The FIVE Decisions That Led to the 49ers Downfall In 2024...

[@brandoncarson5039]

1. Solomon Thomas 2. Trey Lance 3. Javon Kinlaw 4. thinking we were good enough to draft a kicker in the 3rd 5. Shanahan being drunk during superbowl and not knowing rules to OT in playoffs

[@UptownV-hp3uf]

Don't forget Ruben Foster we drafted him in the first round right after Solomon Thomas

[@Mike__B]

@@UptownV-hp3uf Yeah that 2017 draft was scary, Solomon Thomas when through the entire draft process Lynch could not shut up about his fawning for Myles Garrett, to the running back Joe Williams who gave up on his team and took Shanahan to convince Lynch he was a good pick... if it wasn't for Kittle in the 5th the whole draft would have been a bust doubly so since we didn't even keep DJ Jones.

[@DexterSmith-d6l]

Getting rid of Robert selah

[@Mike__B]

@@DexterSmith-d6l They didn't get rid of him, he was offered a head coaching job, and Saleh left, the 49ers could not block that.

[@DC-kb9si]

@@DexterSmith-d6l Demeco was actually a better D Coordinator. So Saleh leaving wasn't actually too bad.

[@juancampos7670]

Buckner was a beast

[@95VR407FA5]

Is*

[@LBNLDC1]

He was their best player for his entire tenure with the 49ers

[@robertvelazquez9566]

not drafting Mahomes, not signing Brady, overuse of CMC, paying players after they hold out during pre season, stopping the run game during both Super Bowls. Trading picks for Trey lance only to not develop or give him an actual opportunity. Drafting a mediocre kicker in early rounds. Not reinforcing the O line. Not targeting Kittle enough. Not knowing the OT Super Bowl rules. Hiring wrong personnel for special teams and defensive coordinator. Kyle not being clutch even with a lead on 4th quarters in important games. Playing Allen over Dobbs v Packers in a crucial point of the season. Paying Aiyuk and Deebo. Not having any real plan at the quarterback position and potentially paying Purdy $60 million and hindering a rebuild. There’s just too many mistakes and this organization can’t be trusted to learn from their mistakes.

[@DexterSmith-d6l]

Yes that true

[@douglasscovil3447]

playing Purdy almost the entire game against the Lions in a meaningless game, then Purdy gets hurt in the 4th quarter...another bad decision by kyle. Purdy should not have even stepped on the field vs. the Lions.

[@Richard-gw2lr]

Dude every single thing you said is right on point. Especially how he forgets his run game gets him his points in the first half. If he ran the ball in all 3 Superbowls he would have 3 rings. Instead he wants to pass it to try to grab as many points as he can as fast as he can. I think he wants to get most points in a SB so he can always point to that and say look at what my offense did. That was me.

[@brettwheeler7753]

Lance got plenty of opportunities and still looked completely lost. I really hope that he plays against Philly this weekend so everyone can see that he's not an NFL QB. Probably why they'll keep him on the bench!

[@thewb3]

Man, if I get thumbs this up 100 times I would 🙏🏾 💯

[@maxsteel32]

The draft is gambling. Trading good players away to gamble on potentially good players is usually a terrible decision unless you are forced to do so by the salary cap.

[@anthonyharris4234]

We'll be back next year and all these questions will be stop

[@thinktankdonahue]

They should have let Amstead walk or tagged him. Buckner is a much better player.

[@GizmoMaltese]

That's what I was saying back then but I felt like I was in the minority. Everyone was saying it was a great move.

[@steveo601]

Detroit has hit on like 10 stars in last 2 drafts. Just have to have a scouting department that works.

[@SRSOS2]

But you don't come into a draft shooting yourself in the foot right off the bat.

[@ramongonzalez2112]

Buckner and Lance moves were disastrous. Meanwhile Philly, Detroit and KC nailing their picks.🏈

[@SRSOS2]

Lynch is not a real GM.

[@MartinSicairos]

1. To give into players that hold out and pay 💰what they request 2. Coaches hirings decisions 3. KS not willing to change his predictable offense. 3. Playing injured players to early and heavy work load. 4. Hanging on to Moody 5. Never developed a team chemistry and oneness

[@skipdog9912]

That’s 6! 😂😂😂

[@FESpecialties]

Not making the O-Line priority #1

[@scotttild]

@@FESpecialties Drafting a WR when you didn't need to. 7.

