49ers NFL Draft preview: Defensive line replacement for DeForest Buckner?

The San Francisco 49ers defensive line took a substantial hit when the team traded away DeForest Buckner, and the NFL Draft only offers so many replacement options.

There’s no other way around it: The San Francisco 49ers defensive line is worse now than it was before the team traded away Pro Bowl defensive tackle DeForest Buckner to the Indianapolis Colts last March.

Granted, getting the No. 13 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft back in return is no slouch. Yet there’s no one player, currently in the draft or on the Niners roster, who can adequately replace and replicate the kind of production Buckner generated during his four years in San Francisco.

For now, at least on paper, the 49ers will…