Best available remaining players for the 49ers: Cam Jurgens, Jalen Pitre, Christian Watson

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Best available remaining players for the 49ers: Cam Jurgens, Jalen Pitre, Christian Watson

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We’re down to 39. Six players from our 49ers’ big board, which started at 45 players, heard their names called during Thursday’s first round of the NFL Draft.

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We expected the first five of those players to be out of the 49ers’ reach barring a trade back into the first round — which, of course, didn’t happen.

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Sean McVay and general manager Les Snead — were shocked when the Patriots picked Strange, whom many analysts had tagged with a third-round grade.

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The selection moved one final time to the Patriots on Thursday night before it was ultimately used on Strange.

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