The good, bad and questionable from 49ers' 2026 NFL Draft class

49ers Talk: A San Francisco 49ers Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

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

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The 49ers concluded the 2026 NFL Draft early on Saturday with their eighth and final selection in the fifth round. On "49ers Talk," Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan break down all eight selections and what they bring to their respective position groups. Can the last two draft classes combine to bring a successful recipe of youth and experience that can propel this roster towards their championship aspirations?

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0:19.7	After a slow start to the 2026 NFL draft, the 49ers finished with a lot of activity over the final two days to add eight new players to the organization.
0:30.3	The 49ers evenly split their draft among offensive and defensive players, and half of their selections were also invested in those who line up in the
0:39.4	trenches. On this episode of 49ers talk, Jennifer Lee Chan and I will look at how general manager
0:44.6	John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan executed the team's plan. We will discuss how the roster
0:50.9	shapes up with the free agent acquisitions and which players can be expected to make an impact as rookies. We'll have all that and much more on this episode of 49ers talk coming at you right now.
1:02.0	Welcome to another episode of 49ers talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.com. Introducing your hosts, Matt Mayoko and Jennifer Lee Chan.
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1:29.5	I'm Matt. She's Jennifer, and the 2026 NFL draft has come to an end.
1:36.7	It was a slow start, but it's not a sprint. It's a marathon. And the 49ers added eight players to their roster. And they appear
1:46.0	very happy with all the guys that they picked. Yeah, I think, you know, public perception probably
1:51.1	won't favor the 49ers as far as, you know, the grades, the knee jerk grades that everybody gives
1:57.8	the, you know, each team's draft. I would imagine that those grades will be low because I think a lot of people,
2:06.4	they work on the premise of if I've heard of him, he must be a good pick.
2:10.9	Right.
2:11.1	But as we saw, you know, the work that's done, you know, after the draft was over,
2:21.1	the 49ers three kind of behind the scenes top personnel people came in and spoke to the media. That was after John Lynch
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