The decline in the San Francisco 49ers' roster depth comes to light after a shocking result in a hypothetical NFL expansion draft

The 49ers had no players selected in a hypothetical NFL expansion draft

For this hypothetical expansion, each NFL team had to make 12 players unprotected from their current 90-man roster. After using the rules to determine who was eligible, the following players were made unprotected and draft-eligible from the 49ers. 

• Israel Abanikanda, RB
• Patrick Taylor, RB
• Russell Gage, WR
• Brayden Willis, TE
• Kalia Davis, DT
• Yetur Gross-Matos, Edge
• Jonathan Garvin, Edge
• Curtis Robinson, LB
• Chazz Surratt, LB
• Siran Neal, CB
• Dallis Flowers, CB
• Greg Joseph, K

In the end, none of the 12 players made available by the 49ers. The two players who had the best shot to be selected were WR Russell Gage and K Greg Joseph. A to Z Sports' Wendell Ferreira ran point on the draft and shared with me that if he had drafted a kicker, Joseph was the top option. But in the end, he elected to sign Eddy Pineiro as a free agent and use his expansion draft selections elsewhere. The 49ers were one of only seven teams not to have a player selected, three of which all came from the NFC West. Along with the 49ers, the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams did not have a player drafted.