I think it’s fair to say that of the remaining teams left in this season’s NFL playoffs, only the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers will have their rookie draft classes playing significant roles for the remainder of their respective playoff runs.
For the 49ers, it was somewhat expected. Defensive end Nick Bosa burst onto the scene as an early Defensive Player of the Year candidate, wide receiver Deebo Samuel’s stats were not too far behind DK Metcalf’s, Mitch Wishnowsky is the team’s punter, and linebacker Dre Greenlaw is a Chase McLaughlin shanked field goal away from personally stopping the Seahawks from sweeping them this year.