{"id":860668,"date":"2026-04-08T10:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/860668\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:18:18","slug":"49ers-news-49ers-need-to-gain-an-edge-from-the-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/860668\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers News: 49ers need to gain an edge from the draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7176050\/2026\/04\/07\/49ers-nfl-draft-scenarios\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49ers draft scenarios: How team can address needs with first three picks (paywall)<\/a><br \/>\u201cFourth round, No. 127: DE\/OLB Trey Moore, Texas. Moore\u2019s lack of elite traits will likely make him a Day 3 pick. Still, his smarts, consistency and effort suggest he could be a worthy fourth-round choice. At minimum, he has the makings of a special teams stalwart who could replace Robert Beal Jr., who signed with the Miami Dolphins in free agency, on coverage and return units.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">First round, No. 27: WR Omar Cooper Jr., Indiana: You might consider Cooper a cross between Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel. He has Aiyuk\u2019s body control and leaping ability, and he fights through tackles like Samuel. Though he\u2019s not as hefty as Samuel, Cooper is rugged enough to log a few plays in the backfield each week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Second round, No. 58: G Gennings Dunker, Iowa: Dunker played right tackle at Iowa, but his lack of quickness likely makes him a guard at the NFL level. He\u2019s thickly built, is accustomed to zone blocking and has an A+ personality that ought to make him a strong \u2014 and funny \u2014 locker room fit with George Kittle.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Barber (6-7, 318) spent five seasons at Florida. In 2025, Barber started all 12 games at left tackle for the Gators. He recorded 750 offensive snaps and earned third-team All-SEC honors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">At the NFL Scouting Combine, Barber recorded a 5.12-second 40-time, 32-inch vertical jump, and 9-foot-3 broad jump.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If the 49ers were to swing a deal with the Cardinals, one fair scenario is for the 49ers to give up No. 27 in exchange for the Cardinals\u2019 picks in the second round (No. 34), fourth round (No. 104) and fifth round (No. 143).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The strength of the draft is considered to be in the middle rounds, and the 49ers would have a concentration of six picks from No. 104 to No. 143.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The deal could be the ultimate win-win. The Cardinals could secure their quarterback while the 49ers could gain some much-needed, top-level, young talent.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"49ers draft scenarios: How team can address needs with first three picks (paywall)\u201cFourth round, No. 127: DE\/OLB Trey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,52307,7,6,1161,252,1137,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-860668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-49ers-links","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-news","15":"tag-sanfrancisco","16":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}