[BitStillrhile]

San Fran can't be considered "lucky" to have the #1 pick this year, and truthfully, they'd trade it away if anyone would take it.

Now I'm not sure what the 49ers needs are, but after last year's performance, I'd say it's a safe bet that they have many. Which means, about half of the top prospects this year are probably better than have of the players already on the Niner roster, which would lead me to believe they can't miss TOO badly this year. I think whoever they take with that first pick will be able to make a contribution this year. Here's an excerpt from the article I'm referencing...and then I'll give the link to the whole thing too.

Noted one NFC owner who is here observing the annual predraft combine workouts: "The price of doing business with a top-five pick is bad enough. But doing business with a top-five pick in such an unsettled environment, where no one seems to know who the best players are going to be, boy, that's a killer. I wouldn't want to be in [the 49ers'] shoes. Because unless something pretty drastic happens, and I don't think it will, they're going to have to wear those shoes. And they might not find a Cinderella pick to fit into them. About the only consensus right now is that nobody wants to move up [in the first round], and pay maybe $20 million in guaranteed money for a guy who might just be a decent player and nothing more than that."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/column...len&id=1999547