Having the second overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft gives the San Francisco 49ers a good amount of leverage. There will be teams undoubtedly calling day and night, trying to make a deal that will pry that pick out of the hands of the new John Lynch–Kyle Shanahan regime. Wanting to get started off on the right foot, that first pick is going to be very important to this new regime.
While it’s true that the 49ers have a lot of areas of need to address, there is no bigger question mark than at quarterback.