San Francisco 49ers: 5 Holes Jim Harbaugh Needs to Fill on Draft Day

March 28, 2011   ·   owen clark   ·   Jump to comments

It’s unclear what the San Francisco 49ers did to offend the football gods, but unquestionably the red and gold have built up some bad karma these past few years.

Nate Clement's fumble, Brett Favre’s Hail Mary, the Bay Area economy tanking hopes of a new stadium, a franchise that once could do wrong these days can’t seem to catch a break.
       
As the 49ers enter rebuild 3.0, Jim Harbaugh and Trent Baalke will start behind the eight ball before their first training camp. The NFL labor strife has paralyzed the 49ers’ ability to add free agents or install an entirely new system, leaving a team desperately in need of a change of direction stuck in neutral.

The frozen free agent market should force the 49ers to fundamentally change the way they look at the 2011 draft. Instead of swinging for the fences on one superstar, the team needs to bat a high percentage and produce productive players at multiple posit...

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