Will the 49ers finally address the offensive line?

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
He's a very good player and compliment to Lenoir. Not every team has stars across the board. Most teams would be happy to have our secondary. It's missing Bosa who provides the pass rush. With him we have lots of stars. Without him they will struggle more. Still better than most teams. I would take the Ravens secondary above us. Especially their Safety's. But I can't think of many other teams. We are above average there and you are way overly nit picky on the secondary. Compared to our disaster at offensive line.

Disaster is at the guard spots right now. If they can get that figured out before end of year they will improve. Puni and Colby need to pick it up tho.

PFF has Green at 113 of 165 cbs. Even if you hate their grading they aren't off by 50 spots. He needs to pick it up too. Jury is still out.

Lions, Eagles, Seahawks all have considerably better secondaries.

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
He's a very good player and compliment to Lenoir. Not every team has stars across the board. Most teams would be happy to have our secondary. It's missing Bosa who provides the pass rush. With him we have lots of stars. Without him they will struggle more. Still better than most teams. I would take the Ravens secondary above us. Especially their Safety's. But I can't think of many other teams. We are above average there and you are way overly nit picky on the secondary. Compared to our disaster at offensive line.

Disaster is at the guard spots right now. If they can get that figured out before end of year they will improve. Puni and Colby need to pick it up tho.

PFF has Green at 113 of 165 cbs. Even if you hate their grading they aren't off by 50 spots. He needs to pick it up too. Jury is still out.

Lions, Eagles, Seahawks all have considerably better secondaries.

Offenses definitely found the weak link, as they always do. I am not giving up on Green, but I'd definitely look at another CB within the first four picks. But OL would be top priority. Take a center early that the team would be comfortable playing guard initially so they can get experience because Kyle will not play a rookie center. A tackle has to be in the cards and preferably two- Burford's deal is up and he hasn't done anything for us to feel comfortable with him at that position. We are still shaky at guard and although Brendel is better this year, we can do better. Colton is average so we better hope our LT of the future can be above averarage. Ideally, I'd just like the same approach they took on D-line. Take 3 guys early. Two tackles and a center. Take another guard later and don't skip out on the UDFA market.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
He's a very good player and compliment to Lenoir. Not every team has stars across the board. Most teams would be happy to have our secondary. It's missing Bosa who provides the pass rush. With him we have lots of stars. Without him they will struggle more. Still better than most teams. I would take the Ravens secondary above us. Especially their Safety's. But I can't think of many other teams. We are above average there and you are way overly nit picky on the secondary. Compared to our disaster at offensive line.

Disaster is at the guard spots right now. If they can get that figured out before end of year they will improve. Puni and Colby need to pick it up tho.

PFF has Green at 113 of 165 cbs. Even if you hate their grading they aren't off by 50 spots. He needs to pick it up too. Jury is still out.

Lions, Eagles, Seahawks all have considerably better secondaries.

Offenses definitely found the weak link, as they always do. I am not giving up on Green, but I'd definitely look at another CB within the first four picks. But OL would be top priority. Take a center early that the team would be comfortable playing guard initially so they can get experience because Kyle will not play a rookie center. A tackle has to be in the cards and preferably two- Burford's deal is up and he hasn't done anything for us to feel comfortable with him at that position. We are still shaky at guard and although Brendel is better this year, we can do better. Colton is average so we better hope our LT of the future can be above averarage. Ideally, I'd just like the same approach they took on D-line. Take 3 guys early. Two tackles and a center. Take another guard later and don't skip out on the UDFA market.

They have to go all in on the offensive line. Like the first 5 picks. That was done on defense this year. Of course they will never do it. They will pick more defensive line. As always. Which we could use as we can't count on Bosa anymore long term. But I still think offensive line is the huge priority. If we hugely improved the offensive line like we did for the defensive line this team would be ready to make a run.

2 or 3 O linemen in the draft, no more. Between the 2nd and 6th round.

