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The San Francisco 49ers are 20-6 when the Three Amigos are on the field together. If they stay healthy you can forget about a "rebuil... -
Nope, it's not a misprint. After trading up to the #3 pick from #12, the 49ers have put themselves in a position to select their franch... -
The postseason is a year away. Win or lose the only thing they're playing for today is pride. Another opportunity to advertise your wo...
QB, OT, EDGE, and CB have always been labeled as the premium positions. The Super Bowl has continued to show that disruptive defensive tackle should be in that category too. Draft them early or pay them a lot of money if there’s a worthy one on the open market.
ReplyDeleteOr, don't let them get away in the first place, i.e. Buckner and DJ Jones.
ReplyDeleteThe 49ers future is so bright I need shades.
DeleteI admire the optimism and as a fan we don't really have much choice. Yet, I fear we are headed for a tenure under KS that resembles that of Mike Tomlin (except Tomlin won a SB early on).
DeleteNot hard to be optimistic about the 49er's future. They've got the HC, GM and QB to put it all together and that's the majority of the battle.
DeleteI've been told Tomlin > Shanahan for the past 6 years. Which one's front office and coaching staff gets pilfered across the league year after year, and which one doesn't?
Seahawks built their defense (team) to counter the Rams and 49ers. Yet McVay has shown the way to rack up big yardage (over 1000 yards in the last 2 games) and be competitive against Seattle. If the 9ers don't follow suit, it'll be the Russel Wilson/Richard Sherman era of beatdowns by Seattle all over again.
DeleteBeating the Seahawks with a relatively healthy team week 1 and beating the Rams with a backup has me salivating for next season.
DeleteJust for shits, grins and the pessimistic among us:
ReplyDelete44-year-old grandfather Philip Rivers had the Colts leading 16-15 over the Seahawks with 47 seconds remaining in Seattle under a week after unretiring.
FBS edge rushers with the most pressures in 2025, per TruMedia:
ReplyDelete😤 Rueben Bain Jr., Miami (FL) - 83
😤 David Bailey, Texas Tech - 81
😤 Keyshawn James-Newby, New Mex - 74
😤 Akheem Mesidor, Miami (FL) - 67
😤 Clev Lubin, Louisville - 64
😤 Romello Height, Texas Tech - 62
😤 J'Mond Tapp, Southern Miss - 62
😤 Nadame Tucker, W. Michigan - 61
😤 Mikail Kamara, Indiana - 59
😤 Colin Simmons, Texas - 59
I think it's great to be optimistic about the team, but I really hope Shanahan and Lynch aren't sitting there thinking everything will be ok and they'll be SB winners just as long as Warner and Bosa are healthy.
ReplyDeleteThe team is furthermore away than that.
If you're not optimistic about the future of this team after the adversity and accomplishment of this season, I doubt there's anything they could do this offseason to change your mind.
DeleteAgreed. And I am optimistic. But also realistic enough to know the team overachieved this year and there's still areas that need improvement both for now and the future to really be strong contenders rather than a punchers chance.
Delete"Overachieved" without Bosa, Warner, Aiyuk, for stretches, Purdy and Kittle. Health, development and a little luck is all they need.
DeleteYes, overachieved. Absolutely. And despite the bad injury luck, they had good in-game luck most of the year. It's a large part of why everyone kept calling it a magical run - the ways they found to improbably win.
Delete"Finding ways to win" is how you win in the NFL. The 49ers had all the talent in the world before Harbaugh came in and showed them HOW to win.
DeleteThat team had overwhelming talent and needed to be shown how not to shoot themselves in the foot.
DeleteI'm talking about pulling out improbable wins, such as forcing fumbles on the 1 yard line, opponents missing easy FGs, etc. They had a lot of luck this year in games, which won't always be the case.
"Luck" my friend is something every team needs to win it all. Be it a little or a lot.
DeleteShooting feet reminds me of Seb!😂 That's part and parcel of knowing HOW to win.
When a defense is sitting in two-high shells against the run, they are short a gap inside. Their best options to combat that gap are to stunt the DL into adjacent gaps or cross-dog the LB's to cancel gaps. Running gap schemes and pulling offensive linemen can create new ones on the edge with a puller, which FORCES the corners into the run fits. Stop running inside zone right into the blitz and win on 1st downs!!
ReplyDeleteIn seven of the 49ers' last eight playoff appearances--dating back to Harbaugh's first season--they have either been eliminated in the Super Bowl or by the team that eventually won the Super Bowl.
ReplyDeleteAny analysis of the 49ers 2024 and 2025 seasons, and what it means for 2026, should look at the following metrics - RZ efficiency (offense and defense), FG % (own and opposition), PR/ KR averages (own and opposition), record in games decided by 7 points or less.
ReplyDeleteEach of the above metrics can be highly variable year to year, but go a long way to deciding close games.
49ers had a significant improvement between 2024 and 2025 in each, going from near bottom to near top in many.
However, very hard to sustain those metrics year to year. There is s very real possibility the team could improve considerably defensively without seeing a similar reduction in points against. And a small drop in offensive and FG efficiency metrics could see the PPG drop.
They could improve their offensive Red Zone success with the addition of Boston.
Delete49ers were 4th in the NFL this year in RZ %. There isn't much higher than they can go.
DeleteAdding Boston would certainly go a long way to sustain that 4th place rating don't you agree?
DeleteIt would help (so long as he pans out). Though he'd likely be replacing JJ's production in that regard, which was also good this year. And sustaining isn't improving.
Delete20 TD's the past 2 years from Boston and the majority of them were Red Zone. Sustaining at a level that's "isn't much higher than they can go" while losing "JJ's production" seems productve to me. It's the old adage of adding more to your best asset. You definitely do that along the DL because the entire defense is predicated on it. I think you also do it offensively when you don't have an X WR, you're losing WR4, and question marks at WR3 and can WR2 stay healthy.
DeleteSoooo... you're agreeing they need more than just a return of Bosa and Warner then 🙂
DeleteMore is always better to me. Finding a way to remain healthy enough to be effective throughout 20 weeks is the single most productive thing this team needs to reach the SB, which in and of itself is extremely difficult to do:
DeleteOdds of reaching a Super Bowl: With 32 teams, ~6% per year per team, but factoring in parity, injuries, etc., it's ~1 in 16-20 seasons historically for most franchises.
Appreciating and being grateful for defying the odds is a hill I don't mind dying on. I'm very proud of this team but at the same time I too have Great Expectations!
Billy Schrauth, iOL, Notre Dame is a player I've got one eye on for the 49ers. I've got him as an early day 3 diamond in the rough.
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