Analyzing Aiyuk’s future, how 49ers can maximize their draft selections

49ers Talk with Matt Maiocco

NBC Sports Bay Area

Nfl, Football, Matt Maiocco, San Francisco 49ers, Sports

4.6 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan break down what the future looks like for Brandon Aiyuk and the 49ers, how San Francisco can use the upcoming 2023 NFL Draft to solve potential roster problems in the present and future and which positions are of the utmost importance.

(3:16) How should the 49ers approach the 2023 NFL Draft?

(9:05) Will Aiyuk be around for the long haul?

(16:32) Do the 49ers need depth at wide receiver?

(24:10) Positions 49ers can draft for the future

(31:19) Will Armstead have a bounce-back season in 2023?

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0:00.0	With their first pick not coming until late in the third round, the 49ers must wait a while to go on the clock for their first selection in the 2023 NFL draft.
0:10.0	And with starting job spoken for it, nearly every position on both sides of the ball
0:14.4	it definitely impacts what the 49ers will be seeking from their rookie class.
0:19.4	For this team, the draft really isn't about the 2023 season. It's about 2024 in the years to follow.
0:27.0	Jennifer Lee Chan and I will look at not necessarily where the 49ers need immediate help, but where they might find players to step into bigger roles down the road.
0:37.0	Teams around the NFL have reached out to the 49ers to gauge their interest in trading Brandon IUC.
0:43.0	There is obviously some skepticism whether the team will be able to pay top
0:48.0	dollar beyond this season to two wide receivers, IUC, and Devo Samuel. We will talk about all that and more on this episode of
0:57.1	49ers Talk coming at you right now.
1:00.3	Welcome to another edition of 49ers Talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.com.
1:06.0	Introducing your host, Matt Mayoko.
1:09.0	All right, this is 49ers talk brought to by big ot tires.
1:13.4	Matt Mayoko Jennifer Lee Chan, and the draft is almost here.
1:18.0	Only a week away and then a week after the draft starts, then the four-way
1:23.5	a week after the draft starts, then the 49ers start picking.
1:24.7	A week, just a week.
1:28.0	Just a week, yeah.
1:30.0	Hey, Jennifer, I was looking at this draft and I started thinking that the 49ers 2023 NFL draft really isn't about
1:41.8	2023 to me I think it's about 2024 and even beyond.
1:47.0	Yeah because they really have by and large, well I think they have all their starters. I think it's
1:56.0	going to be really difficult for a guy to come in and start as a rookie, but they can
2:02.1	certainly use backups and they can certainly use backups who could be kind of identified for starting roles as early as next season.
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