Why the 49ers must strike gold with their 2025 NFL Draft class

49ers Talk with Matt Maiocco

NBC Sports Bay Area

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

4.6 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

With the 2025 NFL Draft now a month away and the number of roster losses vastly outweighing the gains, the 49ers now are more reliant than ever on the success of their rookies. San Francisco has pivoted to a less familiar offseason strategy that hinges on getting this draft class 'right.' Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan discuss if the 49ers can compliment their proven core with impactful youth from this draft and extend their championship window. The duo also discuss which players on both lines of scrimmage make sense for the 49ers in the first round and beyond? Also, Matt and Jennifer take a not-too-early look at the 49ers' players scheduled to hit free agency in 2026 as their needs don't just stop with the 2025 season.

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0:00.0	The 49ers off-season plan has come into focus. It's all about the NFL draft for John Lynch and the team's personnel department. We're inside one month until the 49ers go on the clock with a scheduled 11 draft picks, including the number 11 overall selection. With a passive
0:23.4	free agent plan, the 49ers have increased the importance of nailing the 2025 NFL draft.
0:30.0	Jennifer Lee Chan and I will discuss that plan and whether we think any more big moves are on the way.
0:35.8	Could the club really trade Brandon Iuk less than a year
0:38.5	after signing him to a big money contract? We'll have all that and much more on this episode
0:43.1	of 49ers talk coming at you right now. Welcome to another episode of 49ers talk on NBC
0:50.0	Sports Bay Area.com. Introducing your hosts, Matt Mayoko and Jennifer Lee Chan.
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1:18.9	Jennifer, how's your bracket doing?
1:21.8	I don't usually do one.
1:23.8	I just enjoy the games.
1:25.4	Yeah, I don't.
1:26.7	You're, come on now. I know, it's un-American. This is
1:30.0	a American. I just root for the teams I like. Like I root for your St. Mary's to go further. And,
1:38.1	you know, I'm, I'm rooting for the USC women. There you go. Okay. Enjoying the games in a
1:43.5	laid-back fashion with no stress.
1:45.3	I need less stress in my life, so I don't have the stress of a bracket.
1:48.8	Yeah.
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