49ers sign CB Eli Apple, DL Xavier Thomas

For standard and most redraft formats, neither Apple nor Thomas belongs anywhere near your draft board. Apple has bounced around the league as a rotational corner, and unless San Francisco's secondary suffers injuries or he wins a starting job outright, he offers no fantasy relevance — cornerbacks rarely do outside of IDP leagues anyway. Thomas, signing as a defensive lineman, is purely a depth/roster-fill move at this stage; there's nothing here suggesting he's projected for significant snaps, sacks, or IDP scoring right now.

If you're in an IDP league, file both names away as watch-list-only entries heading into camp — worth a note to revisit once padded practices and preseason games clarify roles, especially if either player's on your DL/DB radar for deep IDP formats. In standard leagues, take no action: no add, no drop, no draft capital spent. Confidence here is high on the transaction itself (both sources confirm the signings with full certainty), but confidence on any fantasy implication is essentially zero — this is roster paperwork, not a signal of opportunity. Revisit only if injury news, depth-chart battles, or expanded roles emerge later in preseason.