There are a couple of clear top needs for the San Francisco 49ers as they gear up for the 2025 NFL draft.
Free agency will alter their list some, but the draft is still going to be vital with an aging, still expensive roster. It’s also unlikely the team will be able to check their biggest offseason boxes via the free agent market.
They desperately need help on the offensive and defensive lines. San Francisco’s inability to win in the trenches hurt them in key moments during their dismal 2024 campaign. Finding high-quality offensive and defensive line help will need to be among their top offseason priorities. It makes sense that they’d hit those two spots first in a seven-round mock draft by Pro Football Network.
After the first two picks, it would make sense for the 49ers to start doubling down and getting a handful of players they can use to revamp those two fronts. They go a different route in this mock. Let’s take a look at all 10 of their selections: