看上去向上交易是为了抢在包装工前面:Brian Gutekunst on taking Josh Jackson at No. 45 after the 49ers traded up to 44 to take Washington WR Dante Pettis, who visited GB: “We had a certain number of players (ranked) A, B, C, D. And we really liked Pettis from Washington, but our A was there, so we went with it.”
"We aren’t looking for guys like that, but when you find a guy you really like, sometimes you’ve got to be patient. And we’re willing to be patient if it’s worth it. And we feel like it’s worth it in this case.”
"We might have been told about that history. Sure, you know about it. But we can't let that affect us.
Matt Maiocco在对他的位置预测中说九人喜欢老将K’Waun Williams作为槽角卫的表现,但Reed会加入,看他是否能赢得一个名额和位置,也可以在回攻中(上赛季平均每次接弃踢回攻码数排第二,第一是Pettis)起作用,但需要和Dante Pettis以及Trent Taylor竞争。这是一个增强替补阵容的选择。
NFL官网:评分5.22。分析师Lance Zierlein预测他为6-7轮,说尽管只有一个赛季担任过全职首发,Taylor的录像和他求职日的试训让他进入了寻求防守截锋训练营竞争人选的球队的视野。Taylor的耐久性显然会阻碍球队考虑他,但他能很好地使用手部,在攻击点(point of attack)保持平衡,这个赛季的表现可能会是如果他能保持健康前提下能力的展现。
Matt Maiocco在对他的位置预测中说Taylor会加入球队防守线的竞争,争夺一个53人大名单的名额。他有很好的运动能力,49人可能会想要将他放进训练组培养。他表现最好的比赛是在对阵不败的中佛罗里达大学(Central Florida)时,10次擒抱(8+2),4.5次擒抱造成丢失码数和不可思议的9次防跑截停。