Your Biggest Concerns Entering 2025 Season? (Shanahan's 9th Year)

Pessimistic Niners polluting the Ether with their whining about players and coaching that they really have no knowledge about what actually is happening or what they are being asked to do.

Health, if we stay healthy sky is the limit this season

Originally posted by Team49ers:
Health, if we stay healthy sky is the limit this season

Yup. Health is the de facto #1 concern for any teams season.

Defense defense defense. Historically Kyle's teams are successful if they keep the opponent to around 20 points. Last year it was a race to 30 and every team with a competitive offense beat us to 30, at that point we are playing catch up which isn't Kyle's game or Brocks game.
If we get QB pressure and slow the run consistently the schedule should give at least 11+ wins.

Originally posted by ritz126:
for the team its always health

As someone mentioned earlier whenever healthy make deep playoff runs. We have the coaching and talent. Also unlike past 2 years im not worried about the coaching on defensive side.

I am a bit worried about DB if i had to pick something. We dont have a true #1 and our depth is also a bit questionable if Green or Lenoir go down. We are also hoping Green takes a step foward and doesnt regress after a good rookie year

Now Purdy is signed i would love to trade for a CB

There's no one really out there other then Justin Simmons dont see us trading for Ramsey

Offensive Line. I still can't make sense of Brendel remaining the starter at Center.

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Offensive line is the biggest issue this year. It's what we didn't fix and what still has holes.

The 49ers keep signing key players to large contracts. This doesn't allow them to spend much on the O line. Other than Williams who is 37 they don't have any O linemen among the top earners accordng to Over the Cap. The Eagles have the best O line and they pay. They have 4 players among the top earners. 3 over $20 million per year. The Lions also pay top dollar for O linemen. It's no secret why those 2 teams have top tier O lines.

Teams seem to have no problem paying huge money to QBs but they don't want to pay those O linemen. It's not surprising that so many QBs get hurt each year. To be fair it's partly because there aren't a lot of great O linemen out there. Teams that put a premium on them can have a real advantage. O linemen often have longer careers than the so called skill positions. A great O line can make average RBs and average QBs look great.

If I was a GM and took over a bad team I would start by rebuilding the O line. Build the foundation before you add all the nice fixtures.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Offensive line is the biggest issue this year. It's what we didn't fix and what still has holes.

The 49ers keep signing key players to large contracts. This doesn't allow them to spend much on the O line. Other than Williams who is 37 they don't have any O linemen among the top earners accordng to Over the Cap. The Eagles have the best O line and they pay. They have 4 players among the top earners. 3 over $20 million per year. The Lions also pay top dollar for O linemen. It's no secret why those 2 teams have top tier O lines.

Teams seem to have no problem paying huge money to QBs but they don't want to pay those O linemen. It's not surprising that so many QBs get hurt each year. To be fair it's partly because there aren't a lot of great O linemen out there. Teams that put a premium on them can have a real advantage. O linemen often have longer careers than the so called skill positions. A great O line can make average RBs and average QBs look great.

If I was a GM and took over a bad team I would start by rebuilding the O line. Build the foundation before you add all the nice fixtures.

The problem is, the good Oline isn't exactly the key to consistent winning. It's mixed results. The good is teams like the Lions and Eagles. But those teams have talent all over the field. Teams like the Colts, Patriots,etc also have invested heavily and they are terrible. The best path is a talented player caller + talent at most position groups.

The average QBs ultimately fold. We do not see average QBs consistently winning. I will say a great Oline, if the other players are there, can dominate- like Philly. But to sat they win because of that, while ignoring the Dline talent,receiving talent, isn't painting the full picture. The Chiefs invest a lot in Oline and they still haven't gotten it right.

Concerns? Maybe for the opposition.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Offensive line is the biggest issue this year. It's what we didn't fix and what still has holes.

The 49ers keep signing key players to large contracts. This doesn't allow them to spend much on the O line. Other than Williams who is 37 they don't have any O linemen among the top earners accordng to Over the Cap. The Eagles have the best O line and they pay. They have 4 players among the top earners. 3 over $20 million per year. The Lions also pay top dollar for O linemen. It's no secret why those 2 teams have top tier O lines.

Teams seem to have no problem paying huge money to QBs but they don't want to pay those O linemen. It's not surprising that so many QBs get hurt each year. To be fair it's partly because there aren't a lot of great O linemen out there. Teams that put a premium on them can have a real advantage. O linemen often have longer careers than the so called skill positions. A great O line can make average RBs and average QBs look great.

If I was a GM and took over a bad team I would start by rebuilding the O line. Build the foundation before you add all the nice fixtures.

The problem is, the good Oline isn't exactly the key to consistent winning. It's mixed results. The good is teams like the Lions and Eagles. But those teams have talent all over the field. Teams like the Colts, Patriots,etc also have invested heavily and they are terrible. The best path is a talented player caller + talent at most position groups.

The average QBs ultimately fold. We do not see average QBs consistently winning. I will say a great Oline, if the other players are there, can dominate- like Philly. But to sat they win because of that, while ignoring the Dline talent,receiving talent, isn't painting the full picture. The Chiefs invest a lot in Oline and they still haven't gotten it right.

Lot's of teams have talent at QB and the skill positionsand fail to win year after year. The Eagles win without a top 10 QB (my opinion). They have good but not great skill players all over the field. It's their O line and D line that make them stand out. O lonegives Hurts the protection he needs and opens the holes the RBs need. The D gives them good field postion.

It's not secret that a good defense and a good O liner can an average team look great. When the Niners wer ein theri glory years they always had a top defense with Seifert as the DC and a top O line with McKittrick as the O line coach.

Idiot Kicker

Kyle is my biggest concern. His ability to adapt his game plans. Rotate players effectively, not running players into the ground. Not getting tight when the game is on the line

How to pay for my annual 3-4 road games, plus attending a few home games from Los Angeles. Money doesn't stretch as far.

Originally posted by jays9ers:
Kyle is my biggest concern. His ability to adapt his game plans. Rotate players effectively, not running players into the ground. Not getting tight when the game is on the line

As usual

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Offensive line is the biggest issue this year. It's what we didn't fix and what still has holes.

The 49ers keep signing key players to large contracts. This doesn't allow them to spend much on the O line. Other than Williams who is 37 they don't have any O linemen among the top earners accordng to Over the Cap. The Eagles have the best O line and they pay. They have 4 players among the top earners. 3 over $20 million per year. The Lions also pay top dollar for O linemen. It's no secret why those 2 teams have top tier O lines.

Teams seem to have no problem paying huge money to QBs but they don't want to pay those O linemen. It's not surprising that so many QBs get hurt each year. To be fair it's partly because there aren't a lot of great O linemen out there. Teams that put a premium on them can have a real advantage. O linemen often have longer careers than the so called skill positions. A great O line can make average RBs and average QBs look great.

If I was a GM and took over a bad team I would start by rebuilding the O line. Build the foundation before you add all the nice fixtures.

Yeah you have to pick, keep, retain and pay top tier offensive linemen. However you get them. Draft, FA, your own FA's. It doesn't matter. But you have to pay the good ones if you want them. I'd much rather have the Eagles or Lions offensive line.