2020 NFL Draft: Ranking top 5 wide receivers by 49ers preference
For the San Francisco 49ers, wide receiver remains a very popular position to mock in the 2020 NFL Draft at Nos. 13 or. Niner Noise looks at how a potential big board would look for San Francisco specifically.
With the 2020 NFL Draft now just a few days away, rumors and hype start to grow larger and larger around the San Francisco 49ers (well, all 32 teams, really) and their plans for their selection.
The Niners are more intriguing than most. They’re a Super Bowl-caliber team which has two selections in the top 32 picks, and they also won’t pick after that for a very long time.
Barring a trade down from San Francisco’s top picks, not until Round 5 at least.
One popular rumor for the 49ers is they’re going to pick from the very plentiful supply of wide receivers at some point. This rumor is most probably true given veteran wideout Emmanuel Sanders defected to the New Orleans Saints not long after free agency kicked off last month.
This also started to gain further steam when top receiver prospect CeeDee Lamb confirmed he had met virtually with San Francisco. Lamb to the 49ers has been a very popular selection for mock NFL Drafts, and Niner Noise broke down that potential fit here.
If the 49ers do go receiver, there’s a lot of prospects beyond just Lamb. This is a very deep receiver class in 2020, one of the best in a very long time, and it’s very possible the Niners could wait to grab a receiver until later on and address a different need with No. 13.
Fit is also a big consideration, too. Big names in the draft are one thing, but it’s another to see if they really fit in the system. The head coach Kyle Shanahan offense in San Francisco involves a very complicated route tree and puts great emphasis on versatility in plays.
So with that in mind, here are the top five receivers for the NFL Draft, where a combination of ability and fit make it play a bit interesting.