I knew they weren't going to trade Aiyuk unless they got a top 15 pick for him which teams were not going to do in a deep wide receiver draft. They have him under contract next year and they can franchise tag him the year after. I was fairly certain they would get a deal done but the St. Brown deal might have raised the bar higher than they want to pay. We will see.
While they look stacked at WR right now. They are pretty bare in the future. Jennings is a FA next year. They have an opt out on Deebo's contract next year and there is the Aiyuk situation.
They will probably pick another WR this draft. Maybe Rice or McCaffrey.
49ers need to really knock it out of the park in this draft or they are going to have a couple years or retooling coming up once they have to start paying Brock.
By my count, the niners already have 5 awesome versatile skill position guys: McCaffrey, Kittle, Deebo, Aiyuk, and Juszczyk.
Even if there's a strong case to start preparing for the future, I'd expect a Super Bowl contender to be patching up holes in the early rounds.
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Shanahan says MORE!
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Now he has a great Wildcat lineup: McCaffrey under center and five awesome skill guys.
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It will be interesting to see what they do in the coming rounds. Since Shanahan and Lynch took over the team they have not drafted anything but WR, QB, OT, Edge, DT in the first round. We knew they weren't going QB. All the top tackles were off the board. Darius Robinson was the edge they were targeting in first round but he went to the Cardinals. I am surprised they didn't take Newton but maybe they had something in the medicals they don't like. 49ers are all about health history now. All the FAs they signed in the offseason are guys that don't miss games. They don't have the depth they used to so they want their starters and top rotational guys on the field.
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