SANTA CLARA — Quick, name a good offensive line in the NFL.

You probably said the Philadelphia Eagles, and you’d be right. The Super Bowl champions’ o-line is fantastic.

But what is the second-best offensive line in the NFL?

When I ask that to folks around the league, I hear a few different names: Baltimore, Detroit, Denver, and even Tampa Bay.

And that tells me the state of offensive line play in the NFL today is decidedly mediocre.

Which tells me that there’s still quite solid logic in the 49ers’ offensive line game plan.

This time last year , I wrote that the 49ers were going all-in on offensive line coach Chris Foerster. They didn’t need to sign a big-time free agent or draft a linemen in the first or second round — they would trust that Foerster would take whatever the Niners g

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