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San Francisco 49ers — 2018
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Team grade · 2018
30.5
Overall
28 pct
43.2
Offense
44
24.0
Defense
13
55.3
S. Teams
50
Position breakdown
Offense
QB
43
OL
31
Starting lineup
4-2-5 Nickel
FS
Antone Exum
›
57.5
SS
Marcell Harris
›
Full roster
all
offense
defense
Special teams
#
Player
▼
Pos
▼
▼
GP / GS
▼
Snaps
▼
Grade
Pct
1
George Kittle
›
TE
16
/ 16
930
89.9
100
2
DeForest Buckner
›
EDGE
16
/ 16
1,016
74.3
86
3
Robbie Gould
›
K
16
/ 0
69
73.0
83
4
Cassius Marsh
›
EDGE
16
/ 10
771
69.0
77
5
Matt Breida
›
RB
14
/ 3
376
68.8
85
6
Ronald Blair
›
EDGE
16
/ 7
576
62.3
72
7
Dante Pettis
›
low volume
WR
12
/ 7
469
60.3
73
8
Richard Sherman
›
CB
14
/ 13
848
59.9
67
9
Sheldon Day
›
low volume
iDL
12
/ 1
281
59.5
71
10
Nick Mullens
›
QB
8
/ 8
519
59.3
62
11
Antone Exum
›
S
15
/ 9
802
57.5
70
12
Raheem Mostert
›
low volume
RB
9
/ 7
247
51.9
56
13
Marquise Goodwin
›
low volume
WR
11
/ 8
439
51.6
55
14
Jaquiski Tartt
›
S
8
/ 7
497
44.9
46
15
Elijah Lee
›
low volume
LB
16
/ 11
784
44.5
36
16
Malcolm Smith
›
low volume
LB
12
/ 5
367
43.4
36
17
Kendrick Bourne
›
WR
16
/ 8
627
41.7
32
18
Jeff Wilson
›
low volume
RB
6
/ 3
221
41.3
35
19
Pierre Garcon
›
low volume
WR
8
/ 8
380
40.2
27
20
Fred Warner
›
LB
16
/ 16
1,171
39.9
26
21
Kyle Juszczyk
›
low volume
RB
16
/ 15
735
39.0
25
22
Arik Armstead
›
EDGE
16
/ 13
672
38.0
30
23
Alfred Morris
›
low volume
RB
12
/ 2
250
36.0
23
24
Jimmy Garoppolo
›
low volume
QB
3
/ 3
197
34.6
24
25
Ahkello Witherspoon
›
CB
14
/ 12
812
34.3
24
26
Jimmie Ward
›
low volume
S
9
/ 6
474
33.9
16
27
Earl Mitchell
›
low volume
iDL
14
/ 3
434
33.4
24
28
D.J. Jones
›
low volume
iDL
10
/ 2
305
32.4
23
29
Adrian Colbert
›
low volume
S
7
/ 5
388
32.4
4
30
Tarvarius Moore
›
low volume
CB
16
/ 13
561
31.6
20
31
Bradley Pinion
›
P
16
/ 7
213
27.6
19
32
Trent Taylor
›
low volume
WR
14
/ 3
388
26.1
7
33
K'Waun Williams
›
CB
14
/ 13
615
22.5
6
34
C.J. Beathard
›
low volume
QB
6
/ 5
341
21.9
12
35
Solomon Thomas
›
EDGE
16
/ 13
730
21.4
13
36
Mike McGlinchey
›
OL
16
/ 16
1,119
—
—
37
Laken Tomlinson
›
OL
16
/ 16
1,089
—
—
38
Joe Staley
›
OL
16
/ 15
1,067
—
—
39
Mike Person
›
OL
16
/ 15
1,011
—
—
40
Weston Richburg
›
OL
15
/ 15
1,007
—
—
41
D.J. Reed
›
CB
15
/ 5
547
—
—
42
Mark Nzeocha
›
LB
16
/ 16
529
—
—
43
Marcell Harris
›
CB
8
/ 5
469
—
—
44
Garrett Celek
›
TE
15
/ 2
445
—
—
45
Greg Mabin
›
CB
13
/ 10
384
—
—
46
Richie James
›
WR
13
/ 1
326
—
—
47
Tyvis Powell
›
CB
7
/ 4
204
—
—
48
Ross Dwelley
›
TE
11
/ 6
197
—
—
49
Garry Gilliam
›
OL
16
/ 0
148
—
—
50
Dekoda Watson
›
LB
4
/ 3
125
—
—
51
Kyle Nelson
›
LS
12
/ 0
104
—
—
52
Jullian Taylor
›
iDL
6
/ 0
102
—
—
53
Matt Dayes
›
RB
7
/ 4
97
—
—
54
Erik Magnuson
›
OL
4
/ 1
93
—
—
55
James Onwualu
›
LB
5
/ 5
87
—
—
56
Joshua Garnett
›
OL
7
/ 0
75
—
—
57
Brock Coyle
›
LB
1
/ 1
67
—
—
58
Godwin Igwebuike
›
CB
6
/ 1
64
—
—
59
Pita Taumoepenu
›
EDGE
4
/ 0
62
—
—
60
Colin Holba
›
LS
4
/ 0
32
—
—
61
Ryan Delaire
›
EDGE
2
/ 0
28
—
—
62
Terence Garvin
›
LB
1
/ 0
15
—
—
63
Max McCaffrey
›
WR
1
/ 0
6
—
—
