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Did anyone keep a round by round tally? Was the final total better or worse than the long standing average?
2026 NFL Draft
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1st round - 6
2nd round - 7
3rd round - 10
4th round - 9
5th round - 10
6th round - 11
7th round - 16
69 total - (71 if you count specialists ) so slightly higher than average at approx. 27%
2nd round - 7
3rd round - 10
4th round - 9
5th round - 10
6th round - 11
7th round - 16
69 total - (71 if you count specialists ) so slightly higher than average at approx. 27%
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Bucky
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lol the Lions and Bears will mog them with White Players.
Leonardfan
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I believe Harrison Smith was the last 1st round White DB selected back in 2012.
Glad that three White DBs were selected and 4 have been signed as UDFAs - Nick Andersen, Tanner Wall, Silas Walters and Parker Robertson.
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Thank you sir! A slight uptick, with the QB whiteout, is about as good as we could have hoped for.
1 in each decade of this century, hope 27" draft can break this trend .
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The Packers are just an insane display of the caste system. Gutenkuck is absolutely fanatical in his adherence to it and just a plain old negrophile on top of it. The fact he signed an incapable black UDFA QB that resembles Malik Willis is pure comedy. I won't get into the blind devotion the organization, NFL media and DWFs have to a mid tier QB Jordan Love (a poor man's Dak Prescott). Here is his run down as GM of the Packers. Reminds me of the Europeans allowing the brown slop to invade all EU member countries. Sports mirror society!
2018
11 - 3 White - one White OL Cole Madison, one LS Hunter Bradley and P JK Scott
2019
8 - 2 White - LB Ty Summers and TE Jace Sternberger
2020
9 - 4 White - Jon Runyan OT, Jake Hanson OT, Simon Stepaniak OG, Josiah Degura TE
2021
9 - 3 White - Josh Myers OT, Cole Van Lanen OT, Royce Newman OT
2022
11 - 0 Whites
2023
13 - 5 White - DE Lukas VaN Ness, TE Luke Musgrave, TE Tucker Kraft, QB Sean Clifford, K Anders Carlson
2024
11 - 1 White - QB Michael Pratt
2025
8 - 0 White
2026
6 - 2 White - OL Jager Burton, K Trey Smack
86/20 White - 23.2
remove specialists - 19% - All at kosher caste positions. Only 2 White defensive players in 9 drafts.
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49ers GM John Lynch became the focal point of some friendly jabbing back and forth in this thread. I do feel the criticism towards him is warranted. On top of ignoring many White athletes he has made some awful 1st round picks - Trey Lance is a top 3 bust all time, Solomon Thomas, Reuben Foster, Javon Kinlaw all misses. Even Pearsall has been injury prone but getting shot by a black youff gets him a pass in my book.
2017
10 - 3 White - QB CJ Beathard, TE George Kitle, WR Trent Taylor
**2 First rounders and both of them were huge busts - Solomon Thomas and Reuben Foster
2018
9 - 1 White - OT Mike McGlinchey - a very good OT they let walk in free agency
2019
9 - 5 White - DE Nick Bosa (no brainer), QB Ryan Finley, P Mitch Wishnowsky, TE Kaden Smith, OT Justin Skule
2020
5 - 3 White - OT Colton McKivitz, TE Charlie Woerner
2021
8 - 0 White - the disatarous Trey Lance draft. Here is what Lynch traded to secure the rights for Lance:
2021 first-round pick (No. 12 overall)
2022 first-round pick (No. 29 overall)
2022 third-round pick (No. 101 overall)
2023 first-round pick (No. 29 overall)
2022
9 - 2 White - OL Nick Zakejl, QB Brock Purdy
2023
9 - 1 White - K Jake Moody
2024
8 - 2 White - WR Ricky Pearsall, OL Jarrett Kingston
2025
11 - 2 White - QB Kurtis Rourke, OL Connor Colby
2026
8 - 1 White - OT Carver Willis
86 / 20 White - 23% or 21% when specialists removed
Only drafted one White defensive player in 10 drafts.
