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Only hours remain before NFL draft rumor season gives way to the real thing.
For an NFL offseason junkie, it doesn t get much better than pre-draft season. Firing up various mock draft machines, poring through senior day reports and clicking through YouTube highlights is just part of the experience for the eternally hopeful NFL fan.
Then there s the complicated art of evaluating NFL draft rumors. In the weeks and days leading up to the draft, reporters fill the pages with the latest snippets they ve caught from anonymous sources and those in the know.
Not everything can be taken wholesale, though. There s a distinct advantage for teams to leak information that isn t entirely accurate. There s nothing to gain by actually giving out accurate information to the media.
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The San Francisco 49ers have already bet big on the 2021 NFL draft. They mortgaged multiple first-round picks to move up from No. 12 to No. 3.
The move is to presumably pick a quarterback of the future. The quarterback position is the only one that would be worth giving up that much capital to secure.
With Trevor Lawrence and Zach Wilson presumably going No. 1 and No. 2, the draft really starts with the Niners at No. 3.
The question of which quarterback they will take is intriguing, but there s added pressure to nail their other early picks. They are also scheduled to be on the clock at No. 43 in Round 2 and have the 102nd selection in Round 3.