Heading into Thursday night’s first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, most of us were pretty sure that the San Francisco 49ers needed a wide receiver to replace now-Saints pass-catcher Emmanuel Sanders and possibly trade back into the mid-rounds of day two.
For the first several picks, the draft seemed to be going as expected, with players like LSU quarterback Joe Burrow, Ohio State EDGE rusher Chase Young and cornerback Jeff Okudah going off the board in the first three picks.
In fact, everything seemed to be moving along rather chalk, until 49ers general manager John Lynch threw the first wrench into the proceedings by trading the No.