Did the 49ers Just Give Up on 2025? — No Trade Deadline Moves

Did the 49ers Just Give Up on 2025? — No Trade Deadline Moves

but a lot on the deadline that wasn’t. And like, no, I’m not going to come in here. I’m not screaming hot about this because I didn’t expect the NerS to do something. How many days in a row have I said first, second, third round draft picks are off the table. We’re not doing that. Um, and I don’t want you to just do something for the sake of doing it. I don’t want some sort of a figurehead move, but I sort of like the way you said it yesterday. You know what you needed today? A human being. Yep. You need another human being on the defensive line. And I do think that there is an emotional message that gets sent to a locker room that has done an unbelievable job to be six and three through everything they’ve experienced. So yeah, color me disappointed that the 49ers went silent on Tuesday, November 4th. They didn’t want to go top of the market, which Quinnon Williams was uh very expensive. And even, you know, Bradley Chub, there was talk about the Dolphins shopping him, but the price was too high for many teams that wanted to go out there and get into that market. And so, yeah, as you get into Trey Hendrickson, there was no rumor, no whisper today about him possibly being out there. And so if you’re the Niners and you’re not going to be in the top of the market, and I’m glad that they weren’t, well, now you’re looking at other teams, practice squads, and you’re looking at other possible bodies you can find to bring in. And you’ve got practice squad guys of your own. You’ve got Bryce Huff hopefully coming back soon. You just got Keon White. Cleveland Furl got a sack. Imagine that. A Niner who actually tackled the quarterback in the back field. That was kind of fun. So you do have reinforcements that you’ve already gotten. And if you’re not going to go out there and make a really, really, really big splash, then just go ahead and wait and now you can dumpster dive. Okay. But so we’re assuming that no more injuries will happen on the defensive line. They will happen for the rest of the year. They will happen. So what are we doing? You’re going to go to your own practice squad. You’re going to go to other teams practice squad and you’re going to sign people and bring in human beings who are 275 lbs or more and let them come in and wear Niner uniforms. But here’s the real question and and this is what I think fans um might be grappling with a little bit today. 8889579570 the number. Um did the 49ers by the way I’m going to go ahead and answer this yes already. But we’d love your answer. Did the 49ers signal today we’re not Super Bowl contenders this year? Math be damned. Six and three. Whatever they’re telling you it’s Super Bowl or try again. That’s what this year is. Well, every year is that, but Well, not last year. Yeah. No, cuz last year they lost about five or six starters. And so last year it really was bust. This year is really the epitome of what you talk about. This year you’re going to try again. You’re not going to bring in somebody on a one-year rental and darn it, we’re going for it. You’re not. You’re keeping your picks and you’re going to keep your young core and you’re going to try like heck, and then you’ll try again. No. See, I think what people feel today is that the Niners are not trying again. I think that’s the issue. I don’t think that people feel like the Niners are trying to win the Super Bowl this year. And the 49ers may privately say Exactly. Exactly. You can’t say that publicly because it just goes over like a barrel of rocks. So, you can’t do that. And we don’t like the word rebuild in a market like this and we shouldn’t. And I don’t think that this is a rebuild. I don’t think it’s that. But there are adjustments that get made every year. There is strategy. There is an approach. And the 49ers approach has been as clear as day. Do you remember how we all felt during free agency? What was the feeling? Remember, does everyone remember? Hey, Lynch, are you going to do something? No. And here we are again at the trade. Dearcus Robinson, right? Okay. Sure. You know, great. They got Demarcus Robinson. They got their apparently they’ve got their eighth and ninth receivers. Yep. Okay, great. Don’t forget about Luke Ferrell. Thank you. The feeling over free agency was I can’t believe how quiet the NerS have been and they just did it again. And if you can’t see the message, I think the clouds have dissipated and it is clear as day. The 49ers are rebooting their finances on the defensive side of the football. They are not interested at all in putting future assets out the window so that they can go for it this year because this year is not really what it’s all about. Like, hey, add a kid. slap on the butt Kyle Shanahan and Robert Salah because you’re doing a great job by being six and three while you’re both transitioning and beset