:33

the first two to three in

19:36

the first two rounds, I still have picked seven or

19:38

let's say I think it was the Steelers in the

19:40

scenario, but I picked 20. And

19:42

then I have two second round picks. And

19:45

then my late third. I'm

19:47

more intrigued by that. Would I just

19:49

put a trigger on it? I don't know. Again, if you're telling

19:52

me for tunnel is here. Now

19:54

we're talking about trading Brandon

19:57

I you for a legit Long-term

20:00

potentially right tackle or left

20:02

tackle plays left tackle Washington

20:06

And I get a second round pick That's

20:08

that's a little bit more Entitling

20:11

it gets me to think a little bit more like that's

20:13

just not a for sure. No, right, right No,

20:16

I totally agree. And so that's why And

20:18

look and that's why I think it's unlikely that a team

20:21

like the Colts or the team like the Jaguars Would be

20:23

willing to trade for bear now you think the asking price

20:25

is probably too high But the

20:27

folks around the league must be talking there must

20:29

be a reason like the Colts must be trying

20:31

to go get a wider receiver the Jaguars must

20:34

be making a lot of calls about getting wide

20:36

receiver or else those teams names wouldn't be thrown

20:38

out because to Me the Steelers make a ton

20:40

more sense as a trade partner or

20:42

I think if I had to

20:44

guess which team trades for Brandon I you it

20:47

would be the Carolina Panthers The Carolina

20:49

Panthers don't have a first round pick. So you might be saying

20:51

wait saying to you They're not

20:53

first round pick, you know, what they do have is pick

20:55

33 the first pick in the second round They also have

20:57

picked 39 right the eighth pick

20:59

in the first round. They've got We

21:04

got two picks in the second round 31 plus

21:06

or 33 plus 39 is worth more than Steelers

21:11

pick 20 by itself so they

21:13

could put together a package I think they would

21:15

entice the 49ers that gives them first round value

21:17

even though they don't have a first round pick

21:19

whether it's packaging a future pick with 33 or

21:21

something like that and I

21:24

think they have the most need cap space

21:26

to make a move They need a veteran

21:28

wide receiver They need a now wide receiver

21:30

for their young quarterback And I'm surprised that

21:32

we're not hearing about the Panthers and wide

21:35

receivers right now And I guess it's

21:37

just because they don't have first round pick So they're

21:39

not in all the first round mocks But I think

21:41

the dark horse team for Brandon you it's probably the

21:43

Carolina Panthers now He would want to he would have

21:45

to want to sign a deal there, too So maybe

21:47

that's a big no from a Ukes

21:49

camp potentially because that's a very different

21:51

offense now that you're in and a

21:53

very different Team that you're in

21:56

that you're on now, even if you get

21:58

a little bit extra cash if you're brand you

22:00

and as talented as you know

22:02

Bryce young is like is he going

22:04

to be good usually maybe he is

22:07

but maybe he's not I know one thing

22:10

hey with the 49ers I do have a

22:12

good quarterback so I like

22:14

my rapport with my quarterback in San Francisco

22:16

do I want to sign a

22:18

long-term extension which definitely like they would have

22:20

to iron out the details

22:22

of a contract or potential contract prior

22:24

to making the trade because if you

22:26

trade it for him and he's like I'm not he's kind of with you

22:29

guys then now you're just

22:31

in the same position as a 49ers

22:33

get your option maybe franchise tag them

22:35

but nothing is solidified with Brennan I

22:37

long term which is what he's trying

22:39

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24:23

Prediction time, Croc, for the 2024

24:25

NFL Draft, will Brandon Iyuk be

24:27

traded? No. No. I

24:31

don't think that a team will

24:33

meet the demands that the

24:36

49ers have. And

24:38

the 49ers, again, they don't have to do this.

24:42

Yes, right. It's not, I would

24:44

bet that it doesn't happen, but it feels

24:46

much more likely today than it did a

24:48

month ago. Remember,

24:50

my percentage was 70%. He

24:52

plays on 50-year option, 20% gets a new contract,

24:54

10%. He's moved.

24:57

I'd book that 10% up to 25% right now. Now

25:00

still, you have much more chance. You got 75% chance. He

25:05

is a 49er to some extent. There's

25:08

25% chance, which is much higher than

25:10

10%. So

25:13

I put a tweet out earlier Wednesday

25:17

and it said this. By

25:20

the way, going back to Daniel Jeremiah, he had some

25:22

other intel. He said everyone he's talking to, people

25:25

are trading up for offensive tackles. That might be the 49ers.

