San Francisco 49ers: Grading the 2004 NFL Draft 10 Years Later

A few weeks ago, we looked at and regraded the San Francisco 49ers’ 2009 NFL draft.  The logic was sound enough; after five years, you have enough data to really tell if a player is a bust or not and whether or not his selection was justified.

However, while five years is plenty of time to get some perspective and separate the wheat from the chaff, it’s not always the end-all and be-all of evaluating a player.  Take Alex Smith, for example.  Five years after he was drafted, he was having trouble beating out Shaun Hill.   Now, he’s a Pro Bowl quarterback for t...

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