49ers Kyle Shanahan on Patriots Strange Draft Choi

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In what was likely the most surprising move on the first night of the 2022 NFL Draft, . Strange, who was marked as a Day 2 prospect by many so-called "experts", wasnt even in Las Vegas at the first night of the draft.New No. 1 PatriotCole StrangeStrange in Senior BowlUnsurprisingly, the polarizing selection was met with heavy skepticism from draft media and even league peers, eliciting laughter from Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay and general manager Les Snead. ( .)In Kansas City Chiefs Jersey contrast, San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan offered a flattering opinion of Strange. Said Shanahan:"Everyone understands, everyone ranks guys and theres a perception of when everyone is going to go, but the reality of when someone Juan Thornhill Jersey is going to go is when someone picks them and you dont know that until it happens. You see it all over when people freak out and stuff, but a lot of these guys are really good players. I saw that with New England in the first round. Those guys dont surprise me at all or us. Everyone in the world was saying there was no way, but everyone who watched that tape, theyre like, but he looks like a first rounder."Scroll to ContinueShanahan is widely regarded as an offensive mastermind with a sharp eye for under-the-radar talent. In his five seasons as the head coach for the 49ers, Shanahan has led the team to two NFC championship appearances and a Super Bowl. Most recently, Shanahans San Francisco team played in the 2022 NFC Championship, where they lost to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Rams.Not that Belichick will ever be affected by outside opinions, but Shanahans comments are . Despite hailing from an FCS school, Strange demonstrated incredible athleticism at the combine, posting a Darwin Thompson Jersey combined relative athletic score of 9.95 out of 10, making him the seventh-most athletic guard ever measured at the combine out of 1,298 prospects. Despite his status as an FCS guard decreasing his draft value, Strange began to generate buzz at the Senior Bowl where he had a strong showing against his FBS peers. Kyle DuggerBill BelichickBill at 70Belichick, too, has been no Tanoh Kpassagnon Jersey stranger to taking risks on small-school prospects. .In the 2020 draft, Belichick traded up to draft Division II safety Kyle Dugger out of Lenoir Rhyne University - a succe sful decision in retrospect. Dugger posted a relative athletic score of 9.56 out of 10, making his athletic profile similar to Stranges. Dugger became a promising depth piece in the Patriots defense as a rookie and quickly cemented himself as an integral part of the defense as a second year. Similar to Strange, Dugger also began to stand out most to scouts at the Senior Bowl. However, unlike Dugger, Eric Fisher Jersey Strange may find himself being an immediate starter, courtesy of a Shaq-Mason-sized vacancy at guard.Despite the controversy of the Strange selection, there is precedent to suggest that New England will make the most of the pick.