The 49ers are pounding the rest of the NFL over the head with their draft strategy.General manager John Lynch used the team's first five picks in the 2025 NFL Draft to continue to provide defensive coordinator Robert Saleh with personnel.The 49ers selected defensive tackle C.J. West of Indiana in the fourth round with the No. 113 overall pick. Five picks. Five defensive players taken by the @49ers. @NFLmx : #NFLDraft on NFLN/ESPN/ABC: Stream on @NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/EuM5P3ptDo — NFL (@NFL) April 26, 2025It was a move foreshadowed a few moments earlier when CEO Jed York wrote a light-hearted post on social media."Maybe we should do something a little different here," York wrote. "Oops, Saleh just walked in the war room."It is the first time since 1981 that the 49ers have used each of their first five selections on defensive players. It worked out well for the 49ers that year, as they rode their rookie class all the way to the organization's first Super Bowl. Ronnie Lott, John Harty, Eric Wright, Carlton Williamson and Lynn Thomas were the 49ers' top picks in 1981.This year, the 49ers have stocked up with defensive end Mykel Williams, defensive tackle Alfred Collins, linebacker...
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