There’s no arguing against ESPN’s grades on two of the 49ers’ offseason moves

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 12: Football Player Osa Odighizuwa attends the Hall of Fame Party: Big Game Weekend Edition at Sunset Room Hollywood on February 12, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images) | Getty Images One month removed from the start of free agency, the San Francisco 49ers have made some solid moves. ESPN’s Seth Walder took a crack at grading the San Francisco 49ers’ two biggest free agency moves of the offseason in Mike Evans and Osa Odighizuwa—and it’s pretty positive.

Since we like it when nice things are said about the 49ers, and they mention who won the Odighizuwa trade, it’s probably worth a look. We’ll start with the Odighizuwa trade, which Walder gave a B grade to—but that’s not the good part of this story. The “B” grade is about what I’d give it, but more notable is the grade to the trade partner in this.

C+ to the Dallas Cowboys. Which means the 49ers won the trade according to these analysts, and that always makes things better. Walder made the case that Dallas traded the wrong player — Odighizuwa is three years younger than Kenny Clark, outperformed him in pass rush win rate and pressure rate last season, and costs nearly five million dollars less.

Then again, this is the same organization that traded Micah Parsons to Green Bay — receiving Clark and two first-round picks in return. Yes, I’m aware Parsons tore his ACL and made the Cowboys look like geniuses that same season. The thing is, now they’ve shipped off Odighizuwa, the youngest and best of their defensive tackles, for a third-round pick.