Originally posted by English:
2 or 3 O linemen in the draft, no more. Between the 2nd and 6th round.

Curious as to why not first?

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Offenses definitely found the weak link, as they always do. I am not giving up on Green, but I'd definitely look at another CB within the first four picks. But OL would be top priority. Take a center early that the team would be comfortable playing guard initially so they can get experience because Kyle will not play a rookie center. A tackle has to be in the cards and preferably two- Burford's deal is up and he hasn't done anything for us to feel comfortable with him at that position. We are still shaky at guard and although Brendel is better this year, we can do better. Colton is average so we better hope our LT of the future can be above averarage. Ideally, I'd just like the same approach they took on D-line. Take 3 guys early. Two tackles and a center. Take another guard later and don't skip out on the UDFA market.

As I've said I expect tackle to be the pick in the first. Especially if they decide that's it for Trent. Thats where the best value will likely lie when they are picking.

Could see guard in 3rd if Colby doesn't improve.

Colton has been better than average so far this year. Just struggled a lot with Verse. Best rushers in the league are going to beat him.

Trade for Erik McCoy. No rook center.

I don't see them using a 1st on the OL. I wish they would.

I'm hoping a 2nd and 3rd rounders.

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:
Disaster is at the guard spots right now. If they can get that figured out before end of year they will improve. Puni and Colby need to pick it up tho.

PFF has Green at 113 of 165 cbs. Even if you hate their grading they aren't off by 50 spots. He needs to pick it up too. Jury is still out.

Lions, Eagles, Seahawks all have considerably better secondaries.

Lions and Seahawks secondaries are absolutely not "considerably better" than the niners. Today proved that again.

Eagles I would say are about even. Their top 2 CBs are very good. Bad safeties

Originally posted by frenchmov:
Lions and Seahawks secondaries are absolutely not "considerably better" than the niners. Today proved that again.

Eagles I would say are about even. Their top 2 CBs are very good. Bad safeties

I'd rather have Mukuba going forward than Sigle.

Originally posted by LasVegasWally:
I don't see them using a 1st on the OL. I wish they would.

I'm hoping a 2nd and 3rd rounders.

I do. That will represent the best value to where they will be drafting.

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:

Originally posted by LasVegasWally:
I don't see them using a 1st on the OL. I wish they would.

I'm hoping a 2nd and 3rd rounders.

I do. That will represent the best value to where they will be drafting.

True - but based on our history I don't seeing them doing it.

Originally posted by LasVegasWally:

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:

Originally posted by LasVegasWally:
I don't see them using a 1st on the OL. I wish they would.

I'm hoping a 2nd and 3rd rounders.

I do. That will represent the best value to where they will be drafting.

True - but based on our history I don't seeing them doing it.

There will be a bunch of good mid round OT's in Jude Bowry, PJ Williams, Elijah Pritchett, and JC Davis so that's probably the most Niners thing they would do in the draft.

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Offenses definitely found the weak link, as they always do. I am not giving up on Green, but I'd definitely look at another CB within the first four picks. But OL would be top priority. Take a center early that the team would be comfortable playing guard initially so they can get experience because Kyle will not play a rookie center. A tackle has to be in the cards and preferably two- Burford's deal is up and he hasn't done anything for us to feel comfortable with him at that position. We are still shaky at guard and although Brendel is better this year, we can do better. Colton is average so we better hope our LT of the future can be above averarage. Ideally, I'd just like the same approach they took on D-line. Take 3 guys early. Two tackles and a center. Take another guard later and don't skip out on the UDFA market.

As I've said I expect tackle to be the pick in the first. Especially if they decide that's it for Trent. Thats where the best value will likely lie when they are picking.

Could see guard in 3rd if Colby doesn't improve.

Colton has been better than average so far this year. Just struggled a lot with Verse. Best rushers in the league are going to beat him.

Trade for Erik McCoy. No rook center.

Even if Colby proves to be an average starter, they should draft a guard. Good depth is needed and either we get a better starting LG or a talented rookie that is game ready backing up.

