Barrows: 49ers mailbag: Which rookie is best poised to make a splash? Odd men out at WR? (paywall)
“Narrative 1 is that they are happy with their top three tackles: Trent Williams, Colton McKivitz and Jaylon Moore.
Narrative 2 is that college tackles are ill-prepared for the NFL game, especially the 49ers’ zone-blocking scheme, which few of them play.
Both are legitimate arguments. But they can’t keep looking down their nose at college tackles like they’ve done the last two seasons. It’s not sustainable. If they’d taken one last year — BYU’s Blake Freeland, for example — the rough assimilation period the 49ers seem to dread largely would have taken place last season and he might be in a position to compete for a role now.