Defensive Line Thread

Originally posted by 9moon:
VALDEZ need to get some playing time... what we waitin for ??

Exactly! I hope he improved a lot, and even Evan Anderson

Originally posted by 9moon:
VALDEZ need to get some playing time... what we waitin for ??

Pretty sure he'll be on the practice squad

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

Last year's Rookies DT C.J. West & DT Alfred Collins Sacks on QB Philip Rivers - Week 16 @ Indianapolis Colts - 49ers - 2025 - #49ers #FTTB pic.twitter.com/DHQUs2Axyg

— 49er_Edits (@49er_edits) April 21, 2026

If these two make big leaps in year 2 our Dline might be scary along with Osa.

This for sure. Very excited to see this dline in tack & healthy

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

Last year's Rookies DT C.J. West & DT Alfred Collins Sacks on QB Philip Rivers - Week 16 @ Indianapolis Colts - 49ers - 2025 - #49ers #FTTB pic.twitter.com/DHQUs2Axyg

— 49er_Edits (@49er_edits) April 21, 2026

If these two make big leaps in year 2 our Dline might be scary along with Osa.

Wow, CJ West pushed a double team down the river.

A big step forward from either of these guys would be massive for the team. It's unfair to expect it from Mykel, tho.

Originally posted by Heroism:

Matt Barrows on Alfred Collins and Mykel Williams:

"Inside the 49ers building, they loved last year's draft. They think Alfred Collins is gonna be great. They think Mykel Williams is gonna be special. Maybe they're right. We just haven't seen it yet. They're relying on faith… pic.twitter.com/srYlZDKPka

— Coach Yac 🗣 (@Coach_Yac) June 11, 2026

A big step forward from either of these guys would be massive for the team. It's unfair to expect it from Mykel, tho.

Sucks both guys had to rehab from injuries this offseason. I'm not sure of where Collins is but still hoping both manage to take a big jump in year 2 even though not as big as it would've been had they not had to rehab injuries and could dive right into improving their game.

Originally posted by Heroism:

Matt Barrows on Alfred Collins and Mykel Williams:

"Inside the 49ers building, they loved last year's draft. They think Alfred Collins is gonna be great. They think Mykel Williams is gonna be special. Maybe they're right. We just haven't seen it yet. They're relying on faith… pic.twitter.com/srYlZDKPka

— Coach Yac 🗣 (@Coach_Yac) June 11, 2026

A big step forward from either of these guys would be massive for the team. It's unfair to expect it from Mykel, tho.

I get what Barrows is saying that we haven't seen it enough to be sure yet, but it's not like we didn't see flashes of big big potential from both of these guys last year

Originally posted by Heroism:

Matt Barrows on Alfred Collins and Mykel Williams:

"Inside the 49ers building, they loved last year's draft. They think Alfred Collins is gonna be great. They think Mykel Williams is gonna be special. Maybe they're right. We just haven't seen it yet. They're relying on faith… pic.twitter.com/srYlZDKPka

— Coach Yac 🗣 (@Coach_Yac) June 11, 2026

A big step forward from either of these guys would be massive for the team. It's unfair to expect it from Mykel, tho.

I feel the same way about Mykel. Same concerns are with Bosa. Injured knees can be tricky. Even if the surgery has healed up and everything is fine, medically speaking. It just takes time for any player to trust a repaired knee again.

Originally posted by billbird2111:
I feel the same way about Mykel. Same concerns are with Bosa. Injured knees can be tricky. Even if the surgery has healed up and everything is fine, medically speaking. It just takes time for any player to trust a repaired knee again.

Both injuries we clean tears so I'm not that worried, for Bosa this is his 3rd though if I'm not mistaken

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Matt Barrows on Alfred Collins and Mykel Williams:

"Inside the 49ers building, they loved last year's draft. They think Alfred Collins is gonna be great. They think Mykel Williams is gonna be special. Maybe they're right. We just haven't seen it yet. They're relying on faith… pic.twitter.com/srYlZDKPka

— Coach Yac 🗣 (@Coach_Yac) June 11, 2026

A big step forward from either of these guys would be massive for the team. It's unfair to expect it from Mykel, tho.

Sucks both guys had to rehab from injuries this offseason. I'm not sure of where Collins is but still hoping both manage to take a big jump in year 2 even though not as big as it would've been had they not had to rehab injuries and could dive right into improving their game.

Collins will be better just by having an actual IDL rotation last year he was forced to do so much with all the injuries and he did get better as the year went on. Just keeping entire DL fresh and putting a rotation in will greatly improve DL

"The 49ers announced that they have signed Givens to their 90-man roster on Sunday."

"Defensive lineman Evan Anderson was waived in a corresponding move."

Between the personnel additions and scheme change, I fully expect this DL to absolutely dominate against the run. They've got real beef now across the board. I love what I'm hearing about the two UDFA guys, Easen and Thompson. it sounds like they're doing work in camp resetting the line of scrimmage and playing on the other side of the ball. The tite fronts are going to stonewall all those duo and inside zones teams loved to spam against the base wide 9. Those days should be over.

I feel really good about this group.

Our DTs are not stopping the inside run

Originally posted by Since07:
Our DTs are not stopping the inside run

Yes the D line looked bad tonight against the run. Pass rush was there but to many big runs.

Originally posted by WildBill:

Originally posted by Since07:
Our DTs are not stopping the inside run

Yes the D line looked bad tonight against the run. Pass rush was there but to many big runs.

well to be fair it was their starters against our backups.