The San Francisco 49ers fired general manager Trent Baalke last month largely due to his struggles to find significant quality talent in the draft. Baalke’s GM career got off to a strong start in 2010 and 2011, but it went mostly downhill from there.
Baalke did leave on at least one high note, however. We are a year removed from the 2016 NFL Draft, and we saw some interesting things from a few of those players. Most notably, defensive tackle DeForest Buckner emerged as a bit of an ironman on the defensive line.