49ers 2019 training camp: Predicting the biggest winners and losers

SANTA CLARA, CA - SEPTEMBER 11: Jarryd Hayne #38 of the San Francisco 49ers is wearing jersey #44 while participating in drill during practice on September 11, 2015 in Santa Clara, California. Hayne was wearing the #44 jersey for the 49ers scout team preparing for Monday nights game against the Minnesota Vikings. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /

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SANTA CLARA, CA – NOVEMBER 6: Guard Joshua Garnett #65 of the San Francisco 49ers prepares for a game against the New Orleans Saints on November, 6 2016 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The Saints won 41-23. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) /

Loser: Offensive Guard Joshua Garnett

2019 will mark the second season in which the 49ers’ former first-round draft pick from 2016, offensive guard Joshua Garnett, seems to be on the fringes of the roster.

Garnett’s fit within Kyle Shanahan’s offense has been under question for some time now, and it hasn’t helped Garnett has been hindered by injuries for a good chunk of his pro career.

Yet Garnett managed to hang around last season, even seeing time late in the season as a backup.

But that was before the Niners added undrafted rookie Ross Reynolds out of Iowa this offseason. Reynolds is just as solid a run blocker as Garnett was coming out of college, and one might argue Reynolds has far better movement skills in space, too.

Those attributes could easily push the UDFA over San Francisco’s first-round draftee.

It’s a tough pill to swallow for a former Round 1 pick, whose fifth-year option wasn’t picked up during the offseason and chances of hanging onto a roster spot are looking slimmer by the week.