49ers dragged into Micah Parsons trade reaction for all the wrong reasons

Funnily enough, both decisions involved Kyle Shanahan, and both decisions ended poorly. The Griffin trade does not make the list because he was a consensus stud at the time that the trade was made. He won the Heisman, and some said he would be better than Andrew Luck, who went first in that draft. 

The outcome was poor, the price was an overpay, but to this writer, it must have been justified. The writer really slams San Francisco for the decision-making process.

They knew that Trevor Lawrence was going first, and they were close enough to Robert Saleh to know Zach Wilson was going second. The debate was always Trey Lance or Mac Jones. According to this ranking, it was known at the time that neither would be a good pick, or that trading up and then debating the two was made the decision so shocking, compared to typical quarterback trade-ups. 

While injuries were a key to Lance struggling as well, we saw Griffin succeed before the injuries, and we never saw anything from Lance. 

As far as one of the more mysterious outcomes of a career, and confusing ways for a top-three pick that was traded up for to go out, Lance is the easy answer. However, San Francisco needed a quarterback; they knew who was available, and they took a swing. 

This is a disappointing outcome, not a shocking trade. Teams trade multiple first-round picks all the time, and even if Griffin turned out good for one year, the price they paid was outrageous and looked back upon throughout the duration of his career. That was much more shocking at the time.