The San Francisco 49ers had all kinds of defensive issues in 2018, although one might have hoped its strongest and deepest unit, the defensive line, would have performed well enough over the course of the year.
According to Pro Football Focus, however, it didn’t.
PFF went through all 32 teams’ D-lines over the course of last year and ranked them out. The Niners, unfortunately, came in at No. 21.
Second-year defensive end Solomon Thomas was the main subject of PFF’s analysis, and here’s what was said about San Francisco’s top pick from the 2017 NFL Draft:
The continued mediocrity of Solomon Thomas as a pass rusher is starting to reach concerning levels in San Francisco.