Defensive Line Thread

Originally posted by 9moon:
We should have not kept...

Deevah
Greenlaw
Ferrell
Gifford

but I do like DL Thopmson.... This kid is a Diamond In The Rough !!! GREAT FIND !!!'

95 and 96 is gonna be the corner stone of our DL for years to come !!!! as long as Shanny Injury Jinx does not hit these guys ..

Dweebo / Law will be good for us. I wouldn't mind Gifford out since they kept Wallow. Farrell seemed to have improved

I still don't understand why your two favorite players (Kevin Givens and Brayden Willis) are still with us tho, it boggles me mind

Originally posted by pillageDatazz:
Dweebo / Law will be good for us. I wouldn't mind Gifford out since they kept Wallow. Farrell seemed to have improved

I still don't understand why your two favorite players (Kevin Givens and Brayden Willis) are still with us tho, it boggles me mind

lol this staff loves Givens. Idk why. I don't mind Willis, I always thought he had a nice skill set but needed a few years to develop. I think the team likes him cause he is versatile.

I really think Farrell was overwhelmed with what Kyle asks of a TE last year and he made mental errors. I'm hoping with a season under his belt, he is a lot better.

Losing Sam O f**king blows. The 49ers have absolutely no edge depth. I don't even know who plays base if Nick can't go--Keion White and Khalid Kareem? God help us if a hobbled Romello height or Ogbo Okoronkwo has to play base.

What an abysmal situation. I feel awful about this pass rush right now. Unless the rookies have a big year--and they could--this pass rush is shaping up to be almost as pathetic as last year's.


Osa wasn't enough. They needed more and easily could've added it through the draft: Jaishawn Barham was sitting there when they took Kaelon Black...I'm just saying.

Raheem is probably going to have to manufacture pressure. What worries me most is they've put themselves in a position where they have no choice but to lean on Nick Bosa despite his health issues, putting him at even greater risk of worsening his knee situation. What a f**king mess.

This is going to be a historic season. We haven't played a game and 3/4 of our DEs are nose deep in injury narrative. What's going to happen when they start getting hit.

Originally posted by brodiebluebanaszak:
This is going to be a historic season. We haven't played a game and 3/4 of our DEs are nose deep in injury narrative. What's going to happen when they start getting hit.

We'll kick ass.

So it sounds like Sam's plate in his foot from a prior injury (pre-NFL?) broke on a random step and caused this latest injury. That sucks.

Will need to make a trade for DE or sign Joey Bosa,

Leonard Flloyd or Hakeem Reddick may help a little

Maybe Gracen Halton can play some DE?

Or in an emergency James Thompson, Collins, Dugger, ?

Floyd and Reddick are washed. Joey seems like an absolute no brainer but dude is talking about retirement. lol at Collins playing edge

Originally posted by maxsmart:
Will need to make a trade for DE or sign Joey Bosa,

Leonard Flloyd or Hakeem Reddick may help a little

Biggest hole on this team is pass rush, yet lynch continues to do nothing

The team is skating on thin ice. It's not just the pass rush.

Does anyone know if Aaron Donald is playing or Myles Garrett?

Originally posted by Superbowl:
Does anyone know if Aaron Donald is playing or Myles Garrett?

They wouldn't make this crazy trip if they didn't plan on getting some snaps, but you can't discount gamesmanship between the coaches. Kittle might be held out while 49ers call up Willis from practice squad for example.

Originally posted by ModestoNiner33:

Originally posted by Superbowl:
Does anyone know if Aaron Donald is playing or Myles Garrett?

They wouldn't make this crazy trip if they didn't plan on getting some snaps, but you can't discount gamesmanship between the coaches. Kittle might be held out while 49ers call up Willis from practice squad for example.

I think kittle will play but how much idk

Originally posted by Heroism:
Losing Sam O f**king blows. The 49ers have absolutely no edge depth. I don't even know who plays base if Nick can't go--Keion White and Khalid Kareem? God help us if a hobbled Romello height or Ogbo Okoronkwo has to play base.

What an abysmal situation. I feel awful about this pass rush right now. Unless the rookies have a big year--and they could--this pass rush is shaping up to be almost as pathetic as last year's.

The 49ers won 12 games last season despite recording an NFL-low 20 sacks, the second-fewest in franchise history.

Can San Francisco turn around a pass rush that also ranked last in the NFL in pressure rate? 👀 pic.twitter.com/2fjfDtjP8z

— ESPN Insights (@ESPNInsights) September 4, 2026

Osa wasn't enough. They needed more and easily could've added it through the draft: Jaishawn Barham was sitting there when they took Kaelon Black...I'm just saying.

Raheem is probably going to have to manufacture pressure. What worries me most is they've put themselves in a position where they have no choice but to lean on Nick Bosa despite his health issues, putting him at even greater risk of worsening his knee situation. What a f**king mess.

Same situation year after year.