49ers final NFL draft trade could make major impact during 2026 season

The San Francisco 49ers may not be done trading picks just yet.

After a flurry of trades across all three days of the NFL draft, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan in an interview on the Rich Eisen Show indicated there could be additional movement stemming from their final deal. The 49ers during the 2026 NFL draft moved back four times, and on their final trade down acquired a 2027 sixth-round pick from the Baltimore Ravens.

That deal allowed the 49ers to keep the eight picks they had in 2026, but it also afforded them a key asset that could help them during the season.

"I think we added eight players who all have a very good chance of making our team, and on top of that we added a sixth-round pick for next year," Shanahan said, "which I think is huge because we didn't have one. That's something we'll want next year, and it's also something that you use a lot right before the trade deadline if we need to do that. And just to have that gives us some ammo to improve our team this year if need be."

The 49ers have often been aggressive at the trade deadline adding players available for mid-to-late round picks. Just last season they acquired New England Patriots defensive end Keion White for a sixth-round pick in the 2026 draft.

If San Francisco is anywhere near Super Bowl contention by the time the trade deadline rolls around in November, expect them to shop the extra selection they acquired in that final trade of this year's draft.