49ers hope re-signing Greenlaw is team’s top offseason priority

SANTA CLARA — All it took was one half of one game. The 49ers' decision-makers face a lot of offseason decisions about the composition of the team's roster for 2025. But there seems to be one non-negotiable for those inside the locker room. "Got to get Dre locked in," 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa said this week. Linebacker Dre Greenlaw, 27, returned to the field Thursday night for his season debut, 10 months after sustaining a torn Achilles in the first half of the Super Bowl. Greenlaw played 30 snaps, registered eight tackles, and supplied immeasurable energy, passion and aggression for the defense in the 49ers' 12-6 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Despite San Francisco's 6-8 record, cornerback Deommodore Lenoir said he believes the team's third-ranked defense is trending in the right direction. "We started off kind of slow, but I feel like now with that last game, we're finding our identity," Lenoir said. "We found our identity to who we are." It is not exactly a coincidence that it also was the first game back for Greenlaw, who missed the first 13 games of the season while on the physically unable to perform list. "Guy coming back like that, he was probably going to be the...