I imagine this is pure speculation and I have no idea about the credentials of the "Draft Analyst," but this was just posted on Rotoworld.
"According to Draft Analyst's Tony Pauline, the 49ers are "ready to give up" on Carlos Hyde due to his struggles with injuries."
"Hyde has missed 14 games through three seasons, including 12-of-32 the past two years. He is now entering a contract year under a new front-office regime. It's possible the 49ers don't see Hyde's power-back skill set as a fit for new coach Kyle Shanahan's zone scheme. Hyde is also one of the NFL's least effective pass-catching backs. If Pauline's report is accurate, the 49ers could consider shopping Hyde for a middle-round pick on draft weekend."
The second paragraph is admittedly Rotoworld's speculation. Any interest in Hyde as a compliment to Perkins at that price? Is he better than what we could get in the draft with a 4th or 5th round pick?
This is only something you consider AFTER the draft, if you weren't able to get the back you wanted.
Foreman would be nice.
Foreman would be nice.
But with Adrian Peterson and Jamaal Charles still FAs it will be hard to separate with a draft pick for another vet.
However if we're going to give up that 4th I much rather package it with our 2nd and move up.
His injury issues seemingly prevent him from being a true workhorse solo RB in the NFL, but he would be an awesome asset on any NFL team for that change of pace role.
Starter level long term potential on a team that throws a lot and will not demand the high # of carries. He'd be injured a lot less playing for the Giants.
I hope the Niners keep him and draft another RB. Fournette may be the s****, and I'm a big fan of RBs and running the ball, but would rather a defensive stud instead.
a 5th for Hyde, no-brainer (assuming a 5th gets it done, I'd probably even do a conditional 4th).
And yeah, you don't trade for injured RB's or injured players for that matter, but if he wasn't injured a) they probably wouldn't be trading him and b) he'd cost a lot more.
so take your 5th round pick and draft Cooper Taylor or Mitch Petrus. I'd trade mine for Hyde.
a 5th for Hyde, no-brainer (assuming a 5th gets it done, I'd probably even do a conditional 4th).
And yeah, you don't trade for injured RB's or injured players for that matter, but if he wasn't injured a) they probably wouldn't be trading him and b) he'd cost a lot more.
so take your 5th round pick and draft Cooper Taylor or Mitch Petrus. I'd trade mine for Hyde.
Its essentially a 1 year rental though which also hurts. We also made out very well moving up for Landon Collins, albeit using an early 4th, but the principle is all the same. A 4th or 5th round RB also has a decent chance of making an impact for us for pennies and for several years.
One year rental at RB is fine, and really shouldn't change any draft plans. If the Giants use a 5th in a trade for Hyde for example, I find it convenient that a 5th round RB people expect to have an impact, but a 6th round pick instead no way.
Once again I'll share the draft success chart and success is defined loosely here. It's not the end all be all, or the final word on every draft pick, but this should put in perspective what you're talking about with 5th round picks and later being "successful", maybe the player can have some type of impact. Who knows.
The numbers show us the following outline for finding consistent starters:
1st Round - OL (83%) LB (70%) TE (67%) DB (64%) QB (63%) WR (58%) RB (58%) DL (58%)
2nd Round - OL (70%) LB (55%) TE (50%) WR (49%) DB (46%) QB (27%) DL (26%) RB (25%)
3rd Round - OL (40%) TE (39%) LB (34%) DL (27%) WR (25%) DB (24%) QB (17%) RB (16%)
4th Round - DL (37%) TE (33%) OL (29%) LB (16%) WR(12%) DB (11%) RB (11%) QB (8%)
5th Round - TE (32%) DB (17%) WR (16%) OL (16%) DL (13%) RB (9%) LB (4%) QB (0%)
6th Round - TE (26%) OL (16%) DL (13%) WR (9%) DB (8%) RB (6%) LB (5%) QB (0%)
7th Round - DB (11%) OL (9%) QB (6%) WR (5%) DL (3%) LB (2%) RB (0%) TE (0%)