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49ers NFL Draft Cheat Sheet: What the Niners really want in a WR

Need: X receiver. Aka split end, No. 1

Shanahan’s Prototype: All-around athleticism, toughness (blocking, running over the middle), sure hands

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Kyle Shanahan has been blessed with two Hall of Fame X-receivers in his career as an NFL play-caller. Unfortunately for him, no one in this NFL Draft class — the best I’ve ever evaluated — fits the prototype of Julio Jones or Andre Johnson.

That said, Shanahan has been successful with lesser receivers (which is hardly a knock on them). Pierre Garcon. . .