It had to end sometime.

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The San Francisco 49ers were arrow up with their offensive line performance. With Mike McGlinchey looking godlike at times during his rookie season and Weston Richburg falling into the role , the 49ers were climbing Pro Football Focus’ offensive line rankings. In Week 6 they made it up to sixth. Well, that gravy train is being discontinued. The 49ers offensive line has slipped back to 16th in the league in PFF’s latest rankings after Week 9. This has allowed other, more deserving teams like the Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts to get up to the top spot. Here’s what PFF had to say about the rankings: The 49ers have had some difficulty with keeping quarterback C.J. Beathard upright among other things. It’s important to note though that PFF pointed out they were taking into account all snaps through Week 9 by a team’s O-Line. So that right guard kerfuffle that’s been going on and Eric Magnuson as center are probably being considered and a part of the downgrade. The 49ers have some games left and they have Nick Mullens to maybe right the ship. The offensive line at 16 is not a horrible ranking, though. This was one of the worst in the league a couple years ago and it’s getting obvious attention with the drafting of McGlinchey (and jettisoning of Trent Brown). Hopefully they can get back and finish in the top-10.Kyle Shanahan kills any chance of 49ers trading for Nick Foles Earlier this week , word came out that some within the NFL hoped the San Francisco 49ers would make a trade for Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles. The logic was sound; at the moment the 49ers have five prime time games that were granted thanks to the media appeal of one James Richard Garoppolo. One Garoppolo got hurt, the NFL saw a potential ratings dip and didn’t see much with C.J. Beathard. Of course this brought debates on if the 49ers should or shouldn’t pursue Foles. If you want the short answer: the 49ers shouldn’t. It makes no sense to with the state the team is in and how much it would cost to secure Foles’ services. Well if anyone was worried that the 49ers would give into the pressure, Kyle Shanahan shot it down at his press conference Friday. When asked about the trade in the interest of bettering the NFL’s television ratings, Shanahan had this to say: That pretty much puts an end to any rumor , speculation, or indication the 49ers are going to go after Nick Foles. At least right now. If C.J. Beathard begins to struggle in Shanahan’s offense then the 49ers may be looking for a quarterback, I still don’t think it’s going to be Foles. The 49ers are not in win-now mode for 2018 and have their quarterback situation figured out with Beathard and Garoppolo. Given the developmental season, throwing picks at Foles just to have him run a scaled down offense helps no one , even if it gets a win or two.