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Originally Posted by jasperhobbs (Post 180459)

Kinlaw has some knee issues that scared some teams away from drafting him. So far he looks like a beast.

This is true. Huge gamble to take a DL with a possible knee issue. I wonder what our defense would look like if we had Sweat and Kinlaw instead on it.

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(vs. JAGUARS, 1/03)

Buckner was credited with 4 tackles (3 solo), 2 sacks, and 1 pass deflected.

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Originally Posted by jasperhobbs (Post 180459)

Kinlaw has some knee issues that scared some teams away from drafting him. So far he looks like a beast.

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Originally Posted by Chromeburn (Post 180471)

This is true. Huge gamble to take a DL with a possible knee issue. I wonder what our defense would look like if we had Sweat and Kinlaw instead on it.

Few years later of hindsight....

Really glad Ballard traded the pick for Buckner and didn't draft Kinlaw.

Kinlaw only played in 4 games his second year in the NFL (knee issues) and only 6 games this past year (knee issues again).

For his 3 year career - he has tallied 1.5 sacks.

Rumors are the 49'ers are not going to exercise his fifth year option.

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/49...e-picked-49ers

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After another injury-riddled campaign paired with mixed results on the field when healthy, Kinlaw's long-term future in San Francisco reportedly is in jeopardy.

The Athletic's Matt Barrows and David Lombardi wrote last week the 49ers are "unlikely" to pick up the fifth-year option on Kinlaw's rookie contract.

That would mean next season -- Kinlaw's fourth in the league since being selected No. 14 overall by the 49ers in the 2020 NFL Draft -- would be the last on his rookie contract. Kinlaw would be an unrestricted free agent next offseason.

NFL teams have until the May 1 deadline to decide whether or not to exercise fifth-year options on first-round picks from the 2020 draft class.

Kinlaw showed flashes of his first-round potential across 14 games as a rookie, but he missed all but four games in 2021 after undergoing season-ending knee surgery in October.

Those knee issues lingered into his third campaign. Kinlaw was sidelined for 11 contests from October to December this past season before making his return in Week 16 against the Washington Commanders. He logged nine tackles, one tackle for loss and no sacks or quarterback hits over the final three regular-season games and three playoff tilts.

The 49ers declining Kinlaw's fifth-year option wouldn't guarantee the defensive tackle won't be in the Bay Area past the 2023 NFL season. For example, the New York Giants declined quarterback Daniel Jones' fifth-year option last spring, only to watch him have a breakout year. Now, the Giants are expected to sign Jones to a long-term contract this offseason.

Kinlaw still has much to prove entering his fourth NFL season in 2023.

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSunnyinIndy (Post 260218)

Few years later of hindsight....

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… we should have used that pick to move up and get herbert.

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Originally Posted by rcubed (Post 260219)

… we should have used that pick to move up and get herbert.

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Sure - although easier said than done. It would mean trading with either Detroit or the New York Giants to move up to Pick 3 or 4 (Miami selected a QB at Pick 5).

A starting point for that type of trade would be to include the next two first round picks in addition to Pick 13. So 3 first round picks - and that still probably wouldn't get it done.

Detroit or New York could also turn around and shop the pick to the Chargers if they weren't enthused about moving all the way down to Pick 13.

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSunnyinIndy (Post 260220)

Plus, there were a lot of "experts" who doubted Herbert would make it in the league before the draft.

Colts Acquire DT DeForest Buckner

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Originally Posted by Racehorse (Post 260221)

Plus, there were a lot of "experts" who doubted Herbert would make it in the league before the draft.

My bad, I thought we were using “hindsight”

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Originally Posted by rcubed (Post 260222)

My bad, I thought we were using “hindsight”

I know, I know. However, even if the Colts had conviction that Herbert was going to be great, it might have been difficult to move up from Pick 13 to select him.

Another QB option out of that draft was Jalen Hurts. Perhaps the Colts should have used one of their two second round draft picks (Michael Pittman, Jr and Jonathan Taylor) on Hurts instead.

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSunnyinIndy (Post 260218)

A few years later, with some hindsight .......

Really glad Ballard traded the pick for Buckner and didn't draft Kinlaw.

Kinlaw only played in 4 games his second year in the NFL (knee issues) and only 6 games this past year (knee issues again).

For his 3 year career - he has tallied 1.5 sacks.

Rumors are the 49'ers are not going to exercise his fifth year option.

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Historian #2 on ColtFreaks.

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Originally Posted by rcubed (Post 260222)

My bad, I thought we were using “hindsight”

I don't like that game. It is like when the media does a "redraft" years later. It isn't reality, so why chase the what ifs?