Writing about and following the NFL draft in the age of rampant information dissemination leads to a rolodex of takes that age both very well and very poorly.
I went back through some past drafts and dug up some of my best and worst takes, and then issued grades for each one.
WR Cooper Kupp, Eastern Washington
Kupp probably should’ve gone earlier than the 69th overall pick. He was a machine at Eastern Washington and earned a full article on this website early in his final college season.
It’s more realistic, however, that San Francisco elects to try filling that void through the draft. If they do, they need to draft Cooper Kupp out of Eastern Washington.
First things first – if that small school thing freaks you out as a 49ers fan- Mississippi Valley State and Tennessee-Chattanooga should ring a couple bells (Those are the alma maters of Jerry Rice and Terrell Owens).
Kupp, a senior, is good sized at six-foot-two, 205 pounds, and his on-field production is somewhere just north of asinine. This kid is big, gets open and catches the ball when it’s thrown to him. He’s a monster.
This is a good take because it turns out Kupp is a monster who gets open and catches the ball.
Grade: A