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nycdan · 01-29-2013, 02:29 PM

I'm not doubting how good the 86 draft was for the 49ers. You make good arguments and in terms of depth it was actually rather awesome. But I will just respectfully disagree with your position that its on par with the 74 Steelers.

Personally, I think Webster and Lambert are the two best players of those two drafts combined. Then you could debate Swann vs. Haley for #3 and #4. But that's only my opinion and definitely is subject to debate.

Also, I don't think Haley's 5 trips to the SB are distinctive since I believe all four of the Steelers went to 4 SBs. Regardless, # of SBs isn't really a measure of the player, is it?

FWIW, nfl.com ranked them here: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story?id=09...o&confirm=true

49ers came out #5 but since they combined the Cowboys 91/92 drafts, it probably should be #4.

01-29-2013, 02:29 PM	#28
nycdan I'm tired of pretending I'm not a total b1tchen rock star from Mars. All League Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Thornwood, NY Posts: 4,781	I'm not doubting how good the 86 draft was for the 49ers. You make good arguments and in terms of depth it was actually rather awesome. But I will just respectfully disagree with your position that its on par with the 74 Steelers. Personally, I think Webster and Lambert are the two best players of those two drafts combined. Then you could debate Swann vs. Haley for #3 and #4. But that's only my opinion and definitely is subject to debate. Also, I don't think Haley's 5 trips to the SB are distinctive since I believe all four of the Steelers went to 4 SBs. Regardless, # of SBs isn't really a measure of the player, is it? FWIW, nfl.com ranked them here: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story?id=09...o&confirm=true 49ers came out #5 but since they combined the Cowboys 91/92 drafts, it probably should be #4.