[@boba4199]

100% agree -Trading Buckner was a huge mistake. Just so stupid. Listening to this actually makes me sick because it's all true.....

[@TammieHaraguchi]

And traded for less than he was worth

[@Michael-uc7gr]

In contrast, the Rams are rebuilding from their 2022 Super Bowl team with great drafts. The defense which held the Niners to 6 points in December almost all came from the 2022, 23 and 24 drafts, which also gave them Puka Nacua and Kyren Williams on offense, who are already at the Pro Bowl level. Oh, and they didn't have a first round pick in 2 of those 3 drafts.

[@Zay408er]

Lynch drafted Thomas because he liked him and went to Stanford. Let that sink in

[@DominicanNiners]

Yes he did 😡

[@walterwhite1]

He was trash 🚮

[@7-BrYcE-7]

Actually there were reports he told Kyle after Mahomes pro day that he thought they should really check this guy out and Kyle was only interested in cousins

[@robbie5138]

Kyle Drafted Moody in the 3rd Latu in the 3rd and failed on almost all of his picks 3rd round or earlier.

[@scotttild]

That was a dreadful pick Everyone projected Thomas to be late 3rd round if I recall or mid 2nd. No one had him in the first round. That was an absurd pick.

[@minns5515]

I blame Kyle for everything

[@walterwhite1]

He needs to be fired asap

[@gantz0949]

💯

[@SRSOS2]

Niners need to go back to the Scot McCloughan School of Drafting. Pronto.

[@minns5515]

Kyle, Kyle, Kyle Kyle, Kyle

[@walterwhite1]

I want this creep fired

[@robertderham]

Shanahan is the draft problem, not Lynch. Shanahan has the final say on day 1 drafts. No coach is worth an ego that big

[@bigwaidave4865]

The Niners have been draft losers costing them countless Super Bowls. They passed on Tom Brady, passed on Aaron Rodgers and then they screwed up by letting Jim Harbaugh go because of personality differences? Jeez.

[@Kingtoby1981]

They passed on Patrick Mahomes

[@SRSOS2]

They let Jim Harbaugh go because Paraag Marathe was interfering with Harbaugh's coaching decisions and Harbaugh had enough of it. So he left. And now has a ragtag bunch of nobodies in the playoffs in his first season returning to the pros. Go figure. Maybe the 49ers front office should dump the euro-soccer BS investment and get back to winning Lombardi's.

[@darrylwoo9523]

The contrast between the Lions’ picks and the Niners’ picks really is striking. And the Niners got lucky with Purdy. One of the reasons for the success of the Bill Walsh era was the intelligent picks they made in the draft, starting with Wright, Williamson and Lott.

[@ShaunHensley]

First move Walsh made in building the Niners was to bring Bobb McKittrick as OL coach. Walsh KNEW it all starts with the OL. Kyle thinks OL is an afterthought

[@sharky1385]

Detroit draft positions way higher than 49ers…. Hutch was no 2…. So was Gibbs and LaPorta…..

[@ulisesacevedosalas5217]

1. Hiring Sorensen as DC 2. Putting Campbell on the field (I'd say on the team) over the rookies (...don't trusting in the rookies in general) 3. Over using the best RBs in the league til they got injuried (why don't rotate them?!). 4. Over using deebo over JJ, Pearshal and Kittle at the same time the offense became dramatically "pass happy" 5. Forget about the basics, the playaction, the run first offense

[@SRSOS2]

We're never going to have an autonomous DC here as long as Kyle is still around.

[@lancesmith2204]

So Adam Peters had his hand in all those drafts. The first one without him looks pretty good. Let’s see how it goes

[@shawnbrown2726]

Shannahan isnt it. He is nothing more then an OC that masqurades as a head coach. The media protects him because of his father. How many players have been injured on his watch. A player needs to be protected from themselves at times. Do you see Shannahan doing any of that? Didnt know the overtime rules during the Superbowl. Scapegoats the DCs constantly when he refuses to adjust his offense.

[@jessieh.8443]

Agreed. Never winning anything with Kyle Shanahan

[@robertholmesiii4165]

Krueger thinks Shanascam is Lombardi. He thinks he should have a lifetime contract

[@aquila1993]

I wish everyone in our fanbase knew this. They just believe the media who calls Kyle a “genius” lmao. He’s frickin clueless.

