San Francisco general manager John Lynch said the 49ers had a good reason for their surprising third-round selection of Michigan's Jake Moody.
The 49ers took Moody with pick No. 99, making him only the third kicker selected before Round 4 since 2006. That was necessary to get Moody before other teams could, Lynch said Thursday on KNBR's Murph & Mac show (h/t NFL.com).
"I can tell you, since then, that a lot of teams have called and said, 'You know, shortly thereafter they were going there,'" Lynch said. "And in fact, teams tried to trade up to get in front of us.