When the 49ers made their initial cut to 53 players for the start of the 2025 NFL season, they kept 11 defensive linemen on their roster.Currently, San Francisco only has eight defensive linemen under contract who saw action in NFL regular-season games a year ago.Two of those players, Nick Bosa and Mykel Williams, are going through physical therapy as they return from season-ending knee injuries.Two others, Alfred Collins and Keion White, had offseason surgeries. Collins underwent a procedure on his left shoulder, while White was the victim of a gunshot to his ankle amid an altercation at a San Francisco nightclub in the hours after the Super Bowl.The 49ers have some work to do to get the pieces in place for the team to put together a formidable defensive line and improve on last year’s league-worst total of 20 sacks.Who’s here: Nick Bosa, Mykel Williams, Osa Odighizuwa, Alfred Collins, Sam Okuayinonu, Keion White, CJ West, Cam Sample, Evan Anderson, Sebastian Valdez, William Bradley-King, Andrew Farmer.Who’s gone: Bryce Huff (released/retired), Jordan Elliott (Tennessee), Kalia Davis (Cleveland), Robert Beal...
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