New Orleans Saints fans should be rooting against the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday’s divisional round playoff game with the Dallas Cowboys, even if pulling for Dallas is a little tough to swallow. San Francisco’s first round pick in the 2023 NFL draft will go to the Denver Broncos, which could be traded again to New Orleans for Sean Payton should he be hired as Denver’s new head coach.
It’s a little convoluted. The Broncos only own this pick because it was traded to them by the Miami Dolphins (in exchange for star pass rusher Bradley Chubb), who first received it from San Francisco when the 49ers moved up in the 2021 NFL draft targeting quarterback prospect Trey Lance. So if that selection eventually goes to New Orleans, it will be arriving from Denver by way of Miami through San Francisco. How’s that for traveling from coast to coast?
