The NFL is penalizing the 49ers twice in upcoming NFL drafts thanks to an accounting error at the end of the 2022 season. San Francisco will have its fifth-round pick in next year’s draft revoked, and their No. 131 pick in the fourth round this year will be moved to the end of the round instead.
Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle posted on Twitter that the league determined the error wasn’t made intentionally and that the 49ers would’ve been under the salary cap even without the mistake.
The NFL determined that the club would have remained under the salary cap at all times regardless of the error and there was no intent to circumvent the cap.
— Eric Branch (@Eric_Branch) March 18, 2024
