This is part III of a 5-part series looking at the recent draft picks in the NFC West. Read the primer here and a look at the Rams here.

The San Francisco 49ers descent into laughingstockdom was gradual in some ways and sudden in others. After losing to the Seahawks in the 2013 NFC Championship, the Niners dropped from 12-4 to 8-8, scoring 100 fewer and allowing 68 more points in the following season, then firing Jim Harbaugh. They then dropped to 5-11, at which point they were...

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