{"id":286289,"date":"2026-04-26T02:42:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T02:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/286289\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T02:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T02:42:27","slug":"49ers-draft-grades-reacts-survey-grading-the-full-2026-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/286289\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers draft grades Reacts survey: Grading the full 2026 class"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Niners fans and fans across the country. Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n

The 2026 NFL Draft is a wrap, and the San Francisco 49ers are now getting things set up for their undrafted free agents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For lack of a better word, the 49ers\u2019 draft has been \u201cinteresting\u201d to say the least. Many players were picked ahead of where numerous consensus big boards had them going. The proverbial reaches have been getting mixed reviews from fans and analysts alike.<\/p>\n

So there you have it: fans may be wondering about the reaches and these players going early, but Lynch\u2014and Kyle Shanahan, by extension\u2014seem confident in what they\u2019re doing. One thing to keep in mind is that a lot of our draft crushes don\u2019t pan out. In 2019, N\u2019Keal Harry was a wide receiver many hoped would go to the 49ers; instead, he was selected by the New England Patriots in the 2019 NFL Draft. In that same draft, the 49ers took Deebo Samuel a round later. Harry is playing in the CFL, while Samuel has been a wrecking ball in the league.<\/p>\n

Another point to think of here is that some of these picks were picks the 49ers didn\u2019t think would be around when they picked again. Sure, they could trade back in and up to snag someone, but who knows what a trade partner might ask for, and the 49ers started the draft with six picks. That\u2019s not much ammo to move up.<\/p>\n

So if you think their first pick, wide receiver De\u2019Zhaun Stribling, is a reach, perhaps another team was waiting to reach on him also. If you watched his tape, you\u2019d know he fits the part on the 49ers\u2019 offense. Or maybe this is another A.J. Jenkins \u2014 the infamous 49ers 2012 first-round pick \u2014 in the making. We\u2019ll have to see.<\/p>\n

Overall, this draft class has a ton of potential, but there\u2019s not much here for me to say I\u2019m skeptical or optimistic about. This is a group that feels more lukewarm, and I need to see how it plays out. Remember, this is coming from a guy who thought Jake Moody would change the 49ers\u2019 future at kicker, and that didn\u2019t exactly go the way I expected. Furthermore, it\u2019s been documented that next year\u2019s draft is going to be rather deep; this year\u2019s draft had a thin talent pool\u2014the 49ers weren\u2019t the only team trying to find diamonds.<\/p>\n

But what do you think? Fill out our survey below, and we\u2019ll take a look at the results on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,58154,70272,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-286289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-49ers-discussion","tag-san-francisco-49ers-draft","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}