The 49ers didn't draft a pure pass rusher until the sixth round when they selected Utah's Pita Taumoepenu with the 202nd overall pick.
But they were eying edge rushers -- players who could line up at their so-called "Leo" position -- throughout the draft, according to MMQB's Peter King, who spent the draft with the team.
That began with Texas A&M's Myles Garrett, whom the 49ers would have taken with the No. 2 overall pick if the Browns hadn't selected him at No. 1.
Before the draft began, the 49ers also considered the possibility of either trading down into the middle of the first round or trading back into the last third of the first round, and they discussed Wisconsin's T.