Niners Wire

It’s time for another mock draft now that the first wave of free agency has subsided. San Francisco hasn’t been super active in making big splashes, but they’ve filled out their roster with depth at some key spots and opened the door to go a couple different routes in the first round. Given what their roster looks like two or three years down the road it might still behoove them to identify an offensive tackle in the first round and do what they have to do to acquire them. That could help in 2024 and beyond. However, offensive tackle isn’t the only spot where the 49ers could use a long-term, cost-controlled starter. And if they can’t find a trade partner in the draft they might be in a position where selecting the best player available is better than reaching for a player just to fill their biggest need. That’s how we operated in this mock draft, which ran through the Pro Football Focus mock draft simulator.