[@BobMarley-lq1yv]

Shanahan is paid by the Las Vegas Mafia to lose

[@SRSOS2]

I've been watching the NFL since the 1960s. Can only remember one HC who lost multiple SBs and still had a job and that was Marv Levy. In the Jed York world of mediocrity, winning soccer games in Europe is more important than winning Lombardi trophies in the USA, sadly.

[@shawnbrown2726]

Goff is just a guy? WTF? Hot take for Hot takes sake. He is just a guy that was left for dead by so called guru Mcvey and ressurected his career in detroit with a coach that believed in him. Just a guy that has thrown for 36 TDs this year , went a whole game without an incompletion (not done in the NFL since the 72 season) He is the last of the pocket QBs. You may not like him but dont discount him. He is a top 5 QB in the league. Just a guy? my goodness man.

[@ernestfrigelj2876]

Lol yeah just a guy that will probably win SB

[@SRSOS2]

McVey failed Goff as a HC. I am glad he's proving Sean wrong.

[@sushibar777]

The biggest thing THIS YEAR was letting players drag out the contract negotiations right up to the start of the season. They should have told Aiyuk that if he held out past start of training camp he had two options: play under the current deal or sit out the year. This is especially the case as they supposedly had agreed a deal with him at around $25-26 million per year, which he then welshed on after the market for receivers jumped to around $30 million. Just let him sit out a year and use the money elsewhere. Aiyuk was good, but he was never great. I'm a little more on the fence about the left tackle issue, but for an aging player I'd also not have done what they did. Aside for his performance issues this year, he was just not worth the guaranteed money they signed up for. This will hurt in the long run, and didn't help much this year either. Agree completely on the Trey Lance issue. There is no way that an unproved player, especially one with such a thin resume, was worth three top picks when other QBs in the same draft were available. That just screamed bad deal at the time. In fact, NONE of the top five QBs in that draft have really panned out. Number 1 was Lawrence, who has been decent, but far from great. Fields, Jones, etc., have been busts to this point, along with Lance. If Lance became a star elsewhere, so be it. The Niners would have been far better with Jimmy G, a flawed but decent QB, and the three top draft picks. (Assuming, of course they could use those three better than they used the others.) Not sure why they are so bad at drafting. Drafts are often a crap shoot, but you'd just think you could do better. If they hadn't drafted Purdy with the last pick the record would be much, much worse. Also agree on the Buckner trade.

[@genekersten7165]

1 Trey Lance 2 Buckner for Kinlaw 3 Drafting a kicker in the 3rd round. 4 Drafting a punter in the 4th round. 5 Missing on 15+ picks in rounds 1-3 in the draft 6 Kyle unwilling to make changes to the offense. 7 Unlucky to have to face Mahomes in 2 Super Bowls.

[@frankwilliamson3842]

How much input did Adam Peters have in the '21, '22 and '23 drafts? Wasn't he personnel guru?

[@jefferyhultman4794]

I came here to say the same thing. It will be interesting if they replicate the 24 draft. We will have to start looking at what changed in their draft strategy

[@edwardbrito4010]

2024 1. Not trading Deebo or BA in the draft 2. Not signing OL upgrades. 3. Signing Campbell 4. Not allowing Kicker competition midseason. 5. Not firing special teams coordinator For this season

[@SRSOS2]

Huh ❓❓❓Deebo and BA didn't throw FOUR INTS in a Superbowl. That was Howdy Doody Brock Purdy.

[@booney2006]

It's cool to criticize it now after the fact but I remember Krueger loving these players in those years when the was drafted. Especially Brown, kinlaw, Lance and a few of the other guys he named.

[@winnguyen443]

Yup, Mr.Flip Flop.

[@williammacdonald9271]

What about Bosa? Paid as if the best, Lions like most ran right at him. The extension while years were left on CMC’s contract. Playing Allen instead of Dobbs. The worst kicker in the league drafted and kept, after he cost them a Super bowl

[@SRSOS2]

Bosa was too busy campaigning for his billionaire pal to be bothered with a full season of professional football.

[@thewb3]

#1 not drafting Mahomes! This guy has single-handedly beaten you twice in the preseason three times in the regular season and twice in the Super Bowl😢

[@sharull6074]

Nahh. Reffs did it.

[@thewb3]

@sharull6074 shidddd!

[@ernestfrigelj2876]

Lol not true Moody helped him 😁

[@als897]

12:30 - I have to disagree with your take on the 80's COWBOYS and NINERS draft picks that led to greatness as back then, there was no Salary Cap.

[@FrancescoMiceli-de6ei]

8yrs and counting? Larry i appreciate you but Ryan's guy confirmed Kyle makes the early picks that bust. Because of the Harbaugh situation Kyle will be here with system QB's who throw 10 yard slants until the end of time.

[@steveo601]

That’s about all he can throw. 15 yard schemed routes over the middle. No arm talent whatsoever to carry a team or make up for the loss of talent around him. Levy’s- Kyle’s scheme won’t allow for that anyway.

[@jae7349]

When u really sit there and break it down like this it really makes you think about who the real problem is, and thats john lynch not kyle. You can only play with the guys you can get, and our free agent signings have sucked, so have the drafted players

[@ShaunHensley]

Kyle hasn't pushed for OL and hasn't hired a new OL coach

[@portela237]

We'll never know exactly who made which draft pick, but I guarantee Kyle has a lot of input on who gets drafted.

[@bino1826]

Bro lynch is not the problem it’s his boss paraag marathe he is the one who decides who gets lunch really has no power do your research he is the reason why no high caliber free agent wants to sign with

[@skipdog9912]

Signing a have been terrible. Dee ford, and Kwon Alexander gotta top that list.

[@deepster49]

Well they say KS has a big say during the draft too

[@kulba21]

Drafting is a crapshoot. Case in point: The Washington Redskins (as they were called then) literally acquired the New Orleans Saints' ENTIRE haul of picks in one draft because the Saints wanted Ricky Williams that badly. Washington benefited zero from it.

[@udontgotJack]

If they have another draft on the level of this years, I think they can get back on track. But everything you guys said is on point. They absolutely must get a star with their first pick in the next draft

[@hassan415]

Which is why this regime needs to be axed. They are not good at player development. It’s more miss than hit which is why we have the same offense. It’s old and unimaginative. The league has caught up to us.

[@SRSOS2]

^^^ THIS

[@mauratjr4699]

Trusting in Jimmy G over Mostert in the Superbowl

[@ADseesU]

Lynch was a great player. NOOB General Mgr. Kyle “Count DRUNKULA” wasted in the SB- inexcusable! And maybe the BIGGEST blunder of all- passing on Brady(and likely Gronk) when they had a chance to sign them for only MONEY- NO PICKS. That giant ego of The Mole reared its ugly head and thought Jimmy Statue was a better option. We would have had AT LEAST two more Lombardi trophies had that move happened. Fire them both!

[@peterfoundas5325]

Why hasn’t Kyle & Lynch been asked to thier face in a press conference how you suck drafting. Or even their free agents picks. Other then the trades for CMC and Trent they stink to high heaven.

[@alanmartino5488]

...and who actually makes the final call, Kyle or John

[@JJDW-ku8yf]

Brutal and accurate. But you’re wrong on Goff. He’s great.

[@sushibar777]

The Goff-Stafford trade was possibly the best two-way trade in sports history. Both QBs ended up having success after the trade, whereas before both were just treading water at best. Stafford's issue was a lousy team more than his own play in Detroit, but he immediately took the Rams to the next level. Goff benefited from the rebuilding of the Detroit franchise, but has more than contributed his bit to that rejuvenation.

[@giovannirosario4226]

Goff is trash

[@darrenkrehoff5200]

Goff is overpaid trash.

[@NonStoppp3332]

Goff is one of the most accurate throwers ever. Ever. That’s not everything but its a helluva lot.

[@scotttild]

Lynch has done a dreadful job drafting overall, yes he has had some good picks latter in the draft but a lot of his trades and high picks have been a bust. You can't build a roaster with FA alone. That Lance deal really killed the flexibility of the salary cap in more then one way. He also overpaid BA should have traded him to the stealers when he had the chance. He tied his hands now with the cap and not a lot of room to move. 49ers got old and expensive fast why the window in the NFL is so short.

[@AssyrianFury]

Just to let you know all the picks on the 3rd day are scouts not lynch. He only has last say of yea or nay on day 3. So lynch sucks more with this in perspective.

[@martintrevino2126]

You 2 guys need to stop your whining. The 49ers had a down season get over it. Its so funny watching these podcasts and the hosts believing they know better than the gm. You are forgetting its not just a sport but also a BUSINESS.

