NFL draft grades are always fun immediately after the draft, but a more accurate depiction of how a team did in a given draft can’t come until those players have had multiple NFL seasons under their belts.

49ers general manager John Lynch had his first draft in 2017, which means we have three seasons worth of games to use in assessing that group of 10 players.

At the time it looked like Lynch and the front office launched one out of the park. Now, with the benefit of seeing these players in the NFL, it’s much less positive. We went back through and re-graded all 10 picks.

Round 1, Pick 3 | DL Solomon Thomas

Thomas was supposed to be a versatile, high-motor defensive lineman who could be a threat off the edge. Trading back one spot to select him was supposed to be a robbery. Instead, Thomas has struggled through his first three seasons and hasn’t been reliable enough to see consistent snaps. He has just 6.0 sacks in 48 games, and probably won’t get his fifth-year option picked up. This was a pretty big swing and miss for John Lynch on his first ever pick, and with players like Jamal Adams, Christian McCaffrey, Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson all thriving, it’s hard to give a lot of leeway on this one.

Grade: F