Well that’s a bummer. The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Dallas Cowboys by a 19-12 margin to advance to the NFC championship game on Sunday night, which impacts the draft picks the Denver Broncos could trade for former New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton.
Denver controls the 49ers’ first round pick in the 2023 draft by way of a trade with the Miami Dolphins, who got it back in 2021 when San Francisco vaulted up the board for quarterback prospect Trey Lance. That pick will fall somewhere between Nos. 29 and 32 depending on whether the 49ers make it to the Super Bowl and claim a victory, and it figures to be the cornerstone of a trade with New Orleans. Denver also has a pair of picks in the third round this year, plus all of their selections in the top three rounds in the 2024 draft.
