Each year, the San Francisco 49ers have looked to land cornerstone pieces in the NFL Draft. This is true for every NFL squad, in reality, yet there’s always the risk of landing someone who just doesn’t quite cut it.
In a world of redrafts, what could have beens, 20-20 hindsights and second-guessing, the Niners aren’t alone in having made some awful draft decisions. Case in point, the 2017 NFL Draft wasn’t overly kind to first-year general manager John Lynch. Not after he selected the former Stanford defensive end, Solomon Thomas, with the No.