The 49ers made three picks on Day 2 and analysts panned every one

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Following two trades down in Thursday’s round, San Francisco began Day 2 with the 33rd pick and concluded Friday night with three selections made. When the third one arrived, draft analysts were in outright disbelief.

"I have no fucking idea what the San Francisco 49ers are doing in this draft," analyst Chase Senior said. "Three picks, three reaches. It makes no sense."

The initial player was De'Zhaun Stribling, the receiver from Ole Miss. Standing 6-foot-2 and weighing 207 pounds with a 4.36 forty-yard dash, Stribling boasts an impressive athletic profile, fulfilling the team's genuine need for a wide receiver.

However, selecting him at No. 33 overall was considered a major overreach. Many teams had him available afterward, and there were suggestions that the 49ers had other teams ready to trade up from that position before they made the decision.

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The second pick was Romello Height, an edge rusher from Texas Tech selected at No. 70.

Height played at four different programs over six college seasons. Auburn, USC, Georgia Tech, and Texas Tech. Senior in his disbelief called him a "small twitched-up edge rusher" with one really good year of production, and the age and journey through multiple schools raised questions about what the ceiling actually looks like at the next level.