re: Suddenly Eric Reid was a better prospect?

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"He was our top-rated safety," Harbaugh said. "This was Option A."

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That may very well be the case, but if he liked Vacarro better, what would you expect him to say? "We liked Reid a lot, but the guy we really wanted went 3 spots ahead of where we felt comfortable trading up to."

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, what would you expect him to say? "We liked Reid a lot, but the guy we really wanted went 3 spots ahead of where we felt comfortable trading up to."

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I'd expect him to keep bitching about Jarvis Jones.

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People can only trade up for the best player at their position?

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Yes, because that's what I said. Look, I hope Vacarro is rookie-of-the-year. The 49ers have a better track record lately than the Saints on decisions regarding defense. That doesn't mean we didn't get the better guy, but it's fairly obvious that the two teams disagreed on who was the better safety prospect in this draft.

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Yeah, that's why they traded up 13 spots to get him. Its obvious that Harbaugh is a ranter.

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Saints traded up for Ellis in 2008 when we wanted Dorsey. the 49ers have 1,000 picks this year, everyone expected them to trade. Taking a safety off the board may have forced their hand

Reid was hurt the entire year last season. Never bitched, dude had a deep thigh bruise the whole year. Though as nails.

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Eric Reid is a solid football player and has proven it at LSU. What idiots say don't matter. The kid pressed to hard last season tryin to become what Tyrann Mathieu was to LSU and his play suffered because of it.

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When I made this thread, I really wasn't trying to call out Reid or the 49ers so much as I was thinking aloud about the Saints Talk fanbase. I think Reid will be rock solid; I just think Vaccaro will be better, and most draft pundits and our FO also seem to think so. And yet our fanbase just flipped their shite, with many of them saying Reid was clearly better. I'm not buying it.