Hargrave details challenges of adjusting to intense 49ers D-line
Jul 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM
SANTA CLARA — The 49ers' defensive line is looking to improve on its dominant ways, but Javon Hargrave explained it isn't as easy as one might think. Nick Bosa has hinted that it can be difficult to change the mindset of a pass rusher joining defensive line coach Kris Kocurek's room for the first time. Linemen who have had to read the offense and even cover, have one job to to do when they come to the Bay Area — go get the quarterback. "I still feel like I still ain't 100 yet," Hargrave said on Thursday. "But definitely later in the season, I felt like I understood what he was trying to tell me do. Just kind of to get out of my old ways, and just buy into what he was trying to teach me." Hargrave isn't the first defensive lineman who hasn't had the production he expected to have when joining the 49ers. The Pro Bowl defensive tackle's seven sacks were still a big part of the 49ers defense in their Super Bowl LVIII run of 2023, but in 2022 the former Philadelphia Eagle recorded 11 quarterback takedowns. There were high hopes for Randy Gregory and Chase Young who both joined the 49ers mid-season, but the two pass ruchers only registered 2.5 sacks each. "It definitely is difficult...
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