New 49ers GM Asks If Team Can Use Draft Picks For Something Other Than Football Players

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco’s newly minted general manager, former scout Trent Baalke, asked the NFL head office for clarification on a point of order Monday over whether the team is required to exchange its draft picks for a football player. “Our roster has plenty of guys on it, so I believe the franchise should look to address other needs through the draft, like for instance we don’t have a trampoline or a pontoon boat,” said Baalke, who said he would consider trading the seventh pick in the first round to any team who could offer him a set of beanbag chairs. “If we have to get an athlete, I’m thinking maybe a power forward. We don’t have one of those right now.” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is expected to deny the request, saying the last time he allowed San Francisco to use a draft pick for non-football player purposes they wasted them on Utah’s Alex Smith.