49ers expect draft picks to sign by the end of the week

Making a choice for the 49ers in Sunday's NFL Network live draft didn't seem to come easy for Steve Mariucci, but when the time came for him to put on the GM hat for his former team, he made the decision many fans hope to see come to fruition when the real draft gets underway Thursday night. Mariucci was a natural fit to make the call at pick three in the NFL Network's draft, which featured 32 different personalities making selections for the 32 NFL teams. Mariucci, who was the head coach in San Francisco from 1997 to 2002 and is now an analyst for the NFL Network, says his choice would be Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields instead of Alabama quarterback Mac Jones and North Dakota State quarterback Trey Lance. "I'm going to take Justin Fields," Mariucci said.

The San Francisco 49ers came away with three new players on Day 2 of the NFL Draft, one in Round 2 selection Aaron Banks and two in Round 3 selections Trey Sermon and Ambry Thomas. After Day 2 came to a conclusion, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch spoke about what they saw in each of those players. Here's a recap of what Shanahan and Lynch said about Banks, Sermon, and Thomas, and where they fit in down the line. * OL Aaron Banks, Notre Dame (Round 2, pick 48) The 49ers added Banks after trading down five spots to acquire an extra fourth-round pick. Banks is a big player (6-6, 330) who played a lot of guard in college and projects as a guard for the 49ers, at least early on in his career. Some may

The first three rounds of the 2021 NFL Draft are in the books, and the San Francisco 49ers have added three offensive players and one defender. The team made quarterback Trey Lance of North Dakota State the No. 3 overall pick on Thursday night. On Friday night, the Niners traded back in the second round, eventually selecting offensive lineman Aaron Banks of Notre Dame. Later, in the third round, the team traded up to select running back Trey Sermon of Ohio State and then used its compensatory pick on cornerback Ambry Thomas of Michigan. Trades left San Francisco without fourth- or seventh-round picks, but the team still has four remaining selections. Below is a rundown of the 49ers' selections entering Day 3. The Niners' first selection is currently slated to be

The good news is that the San Francisco 49ers are projected to be awarded two draft picks next year for the losses of defensive linemen Solomon Thomas and Kerry Hyder. That could help, considering the team doesn't own a first-round pick in either of the next two drafts. The bad news is that the selections are projected to be seventh-rounders. As they say, something is better than nothing. Each year, 32 compensatory picks are awarded across the league. Who gets them is based on which players were lost and added the previous offseason. Basically, if you lost more qualifying free agents than you gained, you are awarded compensatory picks. The bonus selections come in Rounds 3 through 7 and deciding who gets which pick is based on an internal formula