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Harder for the 49ers to find starters in this year’s NFL Draft? Shanahan explains

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It might be more difficult for the 49ers to find players in this NFL Draft who can become starters.

That’s no reflection of a poor draft class. It signals the 49ers are further down the path of their roster-wide rebuilding process than when coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch started turning things over.

“It’s getting harder the longer we’re here,” Shanahan said at last month’s owners meetings when asked how many starters he expects to get out of this draft.