Kurtenbach: The 49ers’ first-round draft pick should be their easiest

Kurtenbach: The 49ers’ first-round draft pick should be their easiest

SANTA CLARA — The 49ers cannot have the home-run draft they need without nailing their first-round pick, scheduled to be No. 11 on Thursday. The plan is to take a defensive lineman. An interior player is preferable, but an end will work too. Of course, as John Lynch said Tuesday, “a draft breaks out and you never know what’s going to happen.” However, the way draft boards seem to be shaking out suggests that things couldn’t be working out better…

Final mock draft roundup: Brugler, Breer, Zierlein, other experts make final 49ers predictions

Top NFL experts predict the 49ers will bolster their defensive line at No. 11 in the 2025 NFL Draft. Here's a full roundup of final mock drafts.