Will the 49ers Trade Up in Round 1 for an Offensive Tackle?
Analyzing whether the San Francisco 49ers will trade up in Round 1 of the NFL Draft for an offensive tackle.
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00:00 Let's start with the first round pick the Niners have on this year. Although it's frankly more like a second round pick. So
00:06 Can we trade up is that possible and if it seems like everyone pretty much agrees this year this is a great opportunity
00:17 To pick the offensive lineman you like the best. What do you think about the Niners trading up for an offensive lineman?
00:23 I think they should
00:25 You needed replacement long term for Trent Williams
00:29 And you need in the following year and you're coming up to the next season to have bookends it tackles for once
00:35 And so I think that makes sense
00:37 Tim Kawakami of the athletic has floated this for a while now that the Niners are looking for a plug-and-play
00:42 Lineman and moving up in the draft to do it. So I think that might be IU
00:48 I don't think so. I think that it's more of they're gonna look at
00:52 Packaging picks they've got 11 picks. They don't need them all and so a first and second to Pittsburgh
00:59 At 20 and then a little bit more change back from the Steelers would work and then it's a question of whether a Marius
01:06 Mims drops to 20 or not if he does that's a trade worth making
01:09 Yeah, tell people who don't know who a Marius Mims are is who he is. He's a tackle from Georgia. Who's just gigantic
01:16 Yeah in my column for you. I called him Thanos. He's a
01:20 six eight three forty with eleven and a quarter inch hands
01:26 36 and an eighth inch arms and he ran a 507 and 40. Oh, okay
01:31 Pretty good Wow
01:34 He's playing in the SEC the problem athletic big people in the world
01:38 Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's good. And so that's why you would want him. Okay, so we did he did have injury problems though
01:46 I Georgia he had tightrope surgery on his ankle. So he's only played eight games but in those eight games he's dominated
01:53 Okay, and for somebody that tall he plays really low. So he has more explosion. He's a player worth having
02:00 Do you feel you plug in at left tackle once trend is done?
02:04 Do you feel he's plug and play a right tackle at this point? Yes. Okay, that's more question of his availability. So
02:11 He was so good at the combine. It's possible. He won't be there at 20
02:15 Yeah, he could go earlier. There are some mocks that have him as high as 12
02:20 Most of them have him from 17 to 20. And so I just wanted to move up
02:25 That's that's where it would make sense is get to 20
02:28 I have a couple thoughts on this first round pick see seems to me that I agree
02:32 It should be an offensive lineman, but it seems also like this is a golden opportunity to take a tackle
02:38 I I don't it's ducks drafting for need but
02:42 It's hard to say you can get a it's hard to take a let me try this in English
02:47 It's hard to find a plug-and-play offensive tackle after round one a guy that you're gonna play as a rookie on a team
02:54 That's supposed to win the Super Bowl kind of need to take that guy in round one. Whereas you can find good offensive
03:00 guards centers
03:03 Interior offensive lineman later. So I feel like this is yeah, you almost have to yeah
03:08 It's not just first round. It's top 20 usually of the guys that can start and so that's what I wanted to ask you about
03:15 Yeah, okay. There's supposed to be four or five quarterbacks going in the in the first round. That's good news for the 49ers
03:21 Absolutely supposed to be a whole lot of wide receivers going for in the first round. That's great news for the 49ers
03:27 Is it possible that one or two of these?
03:30 plug-and-play right tackles
03:32 drops to 31
03:34 No, no
03:36 Which that was isn't that good? No
03:39 No, the problem with that is that there's so few tackles over the past four years or so
03:45 That the NFL is starved for them. And so these guys come along they're starting tackles. They get taken
03:51 So it's tough. No, they I think that they've got I've got five
03:56 Potentially they could start so
03:59 Fuaga from Oregon State Mims from Georgia
04:02 Latham from Alabama and Fortuno from UW the other one that might drop is
04:08 Fashioning from Penn State
04:10 He had eight and a half inch hands at the combine, which is a big red flag
04:14 It's really small and as a result some people have been dropping
04:19 Kuiper has him in the mid-20s now as one example
04:22 Not that he's the gold standard because when you're holding in the Super Bowl you want bigger hands when you're holding player made mitts
04:29 Yeah
04:33 So he could drop and if so gives the niners a chance
04:37 So I've got five tackles that could start day one
04:39 And then the other starting lineman would be Graham Barton a Duke who could start at center on day one
04:45 So I think that's the six that the Niners would be looking at you
04:49 So if they stick at 31, they're running the risk of getting a starting guard
04:53 Starting center, which to me is not the assignment. Although it could help
04:59 Well Barton would help it. The starting center is something they need. Yes
05:04 Because what you've got right now is okay in Brendel, but he's also 32 and he's also been okay
05:11 But not great and also I think you can against the moment of it's but we're just talking about making a bigger investment
05:18 The position is not like Colton McKibbit has been a disappointment. In fact, I think he's exceeded a lot of people's expectations
05:23 My eyes what he can do is just the well-placed late pick. He does what he can
05:28 Well, but I mean has to say it's time to get better there. We need to invest draft capital in that position
05:34 think so
05:37 Especially if the 49ers want to be a team and it goes empty backfield a lot. Let's talk scheme
05:41 They were empty backfield. It lived in that formation in the Super Bowl
05:46 Don't know why but that's I guess where they want to take their offense. That's what Kyle feels comfortable
05:51 How it feels comfortable using Brock Purdy. Okay. Well then now you need to left tackles essentially those open formations
05:58 You want George Kittle and Christian McCaffrey runner outs great. Well that right tackle needs to be really really really good
06:04 Yeah
06:06 nine unblocked rushers in the Super Bowl as
06:08 Result of what they're doing. So you need you got to have better talent in the offensive line if you're gonna keep going with
06:16 Empty backfields, you've got to have far more talent than they have now nothing against Colton
06:22 It's just that he is what he is. He's a late pick
06:26 Yeah
06:28 So trade up you're thinking looking around 20
06:33 Maybe a little higher first or second round pick
06:36 Yeah 20 if you want mims and that's probably the lowest he can go and after that it's a question of who else falls where?
