Zach Martin and David Bakhtiari were not on the opening day roster in 2021. Therefore, they were not in the initial talent draft pool. They will both be available in free agency, before simulations start.

Nick Bosa was auto assigned to a team before the draft began. The algorithm that determines which players are autoassigned gives a significant penalty to players with a low snap count from the year before. Occasionally a star player gets on the auto assign list, which is what happened with Bosa.