The 49ers may go into the 2021 draft with their eye on a few more trades. They have the draft capital to move around the board, and they did well enough in free agency that they can target some specific needs during the draft. General manager John Lynch won’t need to sit back and let the draft happen – he can make some moves up to snag players the team wants.
We tried to simulate some of those moves in our regular Sunday session with the PFF mock draft simulator. This time we executed a three-round mock and pulled the trigger on one trade back and a couple trades up to fill out some specific needs for San Francisco. We also finished it up with a trade that did not involve a draft pick.
Here it is:
