"In scouting, you live for those moments when you find someone that comes out at his position (who) isn't likely to come out for another five to 10 years," 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said last October. "I don't know that (Iupati) is a once-in-a-generation player, but he's certainly not an every-year guy. You just don't find men that big; that move that well; that are that powerful on a consistent basis year in and year out."