64
Steven Dunbar
›
WR
1
/ 0
3
—
—
65
Emmanuel Moseley
›
CB
1
/ 0
3
—
—
66
Aaron Burbridge
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
67
Wes Saxton
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
68
Jerick McKinnon
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
69
Marcus Lucas
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
70
Will Sutton
›
iDL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
71
Jeff Locke
›
P
0
/ 0
—
—
—
72
Don Jones
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
73
Chris Jones
›
iDL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
74
Ja'Quan Gardner
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
75
Tyree Robinson
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
76
Jordan Smallwood
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
77
Kentavius Street
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
78
Christian DiLauro
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
79
Chris Gonzalez
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
80
Tarvarus McFadden
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
81
Corey Griffin
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
82
Terrell Williams
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
83
Alan Knott
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
84
Jack Heneghan
›
QB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
85
Chanceller James
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
86
JP Flynn
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
87
Joe Williams
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
88
Shon Coleman
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
89
Cedric Thornton
›
iDL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
WR
45
RB
47
TE
90
Defense
EDGE
54
CB
40
LB
42
S
44
iDL
41
Special teams
K
73
P
28
Overall grade trend
Snap-weighted aggregate of the player grades on this team, by position, weighted into Offense / Defense / Special-teams (see
methodology
).
—
SLOT CB
K'Waun Williams
›
22.5
LB
Malcolm Smith
›
43.4
LB
Fred Warner
›
39.9
LCB
Richard Sherman
›
59.9
EDGE
Arik Armstead
›
38.0
iDL
DeForest Buckner
›
74.3
iDL
D.J. Jones
›
32.4
EDGE
Solomon Thomas
›
21.4
RCB
Tarvarius Moore
›
31.6
WR1
Trent Taylor
›
26.1
SLOT
Max McCaffrey
›
—
OL
30.6
LT
Staley
LG
Tomlinson
C
Richburg
RG
Person
RT
McGlinchey
TE
George Kittle
›
89.9
WR2
Steven Dunbar
›
—
QB
Nick Mullens
›
59.3
RB
Jeff Wilson
›
41.3
Special teams
K
Robbie Gould
›
73.0
P
Bradley Pinion
›
27.6
Offense
QB
Nick Mullens
›
59.3
RB
Jeff Wilson
›
41.3
WR1
Trent Taylor
›
26.1
WR2
Steven Dunbar
›
—
SLOT
Max McCaffrey
›
—
TE
George Kittle
›
89.9
Offensive line
Team grade
30.6
LT
Staley
LG
Tomlinson
C
Richburg
RG
Person
RT
McGlinchey
Defense
EDGE
Arik Armstead
›
38.0
iDL
DeForest Buckner
›
74.3
iDL
D.J. Jones
›
32.4
EDGE
Solomon Thomas
›
21.4
LB
Special teams
K
Robbie Gould
›
73.0
P
Bradley Pinion
›
27.6
Malcolm Smith
›
43.4
LB
Fred Warner
›
39.9
LCB
Richard Sherman
›
59.9
SLOT CB
K'Waun Williams
›
22.5
RCB
Tarvarius Moore
›
31.6
FS
Antone Exum
›
57.5
SS
Marcell Harris
›
—