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Last week it was Lamb and the week before it was Jeudy.
We are a week and a day away from the NFL Draft, and it cannot get here soon enough. The draft has become far more fascinating now that the San Francisco 49ers have two first-round picks. Let’s take a look at what mock drafts think the Niners will do:
ESPN (Mel Kiper Jr.) – WR Ceedee Lamb, CB Noah Igbinoghene
I love this pick for the 49ers, who lost Emmanuel Sanders in free agency. Lamb is a big-play threat and a technician as a route runner, and he’d be a great complement to the versatility of Deebo Samuel. San Francisco has two first-round picks — it got this one after trading DeForest Buckner to the Colts — but doesn’t have picks in the second, third or fourth rounds, so watch out for a potential trade down to accumulate more assets.
Since I gave the 49ers a wide receiver with their first pick, consider this two needs filled. The defense had issues on the other side of Richard Sherman all last season, and Sherman is 32 and only signed through 2020. San Francisco has to get younger here. Igbinoghene is raw, but he has tremendous upside. He’s also a dynamite kick returner — check out this 96-yard TD return. As I mentioned earlier, the 49ers could trade down from this pick with teams wanting to get back into the first round
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