49ers sign safety Richie Grant

Originally posted by KiwiM:

Originally posted by pd24:
How do you figure? We were in the position last year because a lot of these guys that we let go were hurt and the backups to those positions were not very good. We still have a lot of those backups in a position to start. We also have ro replace some starters production in Deebo, Aiyuk, Floyd, Banks, and Collins.

They may not be very good next season. No signs point to improvement in the 6 win team.

Where do you see they got better?

A few factors to consider

- 49ers had the worst rest differential in the league by far last year. I can't see that happening again with this year's schedule.

- 49ers will have a 4th place schedule as opposed to a 1st placed schedule

- CMC barely played last season. Warner was on a wrecked ankle. Aiyuk was barely a factor last season as by the time he was hitting his straps he got injured.

Let's see where things sit in a couple of months after the draft.

Plus Trent rested and ankle healed

Added a good blocking TE, now Kittle gets to be used more as the weapon he is instead of doing everything

Shanny's plays will look a bit different w/out Deebo/Juice...could work to our advantage as they'll be a bit less predictable

Still have very good players in Bosa, Warner and Lenoir on defense, solid 2nd year guys could get much better (Puni, Pearsall, Green, Mustapha, Anderson, Sam O, Cowing) and 3 headed monster (CMC, Mason and IG) is no joke.

Oline/Dline, LB and CB is very concerning, but we'll see what tomorrow and draft brings to the table. It's not even April but showers of tears are filling up rivers in here

Originally posted by pillageDatazz:
Plus Trent rested and ankle healed

Added a good blocking TE, now Kittle gets to be used more as the weapon he is instead of doing everything

Shanny's plays will look a bit different w/out Deebo/Juice...could work to our advantage as they'll be a bit less predictable

Still have very good players in Bosa, Warner and Lenoir on defense, solid 2nd year guys could get much better (Puni, Pearsall, Green, Mustapha, Anderson, Sam O, Cowing) and 3 headed monster (CMC, Mason and IG) is no joke.

Oline/Dline, LB and CB is very concerning, but we'll see what tomorrow and draft brings to the table. It's not even April but showers of tears are filling up rivers in here

Yep how they handle the trenches will determine how much the Niners contend in 2025. As of right now we need 2 starting DTs, an edge opposite Bosa, A starting center, Starting LG, and a swing tackle because we have nobody to fill for Trent when he misses time which he is almost guaranteed to miss atleast 2 or 3 games. All together I would say we need 4 Dlinemen and 3 Olinemen. And on top of all that we need a 3rd corner, A free safety, Another WR, A #2 Linebacker, and a #2 TE. Oh and a #2 QB. I was hoping they would fill 4 or 5 of these spots in free agency making the draft abit easier. We only have 11 picks, not 20.

Originally posted by JTB1974:
Yep how they handle the trenches will determine how much the Niners contend in 2025. As of right now we need 2 starting DTs, an edge opposite Bosa, A starting center, Starting LG, and a swing tackle because we have nobody to fill for Trent when he misses time which he is almost guaranteed to miss atleast 2 or 3 games. All together I would say we need 4 Dlinemen and 3 Olinemen. And on top of all that we need a 3rd corner, A free safety, Another WR, A #2 Linebacker, and a #2 TE. Oh and a #2 QB. I was hoping they would fill 4 or 5 of these spots in free agency making the draft abit easier. We only have 11 picks, not 20.

I hope they go OT/G, Edge, LB and DT with the first 4 picks in whatever order they desire

Going by FA (so far), it doesn't seem like they're going after DB, WR or TE until day 3 if at all. I hope that's the case

Former second round pick. He must have shown something.