With 49ers rookie minicamp around the corner, optimism for the team’s draft class is still at the fore. While minicamp won’t give us a clear picture of what each first-year player will offer in 2022, it’ll be the first time we see them respond to an NFL environment an from there the nitpicking can begin.
While selections during and immediately after the draft get picked apart, we won’t truly know the value of a pick until they see NFL action. We’re riding that optimism though and after getting a chance to dive deeper into some of the 49ers’ picks, we came up with something to be excited about with all of the nine-player draft class: