49ers Offensive Line

Brendel could trend up a little, but just stay in the top right.


Just need Colby to start treading to the top right.


Everyone just needs to stay in that top right area and wait for Colby to join them.

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by bassmanr:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by Hopper:
Colby allowed 5 pressures yesterday.

Outside of 1 or 2 games, Colby has been awful in pass protection. I hold my breath every time he has a 1-on-1. However, I think he's good enough in the run game that it'll allow him to keep his job. At this point, it feels unlikely that someone from the outside will come in and integrate on the fly. They've got to roll with the guys you've got and hope Colby or someone else steps up.

It's literally groundhog day every year, and we've seen how this story ends.

Hopefully, he continues to improve game in and game out, year in and year out like Mckivitz. He's still a young player. I think think he's currently better at LG than any of our backup OLinemen who can step into the LG position (Carver, Patterson, or Nugent).

Personally, I think, a good DB is more of a need in this years playoff run versus another OLineman.

Both are of need, Jones needs to be away from us lol. I think we need a left guard if we are going to compete. We can cover Brendle with Juice if needed. The center of our line was crushed by Atlanta.

I dont know. We had 400 yards of offense against Atlanta. What killed this offense wasn't the pass blocking, it was the turnovers.

Yes look at Colby and Brendal's rating and the eye test sums that up. I agree the mistakes caused the loss. We need to address the left guard position if we are to compete and stop the penalties at key moment's. Turnovers also need to be cleaned up.

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

Center grades in run & pass blocking pic.twitter.com/VVlU4ZmbQr

— Jrfortgang (@throwthedamball) October 29, 2026

Brendel could trend up a little, but just stay in the top right.

OG Grades in Run & Pass Blocking pic.twitter.com/eH4Hulc1Cz

— Jrfortgang (@throwthedamball) October 28, 2026

Just need Colby to start treading to the top right.

OT Percentile Grades in Pass & Run Blocking pic.twitter.com/Qti6mB1CT4

— Jrfortgang (@throwthedamball) October 28, 2026

Everyone just needs to stay in that top right area and wait for Colby to join them.

Colby I think is on track. He did get dominated a bit by Atlanta but the Falcons are great at getting after the quarterback organically. Under defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, they rank 4th in the league with a 41.4% pressure rate while dropping back into a lower-blitz scheme than previous seasons. So he did as well as any could against that line - as a 2nd year player.

Colby gets overpowered at times, but he really jumped from last year. Brendel has been better than his norm. I think he was never healthy last year or something. Just please everyone stay healthy.

Originally posted by Cisco0623:
Colby gets overpowered at times, but he really jumped from last year. Brendel has been better than his norm. I think he was never healthy last year or something. Just please everyone stay healthy.

Bren missed 1 or two games last season due to injury

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:
Yup. The standard fans have for the o line doesn't match any other position group on the team. D line was awful vs Atlanta. Secondary was awful vs Washington. Those were and are the priorities to look at addressing.

Agree, and I'll just add that i didn't know this year is (i think) near Puni's last year before his contract year. If that is true, it will be interesting if the 49ers can retain Puni like how they retained Mckivitz. Will Puni ask for a brinks truck of gold bullion, or just settle for a couple of gold bars the way Mckivitz did? I'd hate to lose Puni to another team, he's been an excellent player for us.

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:
Yup. The standard fans have for the o line doesn't match any other position group on the team. D line was awful vs Atlanta. Secondary was awful vs Washington. Those were and are the priorities to look at addressing.

Agree, and I'll just add that i didn't know this year is (i think) near Puni's last year before his contract year. If that is true, it will be interesting if the 49ers can retain Puni like how they retained Mckivitz. Will Puni ask for a brinks truck of gold bullion, or just settle for a couple of gold bars the way Mckivitz did? I'd hate to lose Puni to another team, he's been an excellent player for us.

Originally posted by bassmanr:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by bassmanr:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by Hopper:
Colby allowed 5 pressures yesterday.

Outside of 1 or 2 games, Colby has been awful in pass protection. I hold my breath every time he has a 1-on-1. However, I think he's good enough in the run game that it'll allow him to keep his job. At this point, it feels unlikely that someone from the outside will come in and integrate on the fly. They've got to roll with the guys you've got and hope Colby or someone else steps up.

It's literally groundhog day every year, and we've seen how this story ends.

Hopefully, he continues to improve game in and game out, year in and year out like Mckivitz. He's still a young player. I think think he's currently better at LG than any of our backup OLinemen who can step into the LG position (Carver, Patterson, or Nugent).

Personally, I think, a good DB is more of a need in this years playoff run versus another OLineman.

Both are of need, Jones needs to be away from us lol. I think we need a left guard if we are going to compete. We can cover Brendle with Juice if needed. The center of our line was crushed by Atlanta.

I dont know. We had 400 yards of offense against Atlanta. What killed this offense wasn't the pass blocking, it was the turnovers.

Yes look at Colby and Brendal's rating and the eye test sums that up. I agree the mistakes caused the loss. We need to address the left guard position if we are to compete and stop the penalties at key moment's. Turnovers also need to be cleaned up.

I don't think we can do that this season with an in season trade, better do it in the offseason with either a free agent or a draft pick. Offensive players aren't plug and play the way defensive players are. Especially offensive linemen. Carver Willis, Jarrett Patterson and Drake Nugent round out our backup OLinemen and I think they are as good as what you are going to get via any trades at this point. Add in the fact that they already know the offense versus a new player coming in and having to learn the playbook, timing and the synchronicities of Kyle's offense.

Puni and DB Green. Depends. If we win the SB there will be enough goodwill capital to let them shop for the biggest deal knowing we can't pay everyone. Get a good draft pick for each. Was Aaron Banks worth $77 million? Jaylon Moore worth 30? Puni's better than both and worth a lot more. Perhaps Moore can do a Deebo and return next year at Greenlaw's pay? I wouldn't spend top dollar and pay for injuries waiting to happen.

There's more. Teams will soon come to the conclusion there's too much dead money out there and it puts a damper on what teams can offer a player. That means prices go down on mid-level starters and first contract players-there will be more of them. Not good for the product.

There's even more! McKivitz 82.2 rating. He went against Crosby. That makes him pretty good wouldn't you say? Anderson in Houston might disagree but we're pretty well set at RT for 3 more years-fairly cheap. Hopefully he doesn't do a Jennings/Deebo on us.