With the NFL draft fast approaching it was San Francisco 49ers GM Trent Baalke who was on the hot seat as he held his annual pre-draft meeting with 49ers beat writers today. And while a number of topics were discussed ranging from DE Justin Smith’s status to the team’s positional needs, it was second-year G Brandon Thomas that garnered early attention.
#49ers Trent Baalke on G Brandon Thomas taking over for Iupati: “He was drafted for this in mind. It was obvious why we drafted him.”
— Ryan Sakamoto (@SakamotoRyan) April 17, 2015
Last year around this time I told KNBR that Thomas would be the heir apparent to G Mike Iupati as I had a gut feeling he wouldn’t return in 2015.