[@TheOnlySF49erFanInNewZealand]

Kyle Shanahan is to blame but ultimately Jed York is the problem. How do you keep someone who has not delivered a SB ring after 8 years.

[@jimbil126]

It really comes down to the Lance thing. Also, tied up a lot of money with Deebo and Hargrave

[@EDHBry]

One reason = No O-Line.

[@tone3gz]

We need Eddie D back!

[@davebaker7503]

You want the man child who had to be talked out of firing Bill Walsh multiple times?

[@kevinberry5509]

Y’all are tripping. Have you forgotten Chip Kelly, Jim Tomulsa, Mike Singletary years? How many other teams have been as dominant as our 9ers. This year sucked, yes…hard to watch…yes. But damn we lose our coaching staff every year and have 9 pro bowlers injured and yall want to go back to the drawing board? Get a grip. Next year we’ll be back in playoffs and challenging for the title again.,

[@tre4life]

Nice rant Larry but are you going to just rant here on KZbin for clicks or are you going to do your job and press Kyle and Lynch since you have access to them. Let them know what the fans feel and think. The drafts were awful along with focusing on ONE OL(Williams)on OL and nobody else on the OL. Otherwise what’s the point of these rants of yours?

[@arkitekto323]

As long as Shanny is HC, quest for 6 will remain a quest and not an accomplishment

[@readyfortheworld9232]

One more year of the KYLE narcissism and excuses and he is finally GONE ! News Flash - Super Bowl window CLOSED last season for the final time - Please no more talk of Tomsula and Chip Kelly - KYLE is the old guy now- League has passed him by. DEEBO in his shades, BOSA out of position /stat chasing . It is all a DISGRACE. Only one MAN on this team - FRED WARNER .

[@JayStreet49]

I appreciate the deep dive, but let’s be honest. 1. If there’s a holding penalty on the third and 15 against the Chiefs, the first time we probably hold on to win that game. 2. If Nick Bosa just tries to tackle Patrick Mahomes. (again it was for and two, and he didn’t even look at Patrick Mahomes.) in the Super Bowl, but not knowing the rules and taking the ball first is irrelevant. 3. Yes, there have been some bad mistake. Mistakes in the draft at the 49ers have made. I would say that every team makes mistakes in the draft. But if those two things come out a different way, we’re not talking about a downfall. We’re talking about a retooling because we missed the playoffs this year and I hate what if but let’s look at it logically. The 49ers have built a tremendous roster. This was the first year with the veterans that they signed didn’t really make an impact. That was a huge issue. Injuries was another issue . Losing your defensive coordinator again was another issue. Having your kicker, miss all of those kicks is a different issue . The 49ers are a well run organization at this point going forward I can’t say, but the Shanahan and John Lynch regime has been well run . Have they made mistakes absolutely but they could’ve been overcome with on field play that was more than realistic to expect.

[@danzemacabre8899]

I absolutely agree. Brock Purdy did nothing to lose that superbowl snd had the niners up by scoring on his last possession, the loss is on the defense, stop somebody when it counts, as far as I'm concerned, Purdy is good enough to win a superbowl, stupidity ,like cowherd say otherwise. Not a niners fan here so I see it through objective eyes,he isn't the problem

[@andrewkeoug185]

All true..appreciate your views…great running organization that gets robbed every year of coaching talent…can’t wait for the draft…lol!!!!

[@russbutton9347]

Who do you think has the final say in the draft? Betcha itʻs Kyle, not Lynch.

[@jamesfoster2408]

You can’t say Hargrave was a bad decision. They immediately went to the Super Bowl the year they signed him. He was a pro bowler. Ya it sucks he missed 3/4 of this year, but is it a bad decision because he got injured?

[@peterwest323]

Sure you can. Hargave wasn't a difference maker and his contract likely cost Ward and Al-Shaair, both of whom might have made the difference in the Superbowl, particularly after Greenlaw went down.

[@jamesfoster2408]

@ he wasn’t a difference maker? He was a pro bowler bro! Plus he had 6 tackles, 1 sack, and 1 TFL in the Super Bowl.

[@peterwest323]

@@jamesfoster2408 Yeah, he was the primary reason the 2023 defense was weak against the run and couldn't get off the field on third downs. Hargrave's own self assessment was "I feel like I could have won a lot more in the pass rush stuff, and just be better in the run game stuff, and just being in way better shape than I was". Signing Hargrave weakened the the defense.