25:28

That might be the Kansas City Chiefs at 32, trying to get in

25:30

front of the 49ers and a bunch of other teams. That

25:35

might be the Steelers. The Steelers need an offensive tackle. By

25:37

the way, my guy Matt Williamson, we've

25:39

talked about this. What would a Iyuk trade look

25:41

like? And he's like, man, that

25:44

first round pick, I don't think is going anywhere because the Steelers

25:47

want an offensive tackle with that pick. And

25:49

so it's the Steelers. There's so

25:51

many good tackles in this class, but there's so many teams that

25:53

need an offensive tackle as well. So they're going to fly off

25:55

the boards. Teams might be going up to try to get them.

26:00

I mean, we're just bringing this up. I

26:02

like that you talked about that with the

26:04

focus on officer tackle around the league. Everybody

26:06

looks at McKivvits like it's just this terrible

26:09

officer lineman and it's so easy to replace

26:11

him. Excuse

26:13

me, John Lynch said it in

26:15

the press conference yesterday. They're

26:18

struggling with offensive linemen around the

26:20

league. This is not an

26:22

issue exclusive to the 49ers. So

26:25

when you have McKivvits and this is

26:27

my, everybody pushes back on me. I'm not saying this

26:29

guy is great, but he is serviceable

26:31

to the point. And someone brought up some great points,

26:33

man, they had to run away from him. They had to run to the

26:35

left side all the time. They figured

26:38

out a way to be serviceable with him out

26:40

there. And you wrote that

26:42

to the Superbowl. All right, so

26:44

obviously this is a guy that you would love to

26:46

improve over. But the rest of

26:48

the league is thinking the same thing. Why

26:51

is everybody trying to trade up for

26:53

these tackles? Why are so many tackles

26:55

projected to go first round? Because everybody

26:57

tackles, they have the same issues

26:59

as the 49ers. So

27:01

I'm glad, I just wanted to say that because I'm glad you

27:03

brought that up. It's not as easy as just, oh,

27:06

it's just drafts anybody and it's gonna be

27:08

good. The entire league is having trouble finding

27:11

guys that are good on

27:13

the offensive line. Forget just

27:15

tackle, tackles, guards. That's

27:17

why they can't pay so much on the market now. offensive

27:20

guards are getting paid a premium

27:23

because it's hard to even find good guards

27:25

as well. Pickens

27:30

are gonna be slim at 31 for the 49ers

27:32

at offensive tackle. And I hope they don't force it.

27:35

And they've done enough work on their roster where

27:38

I don't think they have to force it and

27:40

they can go best player available. Maybe they do

27:42

move up, maybe they do move back, Croc. But

27:44

I get the sense right now, if

27:46

the 49ers stick at 31, there's not

27:48

gonna be a really clean option for them

27:50

at offensive tackle. And

27:52

so I don't think I would predict that

27:54

they take any offensive tackle necessarily at pick

27:56

31. So if they are at

27:58

31. What's the prediction?

28:01

Who do the 49ers draft in

28:03

the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft? Kroc.

28:09

I think it's been clear you and I were on the

28:11

same page with this, right? You

28:14

want the right guy, not

28:16

just a guy. And we've kind of narrowed it

28:18

down. There's a couple of guys I would love

28:20

to be on the board. I'm talking about Cooper

28:22

DeGene. I think he's a day one, plug and

28:24

play guy in the secondary. He'd start even impactful

28:27

player. I would love to have him. I don't

28:29

quite foresee him being there at 31. Hope

28:31

he is. And we're talking about him at

28:33

safety slash nickel. We call him Palin

28:36

Ramsey. All right. We're not talking about

28:38

him being in the outside corner, aka

28:40

Jason Seaworm out there. So

28:43

I don't foresee him being there. And

28:45

then you go straight to another position where you

28:47

feel like a guy can make an impact and

28:49

both of us landed on the defensive line. Different

28:51

guys. I kind of landed more on Robinson. I

28:53

like to value that. A lot of people don't.

