The NFL has a new rule that rewards teams for developing minority coaches and front office executives by giving those teams compensatory draft picks. But the league made a mistake in announcing today how that rule played out this year. The NFL initially announced that the 49ers would receive two third-round compensatory picks in the [more]
49ers awarded one third-round compensatory pick, NFL mistakenly announced two
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