NFC West Draft: Head-Scratchers and Reaches

0:00On April 25th, the NFC West draft turned into a parade of headscratchers right from the jump. San Francisco 49ers GM, John Lynch, traded out of the first round and cracked a grin when the Los Angeles Rams grabbed quarterback Ty Simpson. On day 2, the Niners led off with Y receiver Dejon Stribling in the second round, then took Ed Ruscher, Romello Height, and Runningbag Kalon. Black in the third, meanwhile, the Arizona Cardinals kicked off the weirdness by snagging Runningbag Jeremiah Love and number three overall, despite bigger holes. Elsewhere, and later added quarterback Carson Beck. The Rams doubled down on Titan after Simpson, while the Seattle Seahawks used their first round pick on Notre Dame, back to Darian Price to replace. Free agent losses. Fans and media are straight melting down over the 49ers reaches for guys projected much later. Like Stribling into the third and black as a fifth or sixth rounder, Height's injury history from multiple colleges didn't help.

1:02Lynch's laugh even got compared to past draft karma plays that bombed out. Across the division, reactions have been rough, with little love for the Rams Simpson pick, or Seattle's knee-driven moves on the secondary. No team's hall screams break out potential for 2026. This keeps the NFC West Door wide open for another nail-biter race, where every squat still in the mix. That's your update from NFL News Today, powered by AI.