49ers Draft Rewind 2020: The draft during a pandemic

It’s time to reflect on the San Francisco 49ers’ previous drafts again. Thanks to YouTube poster and 49ers fan Marvin49, we have videos of each draft. We’ll look at every year during the Kyle Shanahan era up to 2024. Today, it’s 2020.

Stop me if this sounds familiar: The 49ers nabbed the No. 1 seed and lost the Super Bowl to the Kansas City Chiefs. No, I’m not talking about 2023, I’m talking about that other Super Bowl loss. This draft is the draft following that Super Bowl loss.

So, we need to bring up the COVID-19 season. By this time, lockdown had happened in the United States and the 2020 NFL Draft was no different. NFL Comissioner Rodger Goodell traded in the stage, podium, and boos from…