Inside the John McVay Draft Room upstairs at the 49ers headquarters, flat-screen televisions and projector screens adorn the four, window-less walls. Grades of some 200 draft prospects are hidden behind a screen. This is where the 49ers future will be decided via this week’s draft.
New general manager John Lynch invited the media into that previously off-limits bunker Monday to brief them on, well, not the 49ers’ top-secret plans but more so their general philosophies.
“If you just be transparent, that’s sometimes the best poker you can play,” Lynch said. “That’s what I’ll try to do. I’ll always keep the best interest of the team.