Niners Eye Utah Tackle Lomu for Draft

0:00It's March 28th. This is NFL News Today Football coverage, powered by AI. San Francisco 49ers are eyeing Utah offensive tackle Caleb Lomu as a top draft target to shore up their line. Their biggest gap is a tackle with no clear backup plan behind Trent Williams. Mott drafts keep linking Lomu to them in the first round since their front-field thinner after free agency. Trent Williams turns 38 in July and is locked in a contract standoff right now. Then makes finding a successor smart business for coach Kyle Shanahan and GM John Lynch. Lomu brings high upside as a developmental piece right behind the all pro. Fans and scouts dig Lemo's past protection skills, they're legit and stand out. But in Shanahan's run heavy outside zone scheme, his run blocking is still raw. He struggles with lateral positioning on those plays, which is core to making the offense click. The enemy could fix that, and Shanahan's got a track record for coaching up lineman. Still, banking on a first rounder to learn on the fly risks sputtering in the fall when

1:03it counts most. Drafting his potential replacement might not smooth Williams talks either. Bottom line, Lomu fits the need but questions linger on, scheme, fit. Could the Niners pass on someone more plug and play?