Defensive Line Thread

Originally posted by VaBhodi:
I hate to say it, but it should be a convo going on in the building....
As big a cap hit as Bosa is...at 30.... his availability is not worth the $$$ due to availability.

When he's on the field, he's a Beast. Not saying he isn't. I have his Jersey FFS.

The problem is that he's off more than he is on. And when he is, he's not 2019 Bosa....

Ya'll let it rip with the criticism of this take, but you pay a player that much, they need to be available....

It's a conversation for the offseason. How he comes back from the calf strain will surely impact the conversation. For now though there's nothing to really discuss.

Last year, our defense had no Bosa, no Mykel, no Warner, no Greenlaw, west and Collins were rookies and still had many flaws, the other DT's were mediocre or hurt most of the time like Gross Matos, and our DB's were just average without Green and Lenoir and Mustapha because they were hurt for a good part of the season, and we played so many players from the street like Lucas, Apple, Neal. But in spite of all this, we still
made the playoffs. This year, we're missing a lot of our good players but they are projected to come back which was not the case last year so I think we should still keep our hopes and optimism up especially when the offense is on the roll.

Originally posted by JTB1974:
Out of the 10 guys(counting Mykel) on the dline, we are down to 3 remaining currently. White, Osa, and Halton. Everyone else playing is either off of our PS or guys we picked up off the street.

Same with the WR group, I can't think of a worse injury riddled team in history than 2025. It's been 2 weeks and we are already down to udfas or veterans off the streets

Originally posted by captveg:
It's a conversation for the offseason. How he comes back from the calf strain will surely impact the conversation. For now though there's nothing to really discuss.

Yeah, fair point.

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:

49ers available defensive linemen:
Osa Odighizuwa
Keion White
Gracen Halton
Ogbo Okoronkwo
Khalid Kareem
Naquan Jones
-Practice squad-
Kevin Givens
Sebastian Valdez
Vincent Anthony
McKinnley Jackson
Viliami Fehoko Jr.

— Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoNBCS) September 25, 2026

Considering our LBs are playing well (best in the league) and our secondary is surprisingly really good, Niners can get by this week

The bold is good enough for teh Tards and Dugger is likely to get more snaps. My guess is Jackson and Fehoko get elevated if need be