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(over 90 or so days). Today is punter Mitch Wishnowsky." Roster Projections49ers Roster49ers 90-in-90 roster breakdown49ers 90-in-90: How much of an improvement can Mitch Wishnowsky be?New Garrett Celek Jersey ,24commentsBreaking down the 90 players on the 49ers offseason roster in 90 posts (over 90 or so days). Today is punter Mitch Wishnowsky.PDTNaturally my last 90-in-90 contribution of the offseason is going to revolve around the San Francisco 49ers’ new punter! After four years of fairly middling returns from punter Bradley Pinion, the 49ers decided to go in a new direction this year. Pinion wrapped up his four-year rookie contract last season and quickly departed in free agency — signing a four-year contract with the 49ers Week 1 opponent, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.The 49ers decision to move on from Pinion made all the sense in the world. For three of his four seasons with the team, Pinion ranked in the bottom third of the league in net punt yards. The punt coverage units are pertinent context to net yards, but Pinion never stood out as one of the better punters in the league.Six weeks after Pinion departed, the 49ers spent a fourth-round pick on Utah Ute and Australian-born punter Mitch Wishnowsky (after trading back six spots in the round). He was the first punter off the board, followed by Stanford’s Jake Bailey. Naturally, a fourth-round pick on a punter drew a lot of reactions here and on Twitter. There is no doubting the talent Wishnowsky brings to the table, but as is always the case with a special teams draft pick in the middle of the draft, people have opinions!Basic infoAge: 27Experience: RookieHeight: 6’2Weight: 218Cap StatusThe 49ers signed Wishnowsky to his rookie contract only a few days after drafting him. As a fourth-round pick, Wishnowsky received a $764,072 signing bonus. He will receive a $495,000 base salary in 2019.What to expect in 2019Expectations are high. Virtually every analyst who has written, spoken Steve Young Jersey , or tweeted about Wishnowsky has been effusive in their praise. He had a strong performance in OTAs and minicamp, and punt returner Trent Taylor praised him. He brings a host of styles that he learned in Australia, and he has been compared extensively to the Seattle Seahawks’ own Australian-born punter, Michael Dickson.Wishnowsky will also be Robbie Gould’s holder, and it would appear he will handle kickoffs, too.Odds of making the rosterHe’s going to be on the roster and starting as the punter and likely as the kickoff specialist. It now comes down to just how good he can be. Can he meet the expectations that come with being compared to Dickson? He should be an improvement over Pinion, but just how much? His ceiling appears to be considerably higher? We’re going to look at departures from each position prior to Week 1 of the 2018 season and see how they fared after leaving the San Francisco 49ers. Some players went on to better careers, while others may be out of the league. We won’t be highlighting every transaction, just some notable ones. Today, we look at the wide receivers.This is going to be difficult. The 49ers wide receivers had one of the most competitive units heading into 2018 training camp. They couldn’t hold onto everybody. It was a fun game here with the community as we guessed which receivers would be the odd men out when final cuts to the 53-man roster were established and no list was quite the same. The reason this gets difficult is because there were a lot of training camp transactions and practice squad sign-offs. If you look strictly at the wide receivers left to walk in free agency, there aren’t very many. The one name to note that left during the season is Victor Bolden Jr. He was suspended for a PED violation and upon returning was sent to the practice squad. He is no longer with the team, but that was due to being signed off the practice squad in December by the Buffalo Bills. If you thought he wouldn’t get anywhere better than the practice squad after his PED suspension you were kidding yourself.So that’s where we stress the following: these departures are not complete and do not include all transactions following final roster cuts. There were practice squad additions, poaching, releases—you name it Marquise Goodwin Jersey , and the wide receivers was a group that got the brunt of it. For the most part, we tried to focus on players that compiled a single stat of any kind on gameday. Louis MurphyDeAndre CarterAldrick RobinsonAldrick RobinsonProbably the better of the departures, Robinson came to the 49ers from the Atlanta Falcons. Seen as a veteran and someone to help get the unit up to speed with Kyle Shanahan’s offense, Robinson finished 2017 with 19 receptions for 260 yards. He was released in 2018 in final roster cuts and signed with the Minnesota Vikings in mid-September. With the Vikings, Robinson had near-identical numbers to his year in San Francisco, 17 receptions 230 yards. He signed a contract for just the 2018 season, so he is a free agent. Louis MurphyYou’re may be wondering who Louis Murphy is. Well, he’s the guy who helped usher in the era of Garoppolo by doing this. For the rest of 2017, Murphy established some solid rapport with Garoppolo and finished the season with 128 yards. Nothing to light the world on fire, but he had some nice catches. Following the 2017 season, Murphy found himself out of a job. He signed a one-year deal and was not brought back, by any team in the NFL. Given his age (31) his NFL career may be over. Would you like to have any of these wide receivers back on the team?