49ers draft needs 3.0: Post-free agency edition – Niners Wire

The NFL on Tuesday made their 18-week schedule official, adding a 17th game to the regular-season slate. It’s the first addition to the regular-season schedule since the league jumped from 14 games to 16 in the 1978 season.

The additional game will be added on a rotating basis against a team from the opposite conference. For the 49ers, they’ll face the Bengals in Cincinnati this season since the Bengals were the last-place finishers in the AFC North.

San Francisco last faced the Bengals in the 2019 season at Paul Brown Stadium. The 49ers blew out the home team 41-17 in a…