With the non-signing of former San Francisco 49ers receiver Anquan Boldin, there is wide-open opportunity for someone to grab the No. 2 wide receiver role on the 49ers for 2016.
As Niner Noise’s Peter Panacy astutely pointed out in his piece, the 49ers have just two wideouts now, in Torrey Smith and Jerome Simpson, who have over 40 pro-level receptions.
With the average age of the receiver group under 25 years old, this group is young but promising. Patton himself will turn 26 years old in August, so he is above the average and has an experience edge on nearly all the other receivers.