[@B1onicelbow420]

Ya all those are fireable offenses but no what Kyle gets a pass because he got us to 2 super bowls? Laughable he is the most comfortable 6-11 coach I have ever seen he has 0 pressure on him no wonder he’s never going to change and why this team will not be good again under his watch. Say what you want about the eagles they keep pressure on their coach’s and it still gets results

[@mmorris6341]

I may have been the only one saying we reached after nearly all those picks.

[@mr_willwhite8465]

*the early rd draft philosophy ON OFFENSE particularly must change. Outside of Aiyuk (Deebo for one season) none of our 1st/2nd rd offensive players have hit in the KS/JL era. I place that more on KS than JL bc KS is supposed to be the offensive mind, plus he has papa Mike over his shoulder helping advise the team. One thing is for sure, Purdy damn sure saved his job*

[@mikev4373]

This is ridiculous. You’re talking about Deforest Buckner? The reason they went down this season is because they lost their two best offensive weapons one of which was probably the best non QB player in the league. They lose their second best RB and then lose their left tackle. They have no Greenlaw or Hufangu in defense. It was injuries injuries injuries. This BS of going back on drafts is a joke.

[@actionfigurearchive9002]

5 are true. Detroit I would slightly advantage 3 draft for picking early for being losers. But all true

[@justice85151]

Deforest Buckner reminds me a lot of Chris Jones a versatile defensive lineman that can play anywhere within the front 7. The 49ers defense has not been the same since they let him go for sure.

[@b12345bb]

Brock Purdy basically saved this team in the last couple years. They got lucky with him and then allowed them to sign a bunch of guys because they pay him so little.

[@marksweat7167]

All the Bay Area media are nuts on the Buckner trade. I don't get it. Buckner was a good player, but the last year he was with the 49ers, Armstead out played him both as a run stopper and a consistent pass rush push up the middle. Buckner was always a liability against the run. As the game would go on he'd start playing high and get blown off the ball and out of his gap again and again. Krueg is talking that the choice was just Buckner for the 1st round pick. But really it allowed them the cap space to keep Armstead, Ward and get a 1st round pick. Ward was more than a solid player for them and also versatile as he could play the slot and safety. They missed on the first round pick. But I would have rather had Armstead and Ward than Buckner. The 49er management made a good, reasoned decision here as they certainly new what good players Armstead and Ward were.

[@travisescorcio1588]

Gotta start over. Get rid of Shanahan and Lynch and Purdy and start over. Get younger and cheaper.

[@jermbuccanen2888]

And they saying we running it back lol like you said we should start over just my opinion tho

[@robertphd01]

Missed on oline draft, Wr draft, NB draft, man to man draft, OT draft, C draft, Speed draft!!..

[@douglaspaulhurd1174]

Moving Forward. 9ers had a really good draft in 2024. All guys Larry told us could play, Can Really Play. PUNI, MUSTAFA, GUERENDO, PEARSALL, GREEN. COWING never got enough playing time. Another good draft in 2025 will help another. Gotta stay with young guys who have the fire.

[@brettwheeler7753]

Buckner was traded because Armstead might have gotten a 4th or 5th in return. I never liked the Armstead pick. He put up numbers when there were studs around him, but completely disappeared without help. In the last 30 years, teams that have traded up into the top 5 to draft a QB have about an 80% failure rate. Somehow KS & JL thought that they were too smart. I've been harping on OL since 2017, and it's been an afterthought, except for the botched McGlinchey pick, and he was a bust. Jared Goff and Sam Darnold now look like Brady and Manning because they are on teams with stellar offensive lines. They have average RB's and except for Jefferson in MIN, average WR's. Their teams are both top 5 in passing yards and top 10 in points. Their defenses rank 18 MIN and 22 DET. Even Alex Smith was having a career year behind the 49ers great OL under Harbaugh. If it was my call, I'd tell KS & JL that they have one year to right the ship and at least win the division, or fire them both. They pick no. 11 so no BS excuses about all of the good OL players being gone!

