by David Zizmor

SANTA CLARA–The 49ers are drafting number 30 and it’s difficult to predict who’s going to be there. The 49ers in this draft have to wait 29 picks before they select somebody. You chop it off not only the 49ers draft at number 30 they also have the most picks in this draft.

The 49ers have something like 11-12 picks and they made a lot of trades involving picks and never the less the 49ers have a lot of trades. They have six picks in the first three rounds and they have a lot of ammunition to move around in to make their plays for particular players.

As we all know we have been watching the 49ers and General Manager Trent Baalke the last few years. Baalke likes to make trades, he does it all the time and let’s be honest the Niners don’t have the roster spots so they kind of have to make trades.

If you have 11 draft picks and you only have five or six spots left on the roster that are even flexible or possibly open what are you going to do with 11 picks that are not worth it so what do the 49ers do with those picks? They try to trade back some of those picks and try to get those picks for the following season.

This is something the Niners have done time and again, last year they traded up to get Eric Reid in the first round, but they also traded back and got more picks in this draft. They also have an extra second round in the Alex Smith trade.

The Niners have a lot of ammunition to move around, if I’m the 49ers I’m probably focusing my early picks on three areas. I’m looking at corner backs, wide receivers, and pass rushers. Why is this? Look the 49ers lost Carlos Rogers and Tarell Brown in free agency.

The don’t really have a lot of experience in the secondary right now at corner. They need to fill those positions. In the first round and the second round your going to see a corner back no matter what, at least one corner back you could see even more. In this draft the Niners are going to come out with two corners.

NFL draft day begins Thursday May 8th at Radio Music Hall in New York City

David Zizmor covers the NFL for Sportstalk radio