This draft did virtually everything it needed to do, with that said.

We got a starting nose, the best this draft had to offer. Guys like Chapman and Ta'amu may have offered better value, but we escaped this draft with the best nose on the table.

We shored up the starting line for years with Allen, and Stephenson is a fascinating risk that (a.) offers us depth at the least, and (b.) gives us the immense upside of a potential left tackle.

They lost me with Wylie and Menzie, but they regained me with a strong closing trio of Gray, Long, and Hemingway. Gray is the jack-of-all-trades guy you need to succeed, Hemingway is solid WR depth, and Long is the kind of small program gamble you take. 70 tackles with 5 sacks is crazy from the 2- and 3-tech position, which is where he played last year with SDSU.

The midrounds really bummed me out, and my cooler head prevailed with the first three. The last three were very good selections.

I give it a C+ for now, but in three years I can see this being something crazy like an A+ if Poe and Stephenson hit their ceilings and we actually find something for Wylie to do.

There you have it. A solid analysis from a guy who definitely values his barrel full of jizz.

C+/B-. It's pretty solid all around apart from Poe.

B.

I like that we took two effective college tackles, so on the offseason we should have at least two new starters on the line. One of those guys will be our guard.

Poe is high risk high reward, but with two more DTs taken right after him, seems we were in the right spot.

Overall, it may not be exciting from a skill position standpoint, and I wish we had taken a flyer on a QB instead of a returner, but it looks like a list of guys who will contribute.

Personally I think the Poe pick is a product of the new CBA/rookie scale. Despite not having the stats in college the guy has the potential to be a monster, one of a kind player. I don't think we make that pick if the financials would be out of wack. We'd have made a safer pick, probably DeCastro.

That being said they took a huge risk on a player that has a gigantic ceiling, rather than going safe.

I could live with that.

A+ Pioli is true genius
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Look at the vote distribution.

From the bitchfest threads you'd think F would win in a landslide... Guess its just a vocal few.

A solid B in my mind, but wtf do I know?

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B

Beside Poe every thing else is and needed to be about depth.

The OL picks weren't sexy and got everyone down early but the positions were a MUST.

If they would have traded down and picked up a few extra picks and got a ILB or pass rusher would have given them an A for sure.

Cool. When you do you can also tell us who won the next 3 Superbowls.

B-/B dont really know about Poe yet but Im excited to see how he turns out. The two OL are good picks and will help Charles and put Cassel in the best position to win now. Wylie was a little odd and the safety is basically a depth pick, but anything is better than Jersey Shore. Gray and Hemmingway made me very happy.

We still need a couple linebackers, but I like how we filled the other needs.

I think we all get a little trapped into the game of liking our crop of players we see as good fits for this team and therefore dislike the fact the team passes on our guys to take someone else, but I like the guys we drafted.

We took projects at positions we have solid coaching at (which should lessen the bust factor) and took some other guys that should make an impact fairly quickly at positions of need.

Not any flashy picks, which will get this draft graded pretty low.


But it's really what we needed at this point. There were a few picks that I thought could and should have went other ways, but the guys that I wanted at that pick fell even further so obviously something was wrong with them.

Why is A+++ not an option... Poll fail.