[@dprates16]

Yep, we suck at top position drafting

[@Deebosamuel19]

The biggest mistake was ignoring OL for so many damn years, starting with Wirfs. Banks was a fine pick, to get a 3 year starter out of a second rounder who's about to get us 3rd rounder comp pick. After that, it was extending CMC for no reason, giving Yuk 30 mill when he was nowhere near a 30 mill guy, and bringing every FA back when we needed to let some of these guys walk, like Yuk and CMC to preserve some cap space. And of course, how much we've invested in picks/cap/trades for the RB room, Lynch must be high after Mckinnon, Juice, Williams, Sermon, Price, CMC trade, CMC extension, combined with a K/P in the 3/4 respectively. It's just crazy how little we've gotten out of our expenditure of assets in the RB room and draft.

[@hadlee189]

Hmmm...Seems like Lynch & Shanahan aren't very good at the NFL draft picking game, huh?

[@DominicanNiners]

Is a miracle the way they drafted that this team went to a SB last year, horrible drafting

[@Skeedabo]

We all know they cannot draft successfully. They’ve been very lucky with their lower rounds picks.

[@outkast84]

Yet you all want to keep Shanahan, including Kreuger. Make it make sense, lol.

[@mrcori2649]

He's ridiculous. He says he likes Shanahan but names 50 things about him that he doesn't like.

[@justified004]

Larry significantly downplayed the missed opportunities with the missed or traded picks. Micah was taken with one of the 1st round picks we traded for Lance. Guys like Mahomes, Lamb, Jefferson, Sewell, and LaPorta were taken just a few picks after we picked guys that were not highly aought after. Many of these guys would have filled positions of need for us at the time.

[@mr.hemlock1900]

1. Buckner 2. Lance 3. Not improving the O line 4. Shanahan thinking he's smarter than he is, can't coach from behind, and chokes leads away.

[@Pacavelli]

Just admit that Kyle Shanahan is the Problem Larry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robertholmesiii4165]

He won’t he’s a fan boy

[@jacobgordon7998]

All these mistakes make me irate. Since year 1 the calculus in the building is slightly off and needs to be adjusted. That could have been said in 2017 absent the past eight years of further evidence. They should be able to look at these failures and the thought process behind them and adjust their processes accordingly. The 2025 draft is a big draft for this regime. If they fail again the clock is ticking on them. I'm rooting for them to get their shit together.

[@AssyrianFury]

John lynch has a job in 2025 but make no mistake he’s definitely on the hot seat this next draft.

[@K-RozayTV]

We need to fire our whole scouting department

[@zackhurwitz9441]

This last rookie class looks great. They also found several all-pros, in literally every round of the draft.

[@amberchester2244]

Keeping that do nothing Deebo on the field. His stats are a joke! And stands on the field looking lost! But at the end of the day it’s Deebo the master of the English language

[@nanakmccann]

It's really the Trey Lance decision and trading all the first round picks. All the rest of the draft misses can be said about any team. But this year's team is suffering from having no first round picks on the roster for three years. Hard to still harp on the Buckner decision five years ago. Armstead isn't even on the team now because of age.

[@GeronimoWebb]

Brock throw 2 picks and the kicker missed 3 kicks but we only lost by 6 and still could have beaten Detroit with 2 picks if the kicker makes the kicks.. this has been the theme all year long the kicker cost us at least 3 games this year and Detroit defense is just mediocre at best

[@truman4956]

Why are the 49ers so inconsistent? How do they compare to the rest of the league over the same period?

[@ChadFarthouse-i5m]

#1 not firing the head coach. #2 see #1

[@GoldTau-s5j]

Trey Lance will go down as worst draft trade in history

[@WestPac-ny9vi]

NFL, worst trade was the Warriors trading Robert Parrish and the #3 pick for the #1 pick. The #3 pick was Kevan McHale and he and Parrish became HOFers along with Larry Bird one the best front courts ever. Took the Warriors 40 years of bad trades and drafts to win another Championship. Niners on 30 years since last Super Bowl win.

[@slowmobius2136]

The bad decisions are really showing now. They were able to get away with it for a few seasons but now those choices have caught up and are showing how badly they hindered their future

[@danielz2491]

To me, the decision that had me ready to crack the champagne bottle over my own head was when John & Kyle did not step up in 5 seconds when they had that 14th pick in the 2020 draft and did NOT take CeeDee Lamb OR Justin Jefferson ...

