[Mick]

Speaking of football players getting their degrees, John Lynch (who left early back in 1993) came back and got his degree 20 years later... and was Solomon Thomas' classmate.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/201...-stanford/

Pretty cool.

BC

The media is giving Lynch and Shanahan a lovefest for their NFL draft accomplishments, to wit:

KC Chiefs Beat Writer:  A grade.

Bleacher Report:  49ers earn extra credit for their trade with the Bears. Their work in the first round cancels out a lackluster Day 2.  BR only gave out four solid As, one to the 49ers.

Joe Williams, kicked off UConn for credit card theft, fumbles too much, retired temporarily in 2016.  C

George Kittle, TE, Iowa; deepest TE draft ever, great comparisons, grade: Excellent

Trent Taylor, WR.  5’8” and 4.63 speed (great cone and shuttle, though and he had 136 receptions).  Grade: Poor.

DJ Jones, NT.  Early in 2016, people thought he would be a  first round pic, but he didn’t develop.  319 pounds, 20 plays/game  max.  Grade: Excellent

Pita Taumoepenu, NT.  Undersized pass rusher, had nine sacks.  Agile, great hustle.  Grade good.


Adrian Colbert, DB.  Ran under radar, until (literally) post season bowl game.  Grade:  good.

Some of the tweets about John Lynch’s draft day accomplishments:
“I thought he’d suck.  I was wrong.”
“John Lynch is Danny Ocean."
"John Lynch must have some blackmail on some other front offices."

Bleacher Report on Solomon Thomas:  “You might remember Solomon Thomas from the Sun Bowl, when he looked like Ndamukong Suh and nearly upstaged Trubisky's national coming-out party.”  And gave Thomas an A+ individual grade, right after Trubisky’s D.  And Bleacher Report gave McCaffrey an A.

Sports Illustrated gave Thomas an A and McCaffrey an A-

Overall Niner grades:
Dan Kadar, SB Nation: B-
Mel Kiper, ESPN: A-
Pete Prisco, CBS Sports: A
Chris Burke, SI: A-
Nate Davis, USA Today: A
Chad Reuter, NFL.com: B+
Day 1 grade: A
Day 2 grade: C+
Day 3 grade: A
Overall grade: B+

Washington Post says the 49ers were the clear winnner of the draft, consensus grade A-, lowest grade was B-

ESPN thinks Foster is the steal of the draft.

[Mick]

Speaking of football players getting their degrees, John Lynch (who left early back in 1993) came back and got his degree 20 years later... and was Solomon Thomas' classmate.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/201...-stanford/

Pretty cool.

BC

The media is giving Lynch and Shanahan a lovefest for their NFL draft accomplishments, to wit:

KC Chiefs Beat Writer:  A grade.

Bleacher Report:  49ers earn extra credit for their trade with the Bears. Their work in the first round cancels out a lackluster Day 2.  BR only gave out four solid As, one to the 49ers.

Joe Williams, kicked off UConn for credit card theft, fumbles too much, retired temporarily in 2016.  C

George Kittle, TE, Iowa; deepest TE draft ever, great comparisons, grade: Excellent

Trent Taylor, WR.  5’8” and 4.63 speed (great cone and shuttle, though and he had 136 receptions).  Grade: Poor.

DJ Jones, NT.  Early in 2016, people thought he would be a  first round pic, but he didn’t develop.  319 pounds, 20 plays/game  max.  Grade: Excellent

Pita Taumoepenu, NT.  Undersized pass rusher, had nine sacks.  Agile, great hustle.  Grade good.


Adrian Colbert, DB.  Ran under radar, until (literally) post season bowl game.  Grade:  good.

Some of the tweets about John Lynch’s draft day accomplishments:
“I thought he’d suck.  I was wrong.”
“John Lynch is Danny Ocean."
"John Lynch must have some blackmail on some other front offices."

Bleacher Report on Solomon Thomas:  “You might remember Solomon Thomas from the Sun Bowl, when he looked like Ndamukong Suh and nearly upstaged Trubisky's national coming-out party.”  And gave Thomas an A+ individual grade, right after Trubisky’s D.  And Bleacher Report gave McCaffrey an A.

Sports Illustrated gave Thomas an A and McCaffrey an A-

Overall Niner grades:
Dan Kadar, SB Nation: B-
Mel Kiper, ESPN: A-
Pete Prisco, CBS Sports: A
Chris Burke, SI: A-
Nate Davis, USA Today: A
Chad Reuter, NFL.com: B+
Day 1 grade: A
Day 2 grade: C+
Day 3 grade: A
Overall grade: B+

Washington Post says the 49ers were the clear winnner of the draft, consensus grade A-, lowest grade was B-

ESPN thinks Foster is the steal of the draft.