The 49ers Balance Immediate Needs With Long-Term Plans in NFL Draft

With the core of a roster that made it to the Super Bowl last season still in place, the San Francisco 49ers had few glaring holes on the roster headed into the NFL draft. “The hardest thing is when you go through the draft and especially when you feel you're a contender and things like that, you want to do everything to just look at your board and fill those holes,” coach Kyle Shanahan said Saturday. The Niners have most of their starting spots filled for now but with some aging starters and a potential salary cap crunch in the future once they have to pay quarterback Brock Purdy market rate, they're hoping they found some cheap longer-term answers.