49ers’ biggest disappointments over course of 2022 season

Disappointment No. 3: 49ers’ 2022 NFL Draft class has underwhelmed

Before you start complaining, yes, Brock Purdy has been a hidden-gem find from the 49ers’ 2022 NFL Draft.

And if Purdy continues to play well this season and next, perhaps he’ll be one of the best hidden-gem finds of this era. Let’s hope, right?

Other than that, though, the bulk of the Niners’ draft class hasn’t been overly impressive. Yes, EDGE Drake Jackson has three sacks and has developed an ability to swat down passes at the line of scrimmage.

However, after San Francisco’s top pick of the draft, the impressive performances thin out quite a lot.

Running back Tyrion Davis Price (Round 3) has been an almost-weekly inactive, while speedy wide receiver Danny Gray (Round 3) is either hurt or hasn’t shown the ability to block enough to get in the game plan. Lineman Spencer Burford (Round 4) is a rotational guard, and that’s OK. But the selections from fifth-round cornerback Samuel Womack all the way down to no-longer-on-the-roster corner Tariq Castro-Fields in Round 6 haven’t made much of a dent at all.

For now, it seems as if Purdy, Jackson and Burford have to shoulder the weight of this draft class entirely, particularly the misses in the middle rounds.