UPDATE: San Francisco 49ers Draft Needs Following Free Agent and Trade Additions

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🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

San Francisco 49ers reshape draft strategy with savvy veteran signings. Christian Kirk and Nate Hobbs headline new additions, shoring up key positions while keeping the team agile for future moves. Is wide receiver still a first-round priority, or have Mike Evans, Ricky Pearsall, and Jacob Cowling solidified the core? The roster’s blend of youth and experience sparks heated debate over Jauan Jennings’ potential return and whether the front office should target speed, toughness, or a game-changer in the upcoming draft.

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0:00.0	We're done. The San Francisco 49ers have knocked out all of their team needs, right?
0:04.1	Heading into the 2026 NFL draft where they stand post-free agency, Christian Kirk,
0:09.4	Nate Hobbs, all the latest, including a punter. And that brings us to today's special guest
0:15.4	on Locked on 49ers. You are Locked on 49ers, your daily San Francisco 49ers podcast, part of the Locked-on
0:25.7	Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:30.0	Welcome to Locked-on 49ers, Brian Peacock and Eric Crocker with you, as always.
0:34.0	Thanks for making us your first listen of the day. And thanks for making
0:37.8	locked on the number one sports podcast network. You know the score. If you are listening to
0:44.5	us on a Wednesday morning or if you're watching on YouTube, you already see our guest today
0:48.9	on the screen. That is none other than Mr. Nicholas Winkler. We got a lot to get into with this furious offseason going on around the NFL.
0:57.7	So let's bring on today's guest.
0:59.3	Nicholas Winkler, come on down.
1:06.1	Wink, especially after last off season.
1:08.4	Are you a little bit shocked by the 49ers activity and how busy they've been on the free agent market in trades to really address needs this off season that maybe they didn't last off season when they had to have a big, obviously huge expenditure for a franchise quarterback, which impacted things immensely.
1:27.2	Kyle Shanahan saying that depth is not going to work for us in 2026.
1:31.7	So I've been very busy on the free agent market with Christian Kirk,
1:36.4	wide receiver, a second big time name at wide receiver in the free agent off season.
1:42.7	Yeah, it's been fun.
1:43.8	You know, last season, it was really mellow. And the season before that, I believe, was the free agent off season. Yeah, it's been fun. You know, last season,
1:44.7	it was really mellow. And the season before that, I believe, was the hardgrave stuff. And it was like, all right, they're out there, big stand in. Let's go. And it didn't work out. Right. So last season, a little gun shy, a little worried about what might happen. You go out and spend some money. And heading into this off season, too, you heard the 49ers be like, all right, we're going to take a cautious approach.
2:03.0	We're going to be real smart, not over. happen you go out and spend some money and heading into this off season too you heard the 49ers
2:01.0	be like all right we're going to take a cautious approach we're going to be real smart not overspend
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