We went over all the Nick Bosa scenarios and the majority correctly predicted how this draft would go down.
Give yourselves a hand! You know your football.
Way back in early January, I wrote an article containing ALL of the possible scenarios involving the San Francisco 49ers and Nick Bosa. There were some awful situations like the Cardinals trading out with a boatload of picks, as well as both teams making different selections that were not Bosa. We’re going to concern ourselves with Scenario 2 from the post:
Scenario 2: Cardinals select offense BPA/interior defense/Kyler Murray, 49ers have the board (and get Bosa or Allen)
This is the scenario I see playing out in the draft. The Cardinals are in the unique position where BPA isn’t necessary due to that offense being atrocious. They have a great running back in David Johnson, but no offensive line to get him the lanes needed to run the ball. Not to mention Josh Rosen has been taking sack after sack after sack. Last year, the 49ers grabbed Mike McGlinchey who was projected as pick 15-20 in some mocks and the top-10 in others because they wouldn’t have gotten what they needed otherwise. The Cardinals don’t need Bosa. At least, not this year and not at the extent of what the 49ers need him for. The Cardinals defensive interior is much worse than the exterior. Chandler Jones’ contract isn’t up until 2021 so maybe that would be the reason to get Bosa now. With the way the offense is, the Cardinals very well could reach and take an offensive lineman to get their young quarterback that much needed protection.
Or, they take Kyler Murray who may declare for the draft. This is not out of the realm of possibility.
After all the scenarios I left a poll of which scenario you saw playing out for Bosa, and wouldn’t you know it, y’all got it RIGHT (if you can’t see it, click here):
A lot has happened since then, most of us thought that Bosa wouldn’t even be a possibility in December. As time went, he became the consensus pick in mock drafts. But you knew it all along. All 503 of you with that 32 percentile.
Right behind Scenario 2 was Scenario 1 which was the Cardinals taking Bosa and the 49ers having the board. So it was still a possibility back then. Again, Kyler Murry hadn’t declared for the draft yet and Kliff Kingsbury didn’t show his hand at the draft. That didn’t happen until March.
So everyone give yourselves a pat on the back for getting this one right. Go to your fridge, like a boss, and get something to eat.
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