Originally posted by 49ersRing:
Originally posted by Willisfn4life:
This was probably my single biggest critique of this off-season was i didn't think the team did enough to address viable depth at edge. Looked on paper like we were another Nick Bosa injury away from a bad day and here we are.
I don't know if there's a lot any team can do to make themselves resilient to having 7 of their top d-linemen being injured/unavailable.
Im talking about the moves made in the off-season before all these injuries.
The team essentially ran the exact same edge rushers back from last year.The same edge rushers that were incapable of creating pressure last season. This year they got Nick Bosa back and drafted Height. I'm aware of all the injuries. I'm saying what moves did they make to improve the edge? This team needs someone else that can manufacture some pressure outside of Bosa from the edge. Putting all of that faith in a rookie third round pick and hoping your star edge rusher can stay healthy coming off anither major injury is a little too risky for me. This team has constantly fallen completely off the pressure grid when Bosa isn't in the game. I imagine we're in store for more of that in the coming weeks. I hope and pray I'm wrong.
[ Edited by Willisfn4life on Sep 25, 2026 at 1:38 PM ]