Well the first round is in the books. In my humble opinion, the front office did an outstanding job. Read a great article in SF Gate by Scott Ostler. Love this approach.
“-- Here come the 49ers, and they trade up to select tackle Anthony Davis. This has Mike Singletary's fingerprints all over it. The 49ers' draft machine is like the U.S. government, with three branches checking-and-balancing one another. You've got Paraag Marathe analyzing players mathematically, GM-lite Trent Baalke analyzing them with a football eye, and Singletary plumbing the depths of the candidates' souls.”
Read more: Here
There is a saying in football that it all starts up front. I’ll take it a step further that great teams are built from the line of scrimmage out. Meaning put talent on the line of scrimmage and it will make your room for error on the skill positions wider. It means more time for QBs to find receivers and backs to find holes. I have to agree with Scott (writer of the article) that it may signal a move to more of a run to set up play-action passing style of offense. I hope so. These styles of offense when in place break the spirit of the other teams by brute force. This philosophy will set them apart in their division which is fraught with teams that try to finesse you. They will be a team to deal with if all these kids grow up right (so to speak).
Looking forward for more magic tonight in rounds 3 and 4. Hopefully in the form of a safety
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