You can tell when an analyst is faking their way through something and hasn’t really watched a player or a play. That’ll never be the case with ESPN’s Field Yates. Yates has been an ESPN insider for several years now but has recently focused more on the NFL Draft. In his latest mock draft, Yates had the San Francisco 49ers trading up with the Dallas Cowboys.
John Lynch and the front office haven’t been shy about trading up or down in the NFL Draft. There are a few plausible scenarios where the 49ers deem a player valuable enough to move up in the first round.