I don't see a rookie starting, but it would be nice to have a strong, high IQ guy that can move starting for us by year 2. Maybe even someone good enough to play guard but could slide over to center once they get experience (for example, doesn't Puni have the versatility to do this?).

Based on how far some of the draft picks have played so far, going into 2026 this is how I rank our draft needs:

LT - Trent probably has 1 more year left, perfect time to pick a replacement and use a 1st rounder on a LT.

C - Brendel is falling apart, need to get a replacement in asap. But I kind of think C is better to fix with a FA then use a draft pick.

OG - Puni has one spot looked up. But Bartch was a band-aid and Colby is a 7th round pick.

DT (if West can't cut it) - Collins looks legit and will look up 1 spot in the future. Haven't seen much of West but as a 4th rounder he could develop and fix this need. West got a lot more playing time last 2 games so this may slide down as a need, and then sign a veteran to rotate in

WR - Hard to tell if Aiyuk will be recovered, so this need could move up. Pearsall looks solid as a #2. Jennings/Bourne/Watkins could each solve the need for the third spot. Just depends on how Aiyuk looks near end of season. If Aiyuk looks like he will never recover, I'd move it up. If he looks great end of year, move it down and just use Jennings/Bourne/Watkins as 3

DE - Bosa will be back next year and Mykel is going to get plenty of development this year. Need a 3rd guy to rotate in

OLB (if Nick Martin can't cut it) - I may be wrong but Martin is a healthy scratch? WTF is going on. We often only play 2 LBs (Dee and Fred) but we need a guy to rotate in or play when 1 gets hurt.

S (if Brown can't deliver) - We just benched Pinnock or whatever. Let's see if Brown can keep the spot. If he looks shaky, then move it up as a need

I don't think we will burn a pick on CB. Our top 3 CBs are all very young and locked up. If we get a better pass rush, and the young guys get more development, I think it will fix itself.

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
Based on how far some of the draft picks have played so far, going into 2026 this is how I rank our draft needs:

LT - Trent probably has 1 more year left, perfect time to pick a replacement and use a 1st rounder on a LT.

C - Brendel is falling apart, need to get a replacement in asap. But I kind of think C is better to fix with a FA then use a draft pick.

OG - Puni has one spot looked up. But Bartch was a band-aid and Colby is a 7th round pick.

DT (if West can't cut it) - Collins looks legit and will look up 1 spot in the future. Haven't seen much of West but as a 4th rounder he could develop and fix this need. West got a lot more playing time last 2 games so this may slide down as a need, and then sign a veteran to rotate in

WR - Hard to tell if Aiyuk will be recovered, so this need could move up. Pearsall looks solid as a #2. Jennings/Bourne/Watkins could each solve the need for the third spot. Just depends on how Aiyuk looks near end of season. If Aiyuk looks like he will never recover, I'd move it up. If he looks great end of year, move it down and just use Jennings/Bourne/Watkins as 3

DE - Bosa will be back next year and Mykel is going to get plenty of development this year. Need a 3rd guy to rotate in

OLB (if Nick Martin can't cut it) - I may be wrong but Martin is a healthy scratch? WTF is going on. We often only play 2 LBs (Dee and Fred) but we need a guy to rotate in or play when 1 gets hurt.

S (if Brown can't deliver) - We just benched Pinnock or whatever. Let's see if Brown can keep the spot. If he looks shaky, then move it up as a need

I don't think we will burn a pick on CB. Our top 3 CBs are all very young and locked up. If we get a better pass rush, and the young guys get more development, I think it will fix itself.

Pretty good summation. Niners should get an OT, OG and a Center next year in that order. That is a given. The 2026 draft class is deep for offensive linemen. Next priority would be WR for me. Still don't know where BA is at and JJ should be history after this year. A third DE, another LB, a S (Brown is pathetic), and a CB would be the next priorities. If they trade for additional picks or have to wait for undrafted free agents, they could use another TE, a RB and a QB as well.