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San Francisco 49ers: 2019 ‘State of the Franchise’ (special teams)

For the San Francisco 49ers, they go into 2019 with a mixture of experience and youth at special teams that overall looks very promising.

While the Niners will remain one of the best in the league when it comes to kicker, after inking Robbie Gould to an extension, they went an unusual route by investing a fourth-round NFL Draft selection of a punter, Mitch Wishnowsky.

While many have maligned the selection, the 49ers clearly wanted to be aggressive in addressing the field position problems they had. The 49ers were the third worst team in the league when it came to the average field position of their opponent.