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By Phil Barber
Greetings, 49ers fans.
Most of you probably heard by now that Grant Cohn, who has captained this site for most of a decade, has moved on to another role. Grant is now managing Sports Illustrated’s All49ers page. He’ll do a great job. For those of you who have formed a close-knit, passionate, occasionally warring community here on the Press Democrat’s “Inside the 49ers” blog, we are not abandoning you during this critical period of the NFL offseason.
Many of you probably know me. I have written about Bay Area sports for the Press Democrat, including tons of 49ers coverage, for 16 years. I will be here this week, flogging the Niners to the finish line of the NFL draft, covering various facets of the team’s needs, prospect availability and suitability, and the overall draft process. Thanks for reading.
Leading things off: And hear me out. Offensive tackle.
The totality of 49ers draft coverage over the past month has generally focused on ranking wide receiver prospects and deducing which of them would be the best fit for Kyle Shanahan’s offense. I get it.
The SF receiving corps improved from weak (even if you included tight end George Kittle) to adequate over the course of the 2019 season. It never truly became a team strength, and now one of the 49ers’ starting Super Bowl wide receivers, Emmanuel Sanders, is gone. Jimmy Garoppolo needs another dynamic
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