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Ranking 49ers 10 best NFL Draft picks of the decade

By Josh Altorfer

CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 28: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell annonces DeForest Buckner of Oregon as the #7 overall pick by the San Francisco 49ers during the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University on April 28, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 28: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell annonces DeForest Buckner of Oregon as the #7 overall pick by the San Francisco 49ers during the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University on April 28, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images) /
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Jimmy Garoppolo #10 Mike Person #68 and Mike McGlinchey #69 (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) /

No. 5: Tackle Mike McGlinchey

2018 NFL Draft

Round 1, Pick No. 9

49ers tackle Mike McGlinchey has been the stability the team has needed on the right side of the line for years. McGlinchey has only missed four games in his young career and has protected the offense well in every game he has been in there.

PFF awarded him a rating of 66.8 before Week 17, which was second best on the team’s offensive line to Joe Staley. The Niners averaged the second-most rushing yards per game in the NFL, and McGlinchey at the right side of the O-line is a big reason for that.

With Staley at the tail end of his career, it is almost time for McGlinchey to take over as the anchor of the line in the not-so-distant future.

He is well on his way to doing so.