Gold Diggers: Do the 49ers need to change their draft process?

The Gold Standard: San Francisco 49ers Podcast Network

Rob Guerrera

Football, Sports

4.5 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Do the 49ers need to change their draft process? Rob "Stats" Guerrera and Michelle Magdziuk debate whether the 49ers need to change they want they rank and draft players. Rob thinks the criticism of this year is based more on past failures than anything specific this year. Michelle thinks the 49ers have been reaching too much for years. CHECK OUT UNDERDOG FANTASY: Download the app today and sign up with promo code GOLDSTANDARD to score FIFTY DOLLARS in Bonus Funds when you play your first FIVE dollars - that’s promo code GOLDSTANDARD. Must be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for some games; 21+ in AZ, MA, and VA) and present in a state where Underdog Fantasy operates. Terms apply. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-MY-RESET or 1-800-GAMBLER or visit www.ncpgambling.org; AZ: 1-800-NEXT-STEP (1-800-639-8783) or text NEXT-STEP to 53342; NY: Call the 24/7 HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY or Text HOPENY (467369). SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE PAGE: https://www.youtube.com/@goldstandardnetwork BECOME A CHANNEL MEMBER TO GET ACCESS TO PERKS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdn6zbhFQ7_vMLYfjSiLSYA/join GET SOME SWEET PODCAST MERCH HERE: https://goldstandard.dashery.com/ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gsn49ers/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091816680160 Twitter: https://twitter.com/GSN49ers SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gold-standard-san-francisco-49ers-podcast-network/id1524313515 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3mWHKNWMdC6Pojka3tyBio?si=ed9ef03ba95140e4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is good, everybody.
0:10.3	Welcome to another Gold Standard podcast.
0:12.6	I'm Rob Stats Guerrera, alongside Michelle Madjoum, Michelle, Niners draft classes in the book.
0:18.0	How are you feeling today?
0:19.8	I feel like they could have just not done
0:22.1	the draft and I would have felt the same about the team as how I feel. Okay. So before we get started,
0:27.7	we're going to talk about Kyle Shanahan on the Rich Eisen Show. We'll let you hear some of that.
0:31.7	We'll respond to it as well. Michelle was texting me during the draft, just rage texting me.
0:37.4	And then this is what let me, you have been in my head, Michelle, during the draft, just rage texting me.
0:42.2	And then this is what, let me, you have been in my head, Michelle, for the past four days.
0:46.4	Because as I was responding to the draft, I posted stuff on Instagram. And you responded back on Instagram.
0:48.3	Basically it was like, oh, I can't wait till Friday.
0:51.2	And for anybody that has listened to this show for any amount of time,
0:54.3	when Michelle says, I'm ready to go. Like, when she picks the fight, you better buckle up. So I have
1:01.4	been in my head trying to prepare for what I imagine is going to be a beat down. It feels like the
1:07.3	fan base is very much split 50-50 where each sides, I guess, aren't understanding
1:13.0	each other, but I really think it's the side that's like coming at everyone, the side of the fan base
1:18.4	that is acting like, you know, armchair GMs, right, from the couch saying that basically,
1:25.3	it sounds like we're saying we can do better. That's not what we're saying.
1:27.8	We're just frustrated with the 49ers process. And if they keep going this route, it's not going to be good. It's just as simple as that. And then the other side of the fan base is like, well, we got to trust. They know what they're doing and they have a winning record and all this stuff. And it's like over and over and over again in the last five years,
1:45.8	we see that they're drafted. winning record and all this stuff. And it's like over and over and over again in the last five years,
1:45.8	we see that their drafting is not working out. I think there is enough evidence on either side of
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