The 49ers clearly saw something nobody else did in Bobby Jamison-Travis, taking him 48 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.
That Bernard pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They punted on running back, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
Offensive lineman is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the running back spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
R2.3
· Pick 35
· Emmanuel Pregnon
· OG
· rank 38
No drama and no debate, Emmanuel Pregnon went about where he belonged in the Round 2 slot. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.12
· Pick 76
· Zakee Wheatley
· S
· rank 90
A reach for Zakee Wheatley in the 76th pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.35
· Pick 99
· Germie Bernard
· WR
· rank 62
They barely believed it either: Germie Bernard still on the board at slot 99. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.1
· Pick 101
· Connor Lew
· C
· rank 84
They read the board right and Connor Lew was the payoff at the 101st overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.33
· Pick 133
· Trey Zuhn III
· C
· rank 127
Trey Zuhn III at No. 133 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.35
· Pick 135
· Justin Joly
· TE
· rank 122
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Justin Joly at pick No. 135 is the proof. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.4
· Pick 144
· Chris McClellan
· DT
· rank 143
They took Chris McClellan at par in slot 144, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.22
· Pick 162
· Hezekiah Masses
· CB
· rank 139
They will replay Hezekiah Masses at pick 162 for years; that is how good the value is. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R5.28
· Pick 168
· Charles Demmings
· CB
· rank 151
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Charles Demmings in the 168th overall pick. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R5.31
· Pick 171
· Bobby Jamison-Travis
· DT
· rank 219
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Bobby Jamison-Travis well ahead of where he belonged. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.34
· Pick 174
· Febechi Nwaiwu
· OG
· rank 179
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Febechi Nwaiwu. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.1
· Pick 182
· VJ Payne
· S
· rank 201
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for VJ Payne. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R6.10
· Pick 191
· Aamil Wagner
· OT
· rank 178
Aamil Wagner slipping to Round 6, Pick 10 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.