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San Francisco 49ers: Possible trade-up, trade-down targets for the NFL Draft

By Jeremy Wohlfart

PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 27: A detailed view of the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on April 27, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 27: A detailed view of the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on April 27, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images) /
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CHICAGO, IL – APRIL 28: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announces DeForest Buckner of Oregon as the #7 overall pick by the San Francisco 49ers during the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University on April 28, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL – APRIL 28: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announces DeForest Buckner of Oregon as the #7 overall pick by the San Francisco 49ers during the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University on April 28, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images) /

The dust has settled and football is over for yet another year, here we take a look at the San Francisco 49ers possible 2018 NFL Draft trade targets should they move up and/or down.

If San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch showed us anything in his first year, it’s that he has no qualms about making a deal at the trade table.

Whether it be trading down for a ransom from the Chicago Bears and taking defensive end Solomon Thomas, trading back into the first round for linebacker Reuben Foster, deciding to trade for a quarterback (twice, moving up for C.J. Beathard and, of course, the Jimmy Garoppolo trade) or making a call to take a running back not on the draft board in Joe Williams (all of the NFL Draft-day trades and more can be read about in this excellent piece by The MMQB’s Peter King).

So it shouldn’t surprise everyone if Lynch will do the same again.

The 49ers are in a position to do whatever they like. They can use the draft capital obtained by the Bears to move up for someone they love, or they can take advantage of a desperate team wanting to move into the No. 9/No.10 pick, especially one looking for a quarterback, to obtain even more picks for the 49ers future.

Here, we’ll look at a player in different sections of the NFL Draft that could be a possible target.

It’s been broken into six sections of picks: Nos. 1 to 3, Nos. 4 to 9, Nos. 10 to 15, Nos. 15 to 20, Nos. 21 to 25 and Nos. 26 to 32.