2020-21 Roster: How Different is it?

We really had no surprises this year in terms of cuts, and while we carry over many of the same players, I wouldn't go so far as to say it's "pretty much the same team" as last year, like some have said. You've got to consider we are a pretty stacked team still, and with that said, I think we added quite a bit. In terms of who we didn't have in the 2019-20, this is what we've added going into this year (by position):

RB Jerick McKinnon - A Shanahan chess piece, finally healthy, that gives us incredible formational flexibility in play-calling.

WR Brandon Aiyuk - immediately one of the fastest on the team with the largest catch radius and already a guy Jimmy trusts.
WR Trent Taylor - one of the better slot guys in the NFL and one of the best on 3rd downs from the limited sample we saw in 2018.

TE Jordan Reed - one of the best TEs in the NFL period, when healthy.
TE Charlie Woerner - someone who can help handle blocking duties and boost our heavy packages in the run game

OT Trent Williams - Future hall of fame OT who offers a massive increase in power yet zero drop-off in athleticism from Staley.
G/C Colton McKivitz - Originally thought to be an OT, got moved around and shined, beating out veterans for a top backup IOL spot.
OG Tom Compton - Not a great player, but hopefully he doesn't have to play.

DE Kerry Hyder - led his team in sacks the last time he was with Kris Kocurek.
DL Kentavius Street - finally healthy, was reported to frequently overpower the OL in camp.
DT Kinlaw - Very raw, but should certainly progress over the course of the season. He's not Buckner, but he can get there.

LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles - Reportedly excelled in coverage in camp. Provides depth at WILL and MLB.

CB Jason Verrett - One of the best CBs in the league when healthy. Was never fully healthy last year and never really played. Health still a question, but his latest ding is supposedly very minor. With us only keeping 5 CB, that seems legitimate.

Summary: So overall, 10-12 of the 53 are different from last year (I say 10-12 because I count Verrett and Street as #11 and #12 due to barely playing before going on IR). That's a 20-23% roster turnover. Initially, I was pretty upset we didn't add a center -- but after McKivitz got moved around so much to the point where they now think he's got real promise there.. we definitely have something to monitor going forward. If you look at what we got, on paper at least, it seems like the majority are all positive additions/improvements. Blair, Jullian Taylor, and Richburg are all expected back at some point this season. That should help us even more. All in all, it's a good roster -- we really seemed to thoroughly address our needs as best as we could.

Love it

Although it's very similar, I say this roster is better than last year's IMO.

Love the breakdown. Awesome how we have improved while not changing too much. So ready for 49ers football

Good breakdown, but Verrett was on our roster last season.

2020 wins most of these matchups with 2019
McKinnon vs. Breida
Aiyak vs Emanuel Sanders
Trent Taylor vs. M. Goodwin
T. Williams vs. Staley
McKivitz/Compton vs. Person
Hyder vs. Sheldon Day
Kinlaw/Street vs. Buckner
Dee Ford vs. Dee Ford
Jordan Reed vs. Garrett Celek
Verrett vs. Exum
Marcell Harris vs. DJ Reed
Woerner vs Levine Toilolo

Kinlaw can't get no love

Originally posted by walker807:
Kinlaw can't get no love

He made the team, that's some serious love right there.

Originally posted by walker807:
Kinlaw can't get no love

Yeah, I was going to say - where is Kinlaw?

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by walker807:

Kinlaw can't get no love

Yeah, I was going to say - where is Kinlaw?

Wrote the post pretty fast, just forgot to write his name in

Originally posted by the_dynasty:

Good breakdown, but Verrett was on our roster last season.

Yes, the reason I said 10-12 players different was because it's 10 if you don't really count guys like Street and Verrett who were on the roster, but only barely before they went on IR.

I like the post, but to be fair you should outline all of the players we lost too.

Originally posted by theduke85:

I like the post, but to be fair you should outline all of the players we lost too.

Why? They are no longer with the team what difference would it make to offer any kind of assessment about them

Flannigan-Fowles Will be gone when Warner comes back.
If anything our secondary sure as hell looks soft and light.
I'm excited to see what this rookie TE can do for us. I think the WR's also are stacked good especially for what Kyle runs. With the TE's too it's a solid mix of contributors. I think Pettis and Taylor can be huge this year,

I'm worried about the Center position - what happens if Garland goes down? We're f**ked.

Originally posted by mayo49:

I'm worried about the Center position - what happens if Garland goes down? We're f**ked.

Richburg will be back don't worry my friend