By James Brady
The 2009 draft has come to a close and I'll admit: there was a ton of things going on that I didn't see coming. What with Cleveland trading the upwards of three times, Rey Maualuga falling to the second round, the Raiders'... interesting picks and the biggest thing for myself (and you, hopefully) the falling of WR Michael Crabtree to the tenth pick. Nobody saw it coming, not even the 49ers. In case you missed it, the Raiders (aka Al Davis) selected WR Darrius Heyward-Bey with the seventh pick, that's right--Crabtree wasn't even the first receiver off the board! This blows my mind, I could picture all the fans' collective jaws dropping and hanging for a good oh... entire season.
Day one includes the first and second rounds, in which the 49ers selected [...]
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