28:56

I wouldn't quite need that at pit

28:59

31. You really like Johnny

29:01

Newton who could come in

29:03

and be someone that

29:05

compliments Yvonne Hargreaves extremely well.

29:08

But so if I had to guess, you're probably

29:10

landing in the market of one

29:12

of those two guys potentially. Yeah,

29:15

I would put like Kool-Aid in there

29:18

as well as a potential pick for

29:20

the 49ers. But they've done some work.

29:22

And if you just read the tea

29:24

leaves, they've brought in a bunch of veterans. And

29:29

I think if you look at who's

29:31

on one-year deals, who's on two-year deals,

29:33

looking down the road, defensive tackle is

29:36

where I land here with where I would put

29:39

my money on who's going to be

29:41

there, Johnny Newton. And so I'm

29:43

going to guess Johnny Newton at 31. And

29:46

I think these are sort of

29:48

the chalky picks. I

29:50

think Johnny Newton and Darius Robinson should be

29:52

the betting favorites for the 49ers and then

29:54

maybe Chop Robinson and Kool-Aid and McKensrey after

29:56

that. Those four guys I think are the

29:59

most likely. potential best

30:01

players on the board available for the 49ers. I'm

30:03

gonna throw one more out there though, Croc, because

30:05

I think this is really worth the discussion. And

30:07

that's Jackson Powers Johnson. I'm gonna add him as

30:09

the fifth guy, because I've seen

30:11

him slide. He was like kind of a lock first

30:13

rounder and came seeing him kind of slide in mock

30:15

drafts a little bit. Graham Barton seems to be going

30:17

ahead of him a lot. When you're looking at the

30:19

like the center types, the interior offensive lineman. Wouldn't

30:23

it be smarter to draft somebody that

30:25

you think, even though it's not the

30:27

most position, highest position value or maybe,

30:30

you know, fans out there are gonna erupt if

30:32

they don't draft an offensive tackle in the first round. Isn't

30:35

it smarter if you think, man, there's a guy who he thinks

30:38

is an all pro center. Wouldn't you

30:40

wanna draft that guy over what

30:42

you think is maybe you're just kind of settling

30:44

on a guy who's not as good at the

30:46

offensive tackle position? I think

30:48

definitely, and I think as I'm

30:51

playing things through my head, we talked about Robinson,

30:53

we talked about Jack Newton. They

30:56

did throw a lot of resources. We talked about

30:58

outside quarterback Kool-Aid in the history. They brought in

31:00

a lot of free agents for those spots. Edge,

31:03

they brought in multiple guys. Interior defensive

31:05

line, they brought in multiple guys. Cornerback, they

31:07

brought in multiple guys. Center,

31:09

they brought in nobody.

31:13

Guard, they brought back at least Feliciano

31:15

101. They brought back Feliciano, but

31:18

that's not. Tackle did

31:21

nothing. They added a year

31:23

to Colton McKibbin's contract at a dollar amount

31:25

that says he's not a starting offensive tackle

31:27

in the NFL. They gave him swing tackle

31:29

money, right? So they're

31:33

gonna draft an offensive lineman. The question is, is it

31:35

in the first round or not? I'd

31:38

say they would do well.

31:40

And I also saw a chart. It shows

31:42

like hit rate on positions for

31:45

the first round. Yeah. More like

31:47

highest, lowest percentages of players hitting. The

31:50

hit rate on centers that are drafted in

31:52

the first round is the highest out of

31:54

any other position. Yeah, there was one miss.

31:57

And this was based on, so it's a little bit.

32:00

It's based on that player signing

32:02

a second contract with the team that

32:04

drafted him So for example Brandon I

32:06

you if they trade him would be a miss Because

32:09

the Niners didn't resign him. He's clearly a

32:11

hit divorce Buckner is listed as a miss.

