NFL Draft: 49ers must find quality starters to ‘get that edge back’ after roster purge

SANTA CLARA – The second John Lynch stepped into the Levi’s Stadium auditorium to talk about the NFL Draft, it was easy to flash back to past years’ photo ops on that stage with the 49ers’ top picks.

The initial one came in 2017, when Lynch was a first-time general manager and posed with coach Kyle Shanahan and first-round busts Solomon Thomas and Reuben Foster. The best scene came two years later, with No. 2 overall pick Nick Bosa.

Of all the hits and misses this 49ers regime has on its ledger...