[@LBNLDC1]

Dieter Kurtenbach was very bullish on Trey Lance before that draft

[@mauratjr4699]

Trusting in Kyle to close out a Super Bowl

[@jamesparker3189]

They traded away Buckner when they should have instead traded Armstead. Then trading away three number one picks for Lance is the main team killer here. The loss of those three picks are the reason the depth is so poor. Three first round picks can be parlayed into a lot of picks, keeping the team's depth where it needed to be. Oh, their draft picks have also been subpar. Too many busts.

[@montrellbrown9120]

I agree about Buckner and the Trey Lance thing!!! But the draft is a crapshoot!!!! You’re pretty much guessing and hoping!!! There’s no depth on this team!!! Wish all those draft picks would’ve worked out

[@enriqueramirez7318]

Lame segment, Nostradamus.

[@Mrcandles312]

Overpaying Deebo was a disaster

[@richardlopez2908]

John lynch is on thin ice. No miss the playoffs is unacceptable. And the reasons you listed are why he needs to go

[@Jdfuller82]

Another mistake was hiring Nick Sorenson as their DC.

[@WW-ee5yi]

Kyle’s a Genius tho! 😂

[@Marksmann4200]

The Buckner trade alone compromised the team.

[@thinktankdonahue]

Whoever is in charge of the draft needs replaced.

[@pulindesai11]

Agree. So what is going to change in 2025 draft? Unless Kyle changes…

[@robertderham]

Problems: drafting, drafting and drafting 1. Trey Lance 2. Solomon Thomas/Reuben Foster instead of Mahones and TJ Watt 3. Trading for Kinlaw 4. All drafts from 2017-2023 for the first 4 rounds 5. Drafting Punter and Kicker so high, absolutely insane Just shows how bad Kyle is and his ego. Their success later comes from actual scouts when Kyle doesn't know the players that deep

[@tonefaulcon9729]

Larry, the problem is you and others are calling out the Niners consistently piss poor draft performance NOW. WE the fans (and Grant Cohn) were calling this out each year. When each draft was happening y’all were making Lynch and Shanahan sound like geniuses, and then being apologists when another pick didn’t work out. The fact that there wasn’t more of an uproar from the pundits when they took Moody with a 3rd shows the love affair pundits have with the Niners Front Office.

[@NathanCole-v6k]

Not picking up Deshaun or patrick in 2017 draft is the biggest mistake a football team has made since 05 when Alex smitty went # instead of Aaron Rogers...mistake #2 keep Jimmy the starter when Tom came to Frisco first...kyle and john rejected the G.O.A.T...mistake#3 was not getting Matt Stafford and allowing the rams to get him and the won a 🏆 #4 was reaching on trey...he never played division 1 ball so he had no business going so high in the draft...mistake #5 giving up the run game in the lost superbowls.. mistake#6 paying players too early #7 paying Brock 50mill or more...BIG MISTAKE!!

[@ninerfanmitch5157]

Trading Buckner was the all time dumbest move this administration made. He and Bosa on the same line was unstoppable. Trey Lance is the obvious runner up. I don’t understand who could have thought these were intelligent moves. I could tell they were bad as soon as they made them.

[@b12345bb]

This is why I say the Niners need to trade down their high draft pick and get a bunch picks. They’ll still screw up most of them but the more pics they have the more likely they’ll get someone good.

[@JeffHapp]

if i’m an owner, 3 strikes and you are out on the draft, completely ignored the o-line

[@jimbil126]

They did all this but made two SB’s and four Conference championships since 2019……..so, they just need to repeat the 2024 draft in 2025 and maybe pick up a few good FAs.

[@djuanplay]

Add in not drafting Mahomes and that’s why they are here. It’s also why Kyle shouldn’t have final say on personnel

[@BillBird2111]

1. The 49ers earned a trip to the Super Bowl last year. The Buckner decision was indeed horrible. But it's not the reason why the team fell apart in the 2024 season 2. Please, please, PLEASE tell Dieter to stop STEPPING on you! That said, SHUT UP Krueg and allow Dieter to get in a word or two. In other words, make room for him. 3. Injuries KILLED the 49ers this season. However, part of this was due to the AGE of some of the injured players. The NFL is a young man's game. I expect some changes. 4. Let's see how Detroit does with a first place schedule next season. Are they really THAT good? Purdy ripped that defense to SHREDS. 5. Any RB that rips right through the front seven, which happened far too much against the 49er D, is going to make any safety look foolish. Brown's fine.