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Kurtenbach: The secret sauce the 49ers want when drafting a wide receiver

It’s tough for the 49ers to draft a wide receiver out of college. I know because 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan has said it time and time again.

But now that San Francisco has the No. 13 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft — a spot that has them poised to select one of the top wide receivers in a year supposedly full of great pass catchers — Shanahan, alongside general manager John Lynch and the Niners’ scouting staff, are going to have to work through those problems.

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