San Francisco 49ers: The Busts and Successes of Recent Franchise Drafts

March 26, 2011   ·   Ted Johnson   ·   Jump to comments

The goal of every draft is to get appropriate value out of every player. As they say to players who feel they have been overlooked in the draft, it’s not where you were taken, but what value you return.
Perform well, and the money will come. And nothing is more endearing to fans—or to the organization for that matter—than a player taken late in the draft or signed as a free agent who then turns into a star.
In contrast, nothing increases the discontent of fans and the organization more than a player getting Top 10 money and playing like a third-rounder (are you paying attention Michael Crabtree?)
And nothing hurts a franchise more than spending a great deal of money on a player at a critical position like left tackle and have that player turn into an outright bust (Kwame Harris, you have the right to remain silent….)
Melding the 75 to 80 candidates who head to training camp in July into a solid, balanced, effective 53-man roster is not an ea...

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