The best and worst picks by round for the 49ers under John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan

Ten years came and went in a blink. The San Francisco 49ers hired John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan ahead of the 2017 season and tasked the duo with revitalizing the franchise. In that time, the 49ers have appeared in two Super Bowls and four NFC Championship games with nine playoff victories.

The duo rebuilt this team with a combination of draft picks and veteran additions. How have the 49ers fared round by round under the two since 2017? Round 1 2017: Pick 3 – Solomon Thomas, DE, Stanford & Pick 31 – Rueben Foster, LB, Alabama 2018: Pick 9 – Mike McGlinchey, OT, Notre Dame 2019: Pick 2 – Nick Bosa, DE, Ohio State 2020: Pick 14 – Javon Kinlaw, DT, South Carolina & Pick 25 – Brandon Aiyuk, WR, Arizona State 2021: Pick 3 – Trey Lance, QB, North Dakota State 2024: Pick 31 – Ricky Pearsall, WR, Florida 2025: Pick 11 – Mykel Williams, DE, Georgia Best pick: This feels obvious as Nick Bosa fell into the 49ers’ lap with Arizona selecting Kyler Murray.

Brandon Aiyuk could have been argued until…well, yeah. The Mike McGlinchey selection can be seen as a good value for the 49ers, as they got solid play from an offensive lineman without overpaying for the former gold domer in free agency. Worst pick: Trey Lance.

Good kid, but given the investment of all the future first-round picks and the 49ers finding their future franchise QB a year later with the final pick, this one is an all-timer. Solomon Thomas is a stable NFL player, but that isn’t what you look for from the third pick in the draft, especially given who was still on the board. If not for Lance, Reuben Foster would have been the easiest answer.