49ers turning to artificial intelligence ahead of NFL Draft as GM says laggards are 'already behind'

The San Francisco 49ers person made a cardinal summation to their beforehand bureau up of this week's NFL Draft: AI.

The Niners ain six picks this draft, including the 27th wide selection, and it definite sounds similar artificial quality volition beryllium playing a relation successful who they select.

"If you aren't utilizing it, you're already behind," Lynch told reporters Monday.

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Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates with John Lynch aft defeating the Detroit Lions 34-31 successful the NFC title crippled astatine Levi's Stadium successful Santa Clara, California, connected Jan. 28, 2024. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Lynch is not wrong, but the continuation of that remark whitethorn rise immoderate eyebrows.

"And the chill happening is, what we recovered is you don't request to beryllium an expert," Lynch said. "Just similar you astatine home, readying a question itinerary, you tin conscionable inquire the thing, and it tin spit retired beauteous bully things, immoderate beauteous bully ideas."

Analytics has evidently taken implicit successful sports, but this undoubtedly could instrumentality things to a full caller level.

Head Coach Kyle Shanahan and General Manager John Lynch of the San Francisco 49ers speech during rookie grooming campy astatine the SAP Performance Facility successful Santa Clara, Calif., connected May 12, 2023. (Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)

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"Some beauteous bully ideas, our developers, I deliberation we’re fortunate to beryllium wherever we are down astatine the epicenter of the innovation there, and we’ve tried to instrumentality vantage of that," Lynch added. "And I bash deliberation each squad is astir apt utilizing it successful immoderate signifier oregon fashion. And I deliberation that volition lone summation arsenic we determination forward."

San Fran made a large splash this offseason erstwhile they signed wide receiver Mike Evans to a three-year woody with $42.5 million. The Niners person struggled with consistency from their wide receivers, mostly owed to injuries.

Jauan Jennings led each Niners wide receivers with 90 targets, and Kendrick Bourne and Ricky Pearsall were some tied for 2nd with 53. Brock Purdy mostly relied connected Christian McCaffrey (129 targets) and George Kittle (69). However, Kittle's timetable is uncertain aft rupturing his Achilles successful the NFL playoffs.

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk celebrates with wide manager John Lynch aft the NFL crippled against the Los Angeles Rams astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, California, connected Sept. 17, 2023. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Who knows what AI could person travel up with erstwhile Brock Purdy was taken with the past enactment successful 2022, though.

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