2017
10 - 3 White - QB CJ Beathard, TE George Kitle, WR Trent Taylor
**2 First rounders and both of them were huge busts - Solomon Thomas and Reuben Foster
2018
9 - 1 White - OT Mike McGlinchey - a very good OT they let walk in free agency
2019
9 - 5 White - DE Nick Bosa (no brainer), QB Ryan Finley, P Mitch Wishnowsky, TE Kaden Smith, OT Justin Skule
2020
5 - 3 White - OT Colton McKivitz, TE Charlie Woerner
2021
8 - 0 White - the disatarous Trey Lance draft. Here is what Lynch traded to secure the rights for Lance:
2021 first-round pick (No. 12 overall)
2022 first-round pick (No. 29 overall)
2022 third-round pick (No. 101 overall)
2023 first-round pick (No. 29 overall)
2022
9 - 2 White - OL Nick Zakejl, QB Brock Purdy
2023
9 - 1 White - K Jake Moody
2024
8 - 2 White - WR Ricky Pearsall, OL Jarrett Kingston
2025
11 - 2 White - QB Kurtis Rourke, OL Connor Colby
2026
8 - 1 White - OT Carver Willis
86 / 20 White - 23% or 21% when specialists removed
Only drafted one White defensive player in 10 drafts.
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LOL
I just find it quite interesting that the GM who has put together the second relatively White friendliest offense of the past 40 years along with Bosa on defense seems to be far and away the most hated GM in the league. It's not as strange as the Carson Palmer is the Devil cult that sprung up some years ago but still bizarre.
Lynch quickly discarded Lance (and wanted Mac Jones; the 49ers only took Lance because of the orchestrated uproar about White QBs being the first three picks). Just about any other team would have stuck with Lance for years hoping to unlock his supposed "mouth watering upside." But he gets no credit for quickly recognizing his mistake and moving on.
He traded for Christian McCaffrey, made a great pick taking Kittle, smartly signed Juice, saw the potential in Purdy, and caused a mini-uproar two years ago when he "reached" for Pearsall. San Francisco easily has the most watchable offense in the league. Yet he's despised by some posters for reasons I can't comprehend.
The Patriots drafts during their dynasty were almost always disappointing, yet the Patriots fielded a very enjoyable offense to watch. And which GMs are regularly drafting White defensive players in a league which has about 10% White defensive starters? So explain to me why he's the worst GM in the league, otherwise the endless Lynch bashing needs to be reined in.
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I don't think criticizing him is unwarranted. Everyone here began criticizing Belichick during his tenure with the Pats for his poor drafting. The draft record speaks for itself. It's just frustrating knowing that the 49ers offensive stars - McCaffery, Kittle and Juszczyk are all aging, the offensive line and run blocking were big issues during last season and Lynch decides to just ignore what made him successful just like the Patriots at the end of their run. On top of that being someone that follows the draft closely each year with a very good level of knowledge about most White athletes in each draft class and watching Lynch (and every other GM to be fair) pass on them gnaws at me. My criticism is right in line with post #517 from you in this thread.
All GMs are worthy of criticism. Certainly Lynch is. What I wrote in #517 is accurate, in line with what we always write about the demographic ups and downs of teams within the narrow confines of the Caste System and the aging of some players on the 49ers. But what I wrote is also speculation, we don't know how the 49ers will look in a couple of years. The Patriots reloaded on White players through trades and free agent signings, not through the draft so we just don't know.
It's fun to criticize the league's buffoonery and I tried to go along with it in the case of Lynch in this thread until it became repetitive, as you clearly have a long-standing vendetta against him because he doesn't draft as many White defensive players as you'd like, as do some other posters. It's out of proportion as Lynch has to operate within the narrow confines of the Caste System whether he secretly would like to draft more White players or not. Dan Morgan is the pits but you seem to have minimal interest in his overseeing of a super black team including a black QB. He's a much more worthy target for ire to be directed at.
I'll say it again and it should be obvious -- a predominantly black defense is the tradeoff for having a "daring" offense. That's why I don't care if the 49ers have two or three White starters on defense, or just Bosa, it's not a big deal because that's how the Caste System works. After 45 years of watching the NFL from a racially aware perspective, I've learned to appreciate the rare exceptions like the Patriots and 49ers rather than villainizing the men who put them together for not doing more.
