... San Francisco 49ers have been a long way away from greatness over most of the last decade, with the performance of the team dying off hard after 2003. Many may point the finger in various places, lack of continuity of team, coaching, level of talent recruited, free agent market performance, etc. I think one of the biggest of these is our performance in the draft from 2000-2009.

When I say draft performance, I would guess that the first name through your head is Alex Smith. While his performance has fell short of what you would expect from a first overall pick, his selection is not part of the core of my reasoning.

It is understood that teams will hav...

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