B+
San Francisco 49ers
The 49ers won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B+.
by Iowradar ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 0 steals
· 8 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Ephesians Prysock at slot 133 will need to, sitting 59 spots clear of his grade. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.
The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
A reasonable price with a little left over, A.J. Haulcy in Round 2, Pick 25. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Keyron Crawford in slot 60 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It fills a real need, too.
De'Zhaun Stribling in the Round 3 slot is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Kaleb Proctor at pick No. 127 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They reached into another round for Ephesians Prysock, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Matt Gulbin at the 138th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A premium they did not need to pay, Kaytron Allen a notch or two before his time. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Jeff Caldwell in pick No. 189 is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Riley Nowakowski in the 220th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They went early on Eli Heidenreich in pick 239, and the value did not follow. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Adam Randall this early at Round 7, Pick 25. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.