I really like Purdue but Mac Jones has shown it is more of the coach/system than the qb and Purdy makes more than Herbert, Jackson, Hurts, Stafford, etc.
49ers always seem to make questionable decisions and they never really seem to pay the price. Lance, Purdy, Aiyuk all seem like wastes of draft capital and cap space.
They still have Chris Godwin, Tev Johnson, and Egbuka. They could also get Evans and Irving back for the regular season finish. I'm thinking Baker doesn't miss too many games. Sorry, not seeing us winning the division.
I think we see some regression to the mean, and we end up picking at no. 11. Arvell Reese LB OSU come on down. He is moving into the top ten on a lot of mocks which is surprising for an off ball linebacker so we may not even be around (I think three qb's go in front of us though). We could take and edge (Davide Bailey TTU) or a DT (Peter Woods CU), but I don't want to see us reach for the injured CB out of Tennessee (Jermod McCoy).
Don't we have until May 1, 2026 to exercise the fifth year option for Bryce? If so, i think we take a wait and see approach since next year is still a bargain for us. It would be so stupid to give BY an extension. He will be here in '26 though.
As things now stand (picking 10-17...that's right, we are moving back in the draft right now from 16 to 17), we would probably have to take the 4th best edge rusher (Bailey Texas Tech) in the draft if we went that route.
By whom? The Cardinals? And it is when not if. I think Kyler would be step up over Bryce but that is a figurative step since they are both too short. The difference is we don't have to pay Bryce 46M a year. How much of that would Arizona cover anyway?