{"id":212678,"date":"2026-03-10T05:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/212678\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T05:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:14:23","slug":"pre-free-agency-picks-for-the-49ers-at-no-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/212678\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Free Agency Picks for the 49ers at No. 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monroe Freeling &#8211; OT, Georgia<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; Freeling would get a great opportunity to learn from the best before he&#8217;s asked to take over at the position.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; I&#8217;m not sure the 49ers would allow him to get past them, considering the athletic talent and scheme fit he could provide at right tackle or a guard spot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>KC Concepcion &#8211; WR, Texas A&amp;M<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 49ers are at a crossroads at receiver. Their leading pass catcher at the position (<a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/jauan-jennings\/\" title=\"Jauan Jennings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jauan Jennings<\/a>) is set to be a free agent, veteran <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/brandon-aiyuk\/\" title=\"Brandon Aiyuk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Aiyuk<\/a> seems to be moving on, and 2024 first-round pick <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/ricky-pearsall\/\" title=\"Ricky Pearsall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ricky Pearsall<\/a> is still looking for his footing in the offense. Concepcion is an explosive playmaker who has many traits that translate to success in coach Kyle Shanahan&#8217;s scheme. Concepcion kicks it into gear on route stems and racks up plenty of big plays as a pass catcher and a return specialist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a polished route runner with electric running skills, Lemon fits the 49ers mold of a WR1. The USC standout would add a playmaking element to the passing game that has been missing since the departures of Deebo Samuel and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/brandon-aiyuk\/\" title=\"Brandon Aiyuk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Aiyuk<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Omar Cooper Jr. &#8211; WR, Indiana<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll see what happens with <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/jauan-jennings\/\" title=\"Jauan Jennings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jauan Jennings<\/a> in San Francisco, but <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/brandon-aiyuk\/\" title=\"Brandon Aiyuk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Aiyuk<\/a> may have played his last snap. As it stands, the WR room includes <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/ricky-pearsall\/\" title=\"Ricky Pearsall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ricky Pearsall<\/a>, <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/demarcus-robinson\/\" title=\"Demarcus Robinson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Demarcus Robinson<\/a>, <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/jordan-watkins\/\" title=\"Jordan Watkins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Watkins<\/a> and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/jacob-cowing\/\" title=\"Jacob Cowing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Cowing<\/a> under contract\u2026 and that&#8217;s it. There&#8217;s a need at guard too, but Cooper Jr. feels like a Kyle Shanahan-type receiver.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/news\/draft-2026-nfl-mock-draft-raiders-maxx-crosby-trade-jeremiyah-love-saints\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pro Football Focus: Max Chadwick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KC Concepcion &#8211; WR, Texas A&amp;M<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;San Francisco&#8217;s receiving corps is in complete flux right now. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/george-kittle\/\" title=\"George Kittle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Kittle<\/a> tore his Achilles in January, <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/brandon-aiyuk\/\" title=\"Brandon Aiyuk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Aiyuk<\/a> is set to be released and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/jauan-jennings\/\" title=\"Jauan Jennings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jauan Jennings<\/a> is a free agent. Concepcion paced the SEC with 48 receptions that went for either a first down or a touchdown in 2025 and is a dangerous player with the ball in his hands.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monroe Freeling &#8211; OT, Georgia &#8220;&#8230; Freeling would get a great opportunity to learn from the best before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[62931,812,811,57121,809,810,808,93298,93297,93300,100,93299,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-212678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-2026-draft","9":"tag-briana-jeannel","10":"tag-briana-mcdonald","11":"tag-draft","12":"tag-english","13":"tag-english-articles","14":"tag-latest-app","15":"tag-mock-draft","16":"tag-mock-draft-monday","17":"tag-netapp","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-news-draft","20":"tag-san-francisco","21":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","22":"tag-san-francisco-news","23":"tag-sf","24":"tag-sf-headlines","25":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}