A new three-round mock draft from the Draft Wire is out and has three intriguing selections for San Francisco.
The 49ers don’t have a glaring need where they must draft a player to be impactful right away, but they have some pretty significant boxes to check for potential starter and depth purposes.
One of the areas they don’t hit in this three-round mock is offensive tackle, where a right tackle prospect could conceivably push Colton McKivitz for the starting job. If they do want to target a RT specifically, they may need to do so with a trade up earlier in the third or into the back of the second.
Instead, they hit a couple defensive needs before reaching into the offensive bag for a pick that may matter more in two or three years than this season: