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Dykes/Getty ImagesA couple of weeks ago we looked back at the NFL Draft profile
of Jaquiski Tartt. Most of you felt like the profile was reasonably accurate.
We’re moving on to the 2016 draft for the San Francisco 49ers. Two of the teams
Day 3 picks made the news on Wednesday. WR Aaron Burbridge retired rather than
reporting to the Denver Broncos training camp. CB Rashard Robinson issued a
public apology. Robinson was suspended ten games with a substance abuse
violation after several missed tests.We are here to talk about the first-round
pick from that draft. Leading up to the draft the Niners were connected to
everyone from Myles Jack to Ronnie Stanley, to Paxton freaking Lynch. Talk about
a bullet dodged there. I have been writing about the draft since 2014. Deforest
Buckner was probably one of my biggest draft crushes during that stretch. I sat
down and did a video about him with one of the brighter minds in the draft
community. This is one of the rare instances where hindsight isn’t 20/20 when
you look back at what I said.I didn’t stop following him once he was drafted.
His performance against the Seattle Seahawks a couple of years ago is still one
of the most dominating games I can remember.It’s easy for me to talk about,
because I was right about him. I could easily dig up 15 other scouting reports
where I was way off.Rewind back to when Buckner was a prospect. What did the
experts think? Here’s what now General Manager of the Oakland Raiders Mike
Mayock said:StrengthsThat was obviously before the 49ers switched to a 4-3
defense. Not that it matters, Buckner would likely be playing the same position
either way. Here’s the strengths part:I still remember the pushback. “Buckner
plays too tall.” “He doesn’t have any pass rush moves.” Buckner is 6-foot-7.
He’s always going to look like he’s playing tall. At Oregon, he was constantly
in the backfield. I agree with a lot with Mayock here. One thing you noticed in
college was Buckner rarely came off the field. You also saw that he played with
the same energy on snap 74 as he did on snap 14. That spoke volumes to me, and
I’m sure it did to the majority of teams that fell in love with him.
Energy
http://www.49erslockerroom.com/authentic-richard-sherman-jersey , strength, production, but still plenty of upside. That’s the type of player you
take early in the draft.WeaknessesHow about his weaknesses?I like how Mayock
described his issues with Buckner’s pad level and didn’t just leave it at his
first sentence. That’s fair criticism, especially the last part about taking on
blocks. In the draft circle, if you don’t like a player, you are going to show
the same GIF over and over. There was one where Buckner got pancaked from
playing too tall. So many people wrote him off because of one play.Here’s the
rest, including a mention from his current teammate:When a player gets compared
to someone the caliber of Campbell, they better be pretty dang good. Buckner is
on track. Now he needs to string a few seasons together. There’s no reason to
believe that won’t happen, especially now that he has help on the edge.Think
back to the 2016 Draft when the 49ers were on the clock. Were you a fan of
Buckner, or did you want someone else? SANTA CLARA
Womens Tom Rathman Jersey , Calif. (AP) — Richard Sherman walked into what used to be enemy territory at the home of the San Francisco 49ers decked out in
a red suit to match his new team after switching sides from Seattle in this
fierce NFC West rivalry.Sherman still must wait a bit to put on a red 49ers
jersey, but he vows it will be sooner than some people expected considering he
is coming off surgery on his right Achilles tendon that ended his final season
with the Seahawks and led to his release earlier this month.Sherman said he is
already back on the treadmill following that surgery and another operation to
repair bone spurs in his left heel and hopes to be back on the field by May or
June and at full speed by the starting of training camp this summer.“There are
some people that are cut from a different cloth and built from different things
and I think I’m one of those people,” Sherman said Tuesday. “I look forward to
showing people that you can come back better from things. … I look forward to
coming back better than ever. I’ve got a lot of things to show a few
people.”Sherman showed plenty on the field during his seven years in Seattle,
where he developed from an overlooked fifth-round pick out of Stanford into the
prototypical lockdown cornerback who shut down opposing receivers and let them
know about it with his colorful trash talk.Sherman showed similar skills
defending the three-year contract he negotiated himself with the 49ers. The deal
is worth up to $39 million but much of it is tied to incentives for playing time
and awards and little is guaranteed, according to Pro Football Talk. That led to
criticism from players like Joe Thomas, former executives like Joe Banner and
some in the media.Sherman got a $3 million signing bonus, a $2 million salary
for 2018 and a $2 million bonus if he passes a physical before Nov. 11. The rest
of his salary is tied to per-game active roster bonuses and rewards for being
named to the Pro Bowl or All-Pro teams.If he gets those honors and plays at
least 90 percent of the defensive snaps and all 16 games this season, Sherman
could make $13 million this year, more than he was due to make with no
guaranteed money in the final year of his deal with the Seahawks.“The biggest
misconception is that it’s a bad deal,” he said. “If you’re comparing it to my
last deal in Seattle
Mike McGlinchey Jersey , I had no money guaranteed. … I’m coming off a ruptured Achilles, what do I have? What security do I have there? With this
deal, I get $5 million guaranteed, which is half of my other contract. I get the
ability to make more than I could have done whether I played at an All-Pro level
or not in Seattle. And that’s really all that I wanted. I play at the level that
I’m capable of. I feel security in the upcoming years and I felt comfortable
with that. I’m great with that.”Sherman said it was important to him to
negotiate his own deal and he studied other cornerback contracts before the 5
hours of negotiations with 49ers cap specialist Paraag Marathe and general
manager John Lynch.Sherman pointed out that many of the contracts negotiated
each offseason by certified agents come with lofty sticker prices that players
never get to see because of few guarantees.He said he has already heard from
other players interested in doing their own deals in the future and expects more
to come.“I think these agents sometimes benefit from relationships. `Oh, I know
this GM. We’ve had dealings with for years.’ They really don’t have to do a ton
of work. `Hey, I called this guy. How much are you willing to give him? Oh, $5
million? OK. I’ll convince him that that’s good enough,'” Sherman said. “Instead
of guys being able to control their own destiny, being in control of their own
finances and I think it goes back to just educating our players in general on
their own finances and being in control of your own life. I think more of our
players are.”
