A week ago, the San Francisco 49ers were on the outside looking in at the teams who had been rumored to select one of the top five quarterbacks coming out of their respective colleges. Fast forward a mere 27-days before next month’s NFL draft and the team is in a much more enviable position.
After head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch were able to maneuver the league salary cap being decreased by $16 million dollars and sign many of their own free agents, their draft prospects look much different than they did this time last month.