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Pressing issue: Which cornerbacks will be most attractive to 49ers?

Asa Jackson has a unique claim among 49ers cornerbacks.

At 5-10, he's the only player under 6-1 who played outside cornerback for San Francisco in 2017. He played exactly one snap there in a Week 4 loss to Arizona when Rashard Robinson briefly left the field with an injury.

The others who played the position last season all had the height and long arms typical of a cornerback in the Seahawks'-like, press-coverage defense: Dontae Johnson (6-2); Ahkello Witherspoon (6-2); Robinson (6-1); Greg Mabin (6-1) and Tyvis Powell (6-2).

All of which ought to serve as a guideline for which cornerbacks the 49ers are most interested in during free agency and the draft.