NFL power rankings: Post-2019 NFL Draft breakdown for all 32 teams

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – APRIL 25: Nick Bosa of Ohio State reacts after being chosen #2 overall by the San Francisco 49ers during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

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49ers’ Drafted Players Table

Rnd	Player	Pick	Pos	College/Univ
1	Nick Bosa	2	DE	Ohio St.
2	Deebo Samuel	36	WR	South Carolina
3	Jalen Hurd	67	WR	Baylor
4	Mitch Wishnowsky	110	P	Utah
5	Dre Greenlaw	148	LB	Arkansas
6	Kaden Smith	176	TE	Stanford
6	Justin Skule	183	OT	Vanderbilt
6	Tim Harris	198	CB	Virginia

Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/1/2019.

Maybe the 49ers can be somewhat thankful for the swarm of injuries they suffered last season. If quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo would have stayed healthy all of 2018, the Niners wouldn’t have had a shot to land Nick Bosa at No. 2 overall.

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Bosa, arguably the top player from this year’s class, certainly gives San Francisco a nice little boost in NFL power rankings. He’ll join a stacked defensive line consisting of four other first-round draftees: Arik Armstead, Solomon Thomas and 2018 Pro Bowlers Dee Ford and DeForest Buckner.

Oh, and Garoppolo is coming back from his ACL tear, too. That changes things.

So should general manager John Lynch’s two picks in Rounds 2 and 3, wide receivers Deebo Samuel and Jalen Hurd. While the 6-foot-5 Hurd is more of a project with exceptional potential, Samuel is one of the better route runners and playmakers in this year’s draft class. He should make a serious impact right away, positively affecting a 49ers receiver group that failed to produce a single 500-yard wideout in 2018.

It was a little weird to see the Niners avoid their secondary, for the most part until Virginia’s Tim Harris in Round 7.

Still, landing Bosa and pairing him with arguably a top-five defensive line in 2019 won’t allow opposing quarterbacks a lot of time to pick apart San Francisco’s defensive backfield anyway, and that’s good enough for a modest rise in NFL power rankings.

Good news, too, because it’s now year three of the Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan rebuild.