While the 49ers are in the midst of a playoff run with their eyes on the franchise’s sixth Super Bowl win, other teams not in the playoffs have their eyes set on the 2020 NFL draft. Luke Easterling of the Draft Wire published a three-round mock draft after the wild card round, and changed his pick for the 49ers from his previous mocks.
Easterling had the 49ers selecting Clemson running back Travis Etienne in consecutive mock drafts, but altered his new selection with San Francisco selecting with the No. 31 overall pick.
Instead of grabbing another offensive weapon, the 49ers went with Stanford cornerback Paulson Adebo.
Richard Sherman’s resurgence this season, along with improved play from Ahkello Witherspoon and the emergence of Emmanuel Moseley have put the 49ers in a position where cornerback is a less dire need than it was going into the year.
However, Sherman is on the wrong side of the 30 and on the final year of his deal. Witherspoon has been mostly up and down in his three seasons, and Moseley hasn’t proven himself over a large sample size. The latter two corners are also on track to enter the last year of their rookie deals next season.
Bolstering their depth at corner with a possible long-term starter would behoove a team looking to get younger and cheaper at some key spots.
Easterling describes Adebo as “an athletic cover man with the smarts and technique to quickly develop into a difference-maker.”
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