What is 49ers biggest goal for this year’s draft?
The 49ers don't have a ton of needs, but they should enter the 2026 NFL draft with this goal in mind.
The San Francisco 49ers enter the final stretch for the 2026 draft with no clear need for their first-round selection. Many experts predict an offensive linemen, receiver or edge rusher to be taken, but only the team knows their true plans. NFL.
com's Gennaro Filice , though, believes the 49ers should have a goal in mind: Find Trent Williams’ successor. Whether that comes with the No. 27 pick, the No.
58 pick or any of the team's four fourth-round picks remains to be seen, but that idea is one Filice thinks is the most pressing for San Francisco heading into the 2026 season. At publishing, the 49ers remain in a contract standoff with Trent Williams . Three months from now, the 12-time Pro Bowler turns 38 years old.
You see where I’m going here: San Francisco needs to find the heir apparent at left tackle. The Niners gave Brock Purdy a $265 million extension last offseason. Now it’s time to shore up the franchise QB’s blind side for the foreseeable future.