49ers trade for DT Osa Odighizuwa | Page 27

NYniner85 · 2026-03-11T15:29:44-07:00

Trade! The Cowboys are sending DT Osa Odighizuwa to the 49ers, sources tell me, @RapSheet and @SlaterNFL. pic.twitter.com/e0f7OUmeoC— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 11, 2026

Sep 11, 2026 at 10:59 AM

#391

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Originally posted by Heroism:
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Osa Odighizuwa had a 22.2% pressure rate vs. the Rams. That would've been the third highest number for any 49ers pass rusher in any '25 game.

Odighizuwa is more than half of the way to the majority of the DTs total pressures on the roster from a year ago after one game.
— Kyle Posey (@KP_Show) September 11, 2026

Got damn. I need to re-watch the 49er defensive drives. Great points above about Osa needing help, and possibly wearing down over the course of a season. He's about to become a focus of offensive gameplans if he keeps it up.

Sep 11, 2026 at 12:45 PM

#392

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ESPN says he had 4 QB hits lol. This might be another "dirty work" guy like Mykel Williams.

Sep 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM

#393

glorydayz
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Game 1 in the books, on to the next.

Sep 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM

#394

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#49ers DT Osa Odighizuwa in Week 1:

5 pressures
3 hits/2 hurries
74.3 PFF pass-rush grade
22.2% pass-rush win rate

Was the team's best pass-rusher in his debut. Liked how Raheem Morris used him on twists a lot, disrupting Stafford's comfort with his quickness/power pic.twitter.com/RYYDvU25PD
— Bradley Locker (@Bradley_Locker) September 11, 2026

Sep 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM

#395

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Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:
ESPN says he had 4 QB hits lol. This might be another "dirty work" guy like Mykel Williams.

That's what makes DLs go…Seattle thrived on "dirty work" defensive lineman

Sep 11, 2026 at 4:34 PM

#396

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Originally posted by glorydayz:
Game 1 in the books, on to the next.

Agree and I hope our base run defense will be stouter in the next game.

Sep 11, 2026 at 4:38 PM

#397

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Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:
ESPN says he had 4 QB hits lol. This might be another "dirty work" guy like Mykel Williams.

That's what makes DLs go…Seattle thrived on "dirty work" defensive lineman

That is the key to McDonald's defense - the DL attacks the blockers and the second tier applies the pressure. It isn't a genius scheme. It just requires selfless players that are willing to do the dirty work.

Aldon Smith got all the glory but Cowboy did the dirty work that made Aldon's numbers look good.

Sep 12, 2026 at 11:11 AM

#398

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Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:
ESPN says he had 4 QB hits lol. This might be another "dirty work" guy like Mykel Williams.

That's what makes DLs go…Seattle thrived on "dirty work" defensive lineman

That is the key to McDonald's defense - the DL attacks the blockers and the second tier applies the pressure. It isn't a genius scheme. It just requires selfless players that are willing to do the dirty work.

Aldon Smith got all the glory but Cowboy did the dirty work that made Aldon's numbers look good.

Osa was an excellent trade.

Sep 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM

#399

Giedi
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Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:
ESPN says he had 4 QB hits lol. This might be another "dirty work" guy like Mykel Williams.

That's what makes DLs go…Seattle thrived on "dirty work" defensive lineman

That is the key to McDonald's defense - the DL attacks the blockers and the second tier applies the pressure. It isn't a genius scheme. It just requires selfless players that are willing to do the dirty work.

Aldon Smith got all the glory but Cowboy did the dirty work that made Aldon's numbers look good.

Personally, I think the McDonald's defense - at least as far as the DLine is concerned is always looping sliding, and stunting either to stop the run or the pass. They aren't static like in the Wide 9. In those light box defenses, McDonald has his big safties to come up and stuff the run - more than the DLine having to hold ground a la a typical nose tackle in typcial 3-4.

Sep 14, 2026 at 3:31 PM

#400

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According to @NextGenStats, only 2 of Dallas' 20 four man rushes got pressure tonight.
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) September 14, 2026

Sep 16, 2026 at 12:38 PM

#401

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Originally posted by dj43:
That is the key to McDonald's defense - the DL attacks the blockers and the second tier applies the pressure. It isn't a genius scheme. It just requires selfless players that are willing to do the dirty work.

Aldon Smith got all the glory but Cowboy did the dirty work that made Aldon's numbers look good.

I'm a huge Justin Smith fan and he clearly ate up blockers, but nobody before Aldon Smith even sniffed a quarter of his production as a pass rusher. Even if a pass rusher gets 1-on-1's, they still have to win their rep and Aldon Smith flat out obliterated OT's in 1-on-1.

Again, love Justin Smith, but Aldon Smith was a HOF level talent with or without him.

Sep 16, 2026 at 8:12 PM

#402

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Originally posted by LasVegasWally:

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:
ESPN says he had 4 QB hits lol. This might be another "dirty work" guy like Mykel Williams.

That's what makes DLs go…Seattle thrived on "dirty work" defensive lineman

That is the key to McDonald's defense - the DL attacks the blockers and the second tier applies the pressure. It isn't a genius scheme. It just requires selfless players that are willing to do the dirty work.

Aldon Smith got all the glory but Cowboy did the dirty work that made Aldon's numbers look good.

Osa was an excellent trade.

We didn't have a player like Osa last year and that's what probably determines the difference between the sacks and pressures between this year and last year. Also, with almost all rookie defensive linemen in the roster, Osa seems to be the perfect fit for a leader and a role model.

Sep 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM

#403

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Osa and Evans are such enormous offseason acquisitions

Sep 18, 2026 at 8:13 PM

#404

KegBert
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Originally posted by SB49er4life:

Originally posted by dj43:
That is the key to McDonald's defense - the DL attacks the blockers and the second tier applies the pressure. It isn't a genius scheme. It just requires selfless players that are willing to do the dirty work.

Aldon Smith got all the glory but Cowboy did the dirty work that made Aldon's numbers look good.

I'm a huge Justin Smith fan and he clearly ate up blockers, but nobody before Aldon Smith even sniffed a quarter of his production as a pass rusher. Even if a pass rusher gets 1-on-1's, they still have to win their rep and Aldon Smith flat out obliterated OT's in 1-on-1.

Again, love Justin Smith, but Aldon Smith was a HOF level talent with or without him.

Agreed, I love Cowboy but Aldon was a generational talent. He would have been great either way. I really never understood the "Aldon is a Justin Smith merchant" takes.

Sep 18, 2026 at 10:58 PM

#405

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Yea both Joe Staley and Trent Williams have agreed that the hardest guy to block they've every blocked was one Aldon Smith

[ Edited by Pillbusta on Sep 18, 2026 at 10:58 PM ]