John Lynch doesn't give a **** what we think about who he should be drafting. He's not a closet White nationalist. It seems to me that to some Lynch is the designated whipping boy for not defying the Caste System and having a mostly White team, just as Carson Palmer was the whipping boy to some for not throwing away his career by advocating for more White receivers and running backs. Frustration should be directed at the system itself and those at the top who enable and maintain it, certainly not at individuals who build the most likeable teams within the longstanding, unwritten but strict rules of the system.
Which team will the vast majority of us be rooting for the most this season, or close to it? John Lynch's team, in conjunction with Kyle Shanahan.
White stars at the verboten positions in addition to a great White QB, and a superstar on defense. It may well be we're at peak White friendliness on the 49ers, but nothing lasts forever. We dreaded the day the Patriots would change demographically and it eventually happened. Appreciate it while it lasts. And even if you and others don't, understand that if there's what I regard as over the top singling out of John Lynch, I'll continue to push back and I sincerely hope that doesn't happen.
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Im incredibly curious, what do you consider the first most friendliest white offense? Im guessing the Patriots? What would you say is #3? I kinda lean towards 2002-2010ish Indianapolis Colts…(Austin Collie, Brandon Stokely, Dallas Clark, Anthony Gonzales, etc.)
Yes, the Patriots when they had as many as 10 Whites on the field at times, but usually 8 or 9 during the glory days with multiple White receivers and Danny Woodhead and Rex Burkhead at running back.
The Colts were very good for a number of years too, while Bill Polian was the GM. There have been others, and others with more White starters than the 49ers, but it's the quality of the White starters on the 49ers that makes them exceptional.
As far as Lynch, some of those so quick to criticize him probably can't name half the current GMs in the league. Lynch has become sort of the go-to GM to hate on, and even before that going back to when he was an announcer whereas I always respected him as a player, announcer and now GM.
I would ask the Lynch haters, what do you think the 49ers would look like today if John Lynch hadn't become GM after the 2016 season? Would they have drafted Brock Purdy and given him an opportunity to start despite his lowly draft status? Would George Kittle have been drafted? Ricky Pearsall drafted in the first round? Christian McCaffrey traded for? Juice signed as a free agent?
My guess is "no" to all five. They would most likely be the typical NFL team, probably a White TE but not a superstar like Kittle, maybe a White QB, one or two Whites on the o-line, and maybe a White starter on defense.
If the NFL was still 75% White with plenty of White RBs, WRs and defensive starters, I would be right with the Lynch critics. But there's what we'd like to see, versus what is, and in today's NFL John Lynch is one of the best GMs if not the best.
And to be blunt about it, Purdy, Kittle, McCaffrey, Pearsall and Bosa have all been injury prone so who can blame Lynch if he's become gunshy about drafting White players. Something to consider when ritually condemning him.
I've also enjoyed this thread, with lots of great contributions from Leonardfan as always, and many others. Those "triggered" by Lynch "trigger" me because in the greater scheme of things with all his faults he's still one of the best at his job and should be respected for building the 49ers offense of the past several years.
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It’s hard to argue with most of this, and I agree most GM’s would have given lance multiple years to develop, but I don’t see that as a positive for Lynch. It meant that lance really, really, sucked and his judgment in this case was especially poor because as you mentioned Black and Mullattos get multiple chances to fail. The draft capital he gave up to get lance is what really screwed the 49ers. Three first round picks and one third round. Even if they drafted mediocre black players with those picks I believe it’s very likely that they would’ve have grabbed at least one Super Bowl.
Yeah, they have a lot of fun white guys to watch on offense, but unlike the Patriots, who drafted shitty, they have no Super Bowls to show for it so what’s the point. . Maybe they’ll get it this year and a lot of of us will be wrong. I have a lot of fond memories of him as a player and wish him well. Definitely don’t despise him.
I can only say that if the key White 49ers players didn't get injured so often they would have won at least one Super Bowl. As it is they're in the hunt every year except when they've been crippled by injuries.
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Yeah, that makes a lot of sense as well. Lynch also can’t be blamed for the way the offense and defense were coached during the playoffs. Anyways, hope springs eternal would love to see Christian and the boys get one this year. Bosa and Rickey need to stay healthy.
Thanks for all the coverage guys!!!
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