The NFL is penalizing the 49ers twice in the 2024 NFL draft thanks to an accounting error at the end of the 2022 season. San Francisco will have one of its fifth-round picks in this year’s draft revoked, and their No. 131 pick in the fourth round will be moved to the end of the round instead.
Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle posted on Twitter that the league determined the error wasn’t made intentionally and that the 49ers would’ve been under the salary cap even without the mistake.
The NFL determined that the club would have remained under the salary cap at all times regardless of the error and there was no intent to circumvent the cap.
— Eric Branch (@Eric_Branch) March 18, 2024
Eliminating the 49ers’ fifth-round selection means they’ll be down to nine picks in this year’s draft. They’ll also not pick between the end of Round 4 and late in Round 6. This may force the team to be more active in the trade market during the draft to see if they can spread their picks out less dramatically than they’re set to be after this disciplinary action from the NFL.
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