06:43 But it gets more difficult to trade up because a lot of NFC teams that want to compete with the Niners are
06:49 Picking in the mid to late 20s, so it's hard to trade there
06:53 You know, I think they could make a trade though to 26
06:56 Tampa isn't necessarily going to be you know, they're reloading. They're not rebuilding
07:01 So you could make a trade with them to get to 26
07:05 But the key is you have to jump up there
07:07 Otherwise, you're gonna see players you want that are gonna leave the board at 26 7 8 9 30
07:13 It's it's gonna be just painful for the Niners to watch all the guys they want leave the board. I think it reminds me of
07:20 This reminds me of when they lost the Super Bowl
07:23 2019 came back traded up a few spots for Brandon. I you needed a starting wide receiver
07:27 Yeah, and got the guy they targeted so maybe they could do something similar if mims maybe they don't want them
07:32 Maybe they can't get all the way up to 17 18
07:35 They don't get mims but they can trade up to 24 25 26 something like that
07:39 Is there a second option you would advocate for?
07:42 Well tackle at tackle. It's who's there? No, I like Latham also and he's like
07:50 25
07:52 Fountain who from Washington is also in the same range. I would prefer Latham of those two
07:57 and then it's a
08:00 Fashio drugs because you know, Fountain who is just more of a movement tackle. He's a little bit smaller
08:07 Yeah, he has a good movement to his game great feet, but he's doesn't certainly have great power. I think the Niners need
08:15 Power and technique and you're gonna get that with Latham as a big SEC tackle. That's been
08:22 coached up at Alabama
08:25 Yeah, but the Niners are gonna take the other guy Kyle wants movement
08:28 Yeah, he could and if so, it's still a good option. I think it'll start day one
08:35 Okay. All right. I would prefer the bigger more powerful guy. Sure, and I think I would too but
08:41 Knowing Kyle the way I think I do. I think you just the guy from you
08:45 Dub sounds like the Niners first round pick if I had to guess yeah
08:48 26 Fountain who might be there. He might not some are saying he doesn't go past the Cowboys. They pick a 24 and
08:56 So if that's the case, then that can be a problem
08:59 But I still think that of these six offensive linemen they want one of them and if they go to 26
09:06 I think Barton will be the guy that's the ultimate fallback if all the tackles go and they might
09:12 Let me check out real quick one on CBS where they got
09:15 They but do they have a ton of a guard
09:20 He can play guard. But yes, he proved that he can play tackle. He is
09:26 He mentioned out well, he had 34 inch arms. He moved well
09:30 He did okay in power. I think that Fountain Oh sold that he can play tackle and
09:35 Given who Washington played this year. I think that he proved he's at that level
09:40 It's more of guard is that if he doesn't succeed in the NFL he can bump inside and be great as a guard
09:46 But I okay real quick starts as a tackle. Here's what CBS has the rankings for offensive tackles
09:52 Penn State dude number four
09:55 Shanu number eight Notre Dame Joe alt
09:58 overall
10:00 13 yeah, JC Latham, Alabama 14
10:02 Tali, I don't know how to pronounce these players named to Lisa Fuaga to Lisa Fuaga, Oregon State
10:09 16 Amarius Mims, Georgia 30 Tyler Guyton, Oklahoma. So that's right in the niner spot. You have an opinion on Guyton
10:15 I don't think Guyton is a starter. I don't think he has NFL strength to start day one. He needs to redshirt
10:21 Good to know he did go to Oklahoma and I know it seems to me well
10:26 Andy reading the chiefs seem to trust that
10:29 Creed hump or glam one in Morris last year. They trust the Oklahoma coaching staff
10:36 So but they also redshirted him. So then if the Niners want day one starter
10:42 They need to go elsewhere
10:45 at least in terms of
10:48 You
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