49ers Hit with Draft Penalties for Payroll Mistakes Made in 2022

49ers Hit with Draft Penalties for Payroll Mistakes Made in 2022
San Francisco 49ers General Manager John Lynch speaks to reporters at the 2024 NFL Combine in Indianapolis on Feb. 27, 2024. Trevor Ruszkowski/USA TODAY via Field Level Media
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San Francisco 49ers General Manager John Lynch and his staff will have to wait a bit longer to make their fourth-round selection in this year’s NFL draft and will lose out on a 2025 fifth-round pick as the result of payroll errors made in 2022.

The penalties handed down by the league are the result of an accounting mistake that impacted salary-cap projections.