The San Francisco 49ers had Alabama linebacker Reuben Foster as the No. 3 player on their draft board. San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan called Foster "my favorite player in this draft." Yet the 49ers were able to get him with the No. 31 pick in the 2017 NFL Draft on Thursday night.
How that happened is detailed by Sports Illustrated's Peter King in his Monday entry of "Monday Morning Quarterback." King spent the draft in the 49ers' "war room."
The top three draft targets for San Francisco were Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett, Stanford defensive end Solomon Thomas and Foster, in that order.