As the first major “skill position” draftee of the Kyle Shanahan & John Lynch era, the addition of wide receiver Dante Pettis marks, what I see, as a shift in roster building philosophy. In the 2017 offseason, a majority of the 49ers skill position additions seemed to be basic team-building to field a vanilla team while the rebuild was underway. Many of us looked to the Falcons offense that Shanahan left behind as clues to our new additions. Pierre Garçon was to be a poor man’s Julio Jones. Marquise Goodwin was to fill the Taylor Gabriel “posts and fades” role, to stretch the defense vertically.
49ers 90-in-90: WR/PR Dante Pettis
