That's the benefit of Banks. He helps now and hopefully develops into a Pro Bowl LT in the future. Whether they play him at LG or RT he should be an upgrade over what they had last year. LT is such a difficult position to get a stud that drafting at, a rare for 49ers, 11 you almost have to run the card in on Banks.

Of course if we were allowed to trade, I might have taken a different approach because I would have loved to have another 3rd rounder in this draft. So I might have traded back a bit and picked up a 3rd rounder.

It's too bad about Simmons injury uncertainty. He would have been perfect for 49ers but I don't think they will have him on their board.