Per Pro Football Focus, he ranks 51st out of 79 qualifying tackles, with a poor overall ranking of plus-42.9. With the exactly same number of snaps, left tackle Joe Staley ranks 9th overall with a plus-85.7 grade.
The drum has been beating for Pears to be sent to the bench, especially with the season long-gone. The 49ers have a rookie tackle in Trent Brown who in very limited action had graded out higher than Pears. Indeed, per Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area, Brown had not seen any action since November 8 versus the Atlanta Falcons.