This is far too early for a mock draft, but right now let’s see what 2020 brings.
The 2019 NFL Draft may have concluded, and we may be done with mock drafts, but not before we get a look at 2020, far, far earlier than we really should. There’s two things right off the bat: the San Francisco 49ers are in the late teens (progress) and they go offensive line again.
SB Nation’s Dan Kadar put together a 2020 first round mock draft for all 32 NFL teams and has the 49ers selecting Stanford offensive tackle Walker LIttle.
The last time the 49ers selected a Stanford offensive lineman in the first round, it didn’t go so well. Joshua Garnett was taken via a trade back into the first round and he very well could find himself looking for a new team before long. Garnett has had a hard time staying healthy and when healthy getting him onto the field is another matter entirely.
Here’s what Kadar had to say about LIttle’s selection:
Joe Staley is in the final year of his contract so San Francisco could be in the market for a left tackle (assuming the 49ers don’t put 2018 first-round Mike McGlinchey there). The first-team all-conference left tackle has the size at 6’7 and 313 pounds the NFL loves.
I haven’t don’t much studying on Little, but if the image chosen for this post, one of him getting manhandled is any indication, it might not be inspiring. If this is the route the 49ers go to replacing Staley, I’d hope Staley would stick around for just one year. Putting a rookie in at left tackle seems just as disastrous as putting a rookie in at quarterback—too many chances for injuries to either position. If they move McGlinchey to left tackle (which is another matter entirely, having Little take the right tackle spot as a rookie wouldn’t be near as scary.
We have a year to break down film on this guy.
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