49ers receive seven compensatory draft picks

Posted by Josh Alper on March 9, 2023, 5:32 PM EST
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The NFL announced on Thursday that 37 compensatory draft picks have been doled out for this year’s draft and the 49ers picked up seven selections in the process.

Four of the 49ers’ new picks come as a result of the NFL’s formula awarding picks to teams that have a net loss in free agents. The other three picks are a result of the league’s initiative that awards picks to the prior employer-club of a minority employee who has been hired by another club as its head coach or primary football executive. Jets head coach Robert Saleh, Commanders General Manager Martin Mayhew, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel, Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans, and Titans General Manager Ran Carthon have left the Niners in the last three years.

All three of those 49ers picks are third-rounders. The Browns and Chiefs also received third round selections via that route and the Rams joined the 49ers in picking up four overall picks because of their free agent losses.

All 37 picks are listed below:

Third Round

96. Arizona

97.  Washington

98. Cleveland

99. San Francisco

100. Kansas City

101. San Francisco

102. San Francisco

Fourth Round

135. New England

Fifth Round

167. Rams

168. Arizona

169. Dallas

170. Green Bay

171. Rams

172. Giants

173. San Francisco

174. Las Vegas

175. Tampa Bay

176. Dallas

177. Rams

Sixth Round

210. New England

211. Minnesota

212. Dallas

213. Arizona

214. Las Vegas

215. Washington

216. San Francisco

217. Kansas City

Seventh Round

250. Kansas City

251. Rams

252. Tampa Bay

253. San Francisco

254. Giants

255. San Francisco

256. Green Bay

257. New Orleans

258. Chicago

259. Houston

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25 responses to “49ers receive seven compensatory draft picks”

  1. Yeah, we know. 4th round picks arent really 4th round picks anymore. Youre getting 5th and 6th round talent there. Rewarding some teams and screwing others.

  2. The NFL loves the Niners, as usual. SF gonna have two entire drafts classes in on year. Ok

  5. So the team with a white general manager and a white head coach is being awarded multiple 3rd round choices as a result of a program designed to get minority candidates into those two roles.
    That makes a lot of sense.
    Obviously San Francisco is playing chess while the nfl is playing checkers.

  6. The most equitable way to hand out compensatory picks is none at all for any team.

  7. If they draft 7 quarterbacks, maybe, just maybe, one of them will be able to finish the season.

  8. The NFL doesn’t love the Niners. Every team plays by the same rules. Maybe the Niners are smarter than many other teams.

  9. 3 5th rounders for the Rams. That’s where you select talent who can grow into starting roles.

  11. People gave Lynch a hard time when he got that GM gig but he’s been doing a great job of roster building. It was no accident that they got these picks.

  12. if only they could draft a HC who knows to block an opponents best edge rusher with someone other than a TE.

  13. hexy27 says:
    March 9, 2023 at 8:46 pm
    People gave Lynch a hard time when he got that GM gig but he’s been doing a great job of roster building. It was no accident that they got these picks.
    ———-
    Both Lynch and Shanahan have built a great roster. This roster was decimated after Harbaugh left. From there to getting to final 4 in 3 out of 4 seasons is a great job – even if you are a niners hater.

    Unfortunately the one spot they haven’t fixed for good is the most important one. Otherwise they’d likely have had multiple championships.

    Oh well, there’s always hope. Hopefully Purdy recovers completely and Lance develops

  14. “Eagles gonna be flush next yr”. Yeah…and then they’ll be paying Hurt$. Good luck w/ keeping the juggernaut intact.

  15. The Niners have these picks because they’ve realized there is a huge pool of overlooked talent in minority coach and exec ranks. It’s not like these men aren’t succeeding in their new roles, either. Saleh and McDaniel are both well respected so far.

  16. Miami’s head coach Mike McDaniels is a minority hire??
    What am I missing here?

  17. When the skins fire Ron in December, will KC get compensated when EB gets the interim job?

  19. “The NFL doesn’t love the Niners. Every team plays by the same rules. Maybe the Niners are smarter than many other teams.”

    Bro what? Are you serious? 8 winning season since the turn of the century doesn’t make them smarter than anyone except for the Texans, Browns, Bears, Jags, Jets and the Cowboys. Reality check time.

  21. Considering Shanahan’s reckless scheme, Niners better use all of them on QBs.

  23. I’d see if I could bundle them all and trade for a real 3rd or 2nd round pick. I’m not sure who go for that, but I’d rather take my chances that a single 2nd or legit 3rd round pick will pan out than 7 compensatory picks.
    I know other think the opposite.

  24. gmjoe says:
    March 9, 2023 at 6:10 pm
    The most equitable way to hand out compensatory picks is none at all for any team.
    _______________________________________________ The NFL is built on parity not equity.

  25. So, I can hire a guy that is white and if he is hired away from me, I get nothing. But if I hire a guy that is black and he is hired away from me, I get a third round pick? Soon, there will be no place in the NFL for people that are not black. Am I missing something here? Judging by results, I do not think former Pro level players make the best coaches. Pro players have to invest all their time in working out, team meetings, position meetings, film study, games, travel, etc. Coaches, even if they played in college or High School, spend their entire professional lives focused on the strategies, tactics, organization, and teaching aspects of coaching, among other things. They work all their lives for this only to be cast aside for some crazy “well he was a player and he’s this color and you coaches don’t have enough of this color so we are going to put this coaches training on steroids so he can not only have a pro playing career, but he can also take your pro coaching career. It’s just another reason to not watch the NFL and I am oh so very close to that. It’s a lifelong addiction and hard to break, but I barely watched last season. I can cut it off if I really want to. I think this is patently unfair and I will likely (but not necessarily) be silenced for having this opinion.

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