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49ers Talk: A San Francisco 49ers Podcast

How RB Kaelon Black epitomizes 49ers' 2026 NFL Draft strategy

49ers Talk: A San Francisco 49ers Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Football, Nfl, San Francisco 49ers, Sports, Matt Maiocco

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

General manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan have crafted 10 NFL draft classes together since the pair joined the 49ers in 2017, but perhaps none has been scrutinized as much as their 2026 group. On this episode of "49ers Talk," Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan break down San Francisco's draft strategy, and how the team valued its heavily researched prospects despite outsiders viewing them as reaches.

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The dust is settled on the 49ers 2026 draft, and now it's time to talk about what comes next.

0:26.6

What are the 49ers getting from their eight-player draft class as well as the undrafted rookies who will be coming to the team?

0:33.4

We're going to take a deeper look into the 49ers draft, including the running back they chose in the third round.

0:39.5

Jennifer Lee Chan and I will examine where the 49ers are at this point in the offseason and what remains on their to-do list.

0:46.4

We'll have all that and much more on this episode of 49ers talk coming at you right now.

0:51.1

Welcome to another episode of 49ers talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.com. Introducing your

0:58.1

hosts, Matt Mayoko and Jennifer Lee Chan. All right, this is 49ers talk brought to you by Big O tires.

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1:22.0

recorded several podcasts over the span of the three-day NFL draft, but now that you've had a little time

1:30.1

to sleep on it and take a deep breath, how would you size up what we all witnessed for the

1:38.2

49ers in Santa Clara during those three days?

1:41.5

I think it might not have happened the order that everybody outside the building had pictured

1:46.8

it happening, but the 49ers really addressed the holes that they needed on the roster.

1:51.1

So the places that they needed add depth or they needed to add players, they did it.

1:55.1

It just might not have been what the overall picture might have been for fans outside the building,

1:59.9

but they did take into

2:02.0

account the roster and it feels like it's flushed out. How dare the 49ers not follow the

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