32:13

He was clearly a hit There's not that

32:15

many of those like TJ. Hopkinson was traded

32:17

and so he's part of the miss category

32:19

for the tight ends But he would be

32:21

a hit I think you know So there's some

32:23

that it's not perfect But the

32:26

top three positions are guard center tackle

32:28

or center tackle guard or something like that in

32:31

a row So it's like the best

32:33

hit rate is the offensive lineman in the NFL draft the

32:35

worst hit rate is wide receiver by the way Interesting

32:38

which is why under 50% well, which is which

32:40

is why why are More

32:44

teams not banging down the door the

32:46

49ers to try to get Brandon I

32:48

eat which is why if you end up with a top

32:50

20 pick We're probably shouting at

32:53

him to draft an offensive tackle with that pick and

32:55

not a wide receiver with that pick and attack wider

32:57

See related maybe just multiple times Especially the sweet spot

32:59

seems to be in the second round right now for

33:01

wider severs in the NFL They do

33:04

if you have the ability to pour some especially

33:06

the early day to write you I

33:08

feel like second round is rich with

33:11

you know And especially like those top 15 picks

33:13

in the second round to be able

33:15

to get a receiver that could come

33:17

in a really contribute I kind

33:19

of want to make my My guess

33:21

actually Jackson Powers Johnson now that I think about

33:24

it. Yeah, I'm gonna change it I'm

33:26

gonna say Jackson Powers Johnson around one

33:28

is my guess but those

33:30

five players have a pretty That

33:32

I think it's gonna be one of those five players Not

33:34

offensive tackle in round one if they stay at 31 and

33:37

they don't move up or down Which I think is a

33:39

big possibility as well What's

33:42

your percentage on the Niners picking at 31?

33:46

Or remember I I give a higher percentage of

33:48

the 49ers moving down. Yeah This was our bet

33:50

right? I think it's a better 50% chance They

33:53

stay just because it's less likely it's more likely to

33:55

stay than make a trade But maybe the 49ers are

33:57

more likely to be one of the more mobile teams

34:00

I still like the idea of moving up on day two more

34:02

than on the more than from 31. Cuz I

34:04

think one of the five players I mentioned are gonna be there and I think

34:06

they'd be a good draft pick at 31. Then you

34:08

go up and get that asshole, right? If

34:10

they want Jackson Powers Johnson and or

34:13

Jackson Powers Johnson. Yeah, yeah.

34:15

And he's the only guy that's like him

34:17

and he starts sliding

34:19

down. I can see them

34:22

say we gotta move up to 24 to get this guy.

34:25

He's the only one that's like him.

34:27

Or maybe Graham Barton. But I

34:32

tweeted out earlier Wednesday. Since

34:35

pickings are slim and offensive tackle, I don't think they'll

34:37

go offensive tackle as I just mentioned. And

34:40

I do think the 49ers will end up

34:42

with one of these four players croc. This

34:44

is my prediction. Kingsley Suo-Mataia, we've talked a

34:46

lot about Roger Rosengarten, Blake

34:48

Fisher, right tackle from Notre Dame, who

34:51

was the bookend with Joe Alt who's going

34:54

in round one and then Caden Wallace, who

34:56

was the right tackle at Penn State, who's

34:58

the bookend with Olu

35:01

Fashionu, who's gonna go in round one

35:03

at right tackle. So Kingsley

35:05

Suo-Mataia, Blake Fisher

35:07

and Caden Wallace all came on 30 visits

35:09

for the 49ers, Roger Rosengarten, the 49ers went

35:11

to Washington and had a private workout with

35:13

him. Now, one of

35:15

those guys could be the pick at 31, but I

35:17

think their plan, if I had to guess, is

35:20

they're looking at more round two

35:23

guys here. And they're gonna go

35:25

somewhere else, best player available in round one.

35:27

And then round two,

35:29

they're hoping to either, or maybe round

35:31

three, to draft one of these four players or

35:33

maybe even move up to maneuver the board to

35:35

get one of their tackles there. That's my prediction

35:38

right now, bro. I

35:40

can see that. This is gonna be fun,

35:42

man. This next 24 hours, very

35:45

nerve wracking for not just

35:47

a lot of 49ers fans, but a lot of Laker fans, cuz we

35:49

got a chance to go OM3 in this series. It

35:51

gets the nuggets and I'm excited about that. I

35:54

can't even watch the Lakers Nuggets playoff game. I

35:56

gotta watch the NFL draft, man, but it is

35:59

gonna be exciting. for a

36:01

day, a exciting day for me for a lot of different reasons.

36:04

All right. Well, I'll be

36:06

rooting against the Lakers and I'll be rooting for the 49ers

36:08

to, uh, to

36:10

blow our minds. And I know John Lynch and

36:12

Kyle Shanahan, when they get in their office and

36:14

they start talking, they come up with some wild

36:16

stuff that we don't expect. So, um, always expect

36:19

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