49ers select Mykel Williams-DE-Georgia with the 11th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft

Injuries are a part of the game. No tears necessary.

I think he'll be alright for the off-season, early November tear and he's 21 so should recover incredibly fast.I expect he'll be fine for OTA's and training camp, albeit he'll be managed/limited in OTA's.

I think he'll be far enough along with rehab by April time to be working on some of his skills, likely just at half pace but that's actually the speed you want when learning techniques and skills.

Since he uses extreme power and brute force I don't know if he will be the same. That's a lot of your base and legs for power and foundation in the stance. If your leg is injured or prior injured will he be the same? We don't know. He does not play soft. So the leg needs to hold up strong and have power and durability. It may take a while to recover. Ability to play and being full strength and where you were at in the past are two different things.

Skimmed through week 1 and saw Mykel bench benchpressing 88 like a child--the same 88 that was throwing around Bryce Huff and Clelin Ferrell last night.

You can't play the wide 9 with little ends that easily get displaced. There's already an inherent space disadvantage built into the front. 49ers miss Mykel's size and physicality.

Originally posted by Heroism:
Skimmed through week 1 and saw Mykel bench benchpressing 88 like a child--the same 88 that was throwing around Bryce Huff and Clelin Ferrell last night.

You can't play the wide 9 with little ends that easily get displaced. There's already an inherent space disadvantage built into the front. 49ers miss Mykel's size and physicality.

Yeah. YGM and Keon need to be base ends. We need to start playing 5 man fronts. The edge gets moved way too easily.

Originally posted by father49er:
Yeah. YGM and Keon need to be base ends. We need to start playing 5 man fronts. The edge gets moved way too easily.

They don't have any one that can set the Edge during run plays. Thats why they gave up both them Huge run plays vs Seattle. At this point they should bring up My Brother Valdez. I know his a DT but he has the Strength to not get pushed around and maybe he can set the Edge

Originally posted by Heroism:
Skimmed through week 1 and saw Mykel bench benchpressing 88 like a child--the same 88 that was throwing around Bryce Huff and Clelin Ferrell last night.

You can't play the wide 9 with little ends that easily get displaced. There's already an inherent space disadvantage built into the front. 49ers miss Mykel's size and physicality.

His loss was really felt honestly. I was thinking Huff kind of fell off after his injury but I think it's also cuz Mykel isn't out there caving in the OL and creating opportunities for him.

Praying the kid recovers as quick as possible and still manages to work on his development while rehabbing this offseason. Get with Nick, work that pass rush plan and hands while getting those knees right for a hell of a rebound for both of them.

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Since he uses extreme power and brute force I don't know if he will be the same. That's a lot of your base and legs for power and foundation in the stance. If your leg is injured or prior injured will he be the same? We don't know. He does not play soft. So the leg needs to hold up strong and have power and durability. It may take a while to recover. Ability to play and being full strength and where you were at in the past are two different things.

Right because he's the first DE to have a clean ACL tear

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Since he uses extreme power and brute force I don't know if he will be the same. That's a lot of your base and legs for power and foundation in the stance. If your leg is injured or prior injured will he be the same? We don't know. He does not play soft. So the leg needs to hold up strong and have power and durability. It may take a while to recover. Ability to play and being full strength and where you were at in the past are two different things.

Right because he's the first DE to have a clean ACL tear

He will return to form just as Bosa did

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Right because he's the first DE to have a clean ACL tear

Feels like we are being trolled by an AI bot pretending to be a poster.

Originally posted by Heroism:
Skimmed through week 1 and saw Mykel bench benchpressing 88 like a child--the same 88 that was throwing around Bryce Huff and Clelin Ferrell last night.

You can't play the wide 9 with little ends that easily get displaced. There's already an inherent space disadvantage built into the front. 49ers miss Mykel's size and physicality.

Great point. His absence is showing his impact and true value even if it didn't show up in sack numbers.

Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Since he uses extreme power and brute force I don't know if he will be the same. That's a lot of your base and legs for power and foundation in the stance. If your leg is injured or prior injured will he be the same? We don't know. He does not play soft. So the leg needs to hold up strong and have power and durability. It may take a while to recover. Ability to play and being full strength and where you were at in the past are two different things.

Right because he's the first DE to have a clean ACL tear

He will return to form just as Bosa did

I hope so. But we will see. Bosa also seems more vulnerable to reinjury. He is now triple ACL over his whole football career. So this guy can have that happen too. He's more vulnerable. The coming back and getting up to speed will be a process too.

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:

Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Since he uses extreme power and brute force I don't know if he will be the same. That's a lot of your base and legs for power and foundation in the stance. If your leg is injured or prior injured will he be the same? We don't know. He does not play soft. So the leg needs to hold up strong and have power and durability. It may take a while to recover. Ability to play and being full strength and where you were at in the past are two different things.

Right because he's the first DE to have a clean ACL tear

He will return to form just as Bosa did

I hope so. But we will see. Bosa also seems more vulnerable to reinjury. He is now triple ACL over his whole football career. So this guy can have that happen too. He's more vulnerable. The coming back and getting up to speed will be a process too.

He tore his meniscus as well. My expectations are very low.

Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Since he uses extreme power and brute force I don't know if he will be the same. That's a lot of your base and legs for power and foundation in the stance. If your leg is injured or prior injured will he be the same? We don't know. He does not play soft. So the leg needs to hold up strong and have power and durability. It may take a while to recover. Ability to play and being full strength and where you were at in the past are two different things.

Right because he's the first DE to have a clean ACL tear

He will return to form just as Bosa did

Bosa was a pass rusher from day one. Concern with Williams is he was a project player that needed coaching and snaps to hopefully develop some pass rushing ability out of his skill set. He's essentially now missing 3/4 of a season and training camp and who knows how long it takes him to be game ready next year. So how he develops next year is anyone's guess but he's looking at lost time.

Originally posted by jcs:

Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Since he uses extreme power and brute force I don't know if he will be the same. That's a lot of your base and legs for power and foundation in the stance. If your leg is injured or prior injured will he be the same? We don't know. He does not play soft. So the leg needs to hold up strong and have power and durability. It may take a while to recover. Ability to play and being full strength and where you were at in the past are two different things.

Right because he's the first DE to have a clean ACL tear

He will return to form just as Bosa did

Bosa was a pass rusher from day one. Concern with Williams is he was a project player that needed coaching and snaps to hopefully develop some pass rushing ability out of his skill set. He's essentially now missing 3/4 of a season and training camp and who knows how long it takes him to be game ready next year. So how he develops next year is anyone's guess but he's looking at lost time.

Based on when he got hurt, it isn't a complete stretch to say he can be ready by training camp. People may point at Aiyuk being injured at a similar point last year, but using Aiyuk as an example would be terrible, horrible, no good, and very bad. I am not saying he will be ready, but it isn't a stretch. He just is going to have an extended rookie season- one that he did better in than any year 1 D lineman not named Nick Bosa. He was great at edge setting and doing a lot of dirty work. We got a 3 down guy with this pick, and we do not have many of those on the D line right now.