by injuries. So that’s incredible. But the 49ers are not going to change their philosophy come hell or high water, no matter how badly we want them to do it. And the truth of the matter is is who you’d sat Kyle and Bob into a room before the year started and said here’s the list of people who will be injured this year. Many of them like overwhelmingly season ending. Nick Bosa, Fred Warner, see you later. Mike Williams, Brandon Iuk’s not coming back. Ricky Pierce all multiple games. Brock all but uh two three games. Okay. And and and uh Oh, your number one draft pick gone. That’s it. he’ll miss the second half of the season. If we had told them that based on their preseason strategy, I don’t think they would think they’d have more than two wins right now, but they have six and that has not compelled them to change their strategy. And that’s because of what you talk about versus results and it’s hard for fans. It’s hard for fans, but at the same time, if you really think that any of these additions would have changed their fortunes, like let’s say you got the Quinnon Williams deal. You got Quinn Williams, which means you would have had to trade Khalia Davis and a first and a second. You get Quinnon Williams. Okay, now are we we’re going to be Super Bowl? No, you have three or four other holes. And that’s what I’ve been thinking about this whole time. You’re not a team that is one player away. You look at Indie. Indie lost Mooney Ward to a concussion in like pre not preseason but pregame the weirdest thing ever. And they’re like whoa we’re really good. We need a corner. So you go out and you get soft. Is he just is he not coming back? What kind of concussion is this for Sharia? He’s on IR. So like okay I don’t know how long he’ll be out most concussions but it it was so bad that they had to put him on the list and so they need a corner. They’re seven and two. They think that they’re the team and so you go out and you get sauce. And so that’s what you do when you’re a team like Seattle. They’re thinking, you know what, we could use another receiver. We don’t know about Capper Coupe, so let’s go out and get a deep threat to go with JSN who’s really good and we get cut back. And we feel like we’re a team that could win this whole damn thing. The Niners are telling you they don’t think that. And that’s okay. I’m okay with it cuz they’re right. They’re right to think that. I agree with you. I mean, but that but as a fan, it’s frustrating. It sucks. It does, but at the same time, I’d rather have him be sensible than, you know, throw a bunch of ass at the wall and hope against hope that this is going to make the difference. But isn’t there a middle ground to that? Like, yes, I think that’s what they’ve done. I think uh I think they’ve done the middle ground. I don’t because of Mike Williams and because of Yeur Gross Matoss. I would agree with you if those two players were still playing football, but they’re not. So you can’t do like we got Keon White and Bryce Huff, right? But you lost Gross Moss and Mel Williams. So now you’re back at a sum zero again and you’re sitting here incredibly thin on the defensive line. Um I don’t want to dumpster dive. You’re 6 and three. In 5 days the Rams will be here and you have an opportunity to grab the division by the you know what. You have that opportunity. You are one win away this weekend from being 4-0 in the division, from being seven- one in the conference and sitting there at minimum either a top the division or right alongside the Seattle Seahawks as you move into a stretch of schedule that gets friendly again after this game. Cardinals, Panthers, Browns, like you really have an opportunity, but the team doesn’t really think so. Again, I get it. I would have loved a middle ground. That’s all I’m saying. You’ve got to give these guys something. Tell me that Trent Williams is like, “Yeah, yeah, we’re building for next year.” I wonder how that sits with Christian McCaffrey who’s got 500 touches already. You know what I mean?

The 49ers stayed completely silent at the trade deadline, and Willard and Dibs break down what that really means. With a 6-3 record and a chance to go 4-0 in the division against the Rams, did San Francisco just signal they’re not Super Bowl contenders this year? No Quincy Williams, no Bradley Chubb, no Trey Hendrickson—not even a practice squad body on the defensive line. The hosts debate whether the 49ers are rebooting their finances on defense, why keeping draft picks matters more than this season, and what message this sends to veterans like Trent Williams and Christian McCaffrey. Is there a middle ground between going all-in and doing nothing? Plus: comparisons to how the Colts landed Sauce Gardner and the Seahawks added depth, the emotional impact on the locker room, and why being one player away from contention doesn’t apply to this injury-riddled roster.

00:00 – Opening: 49ers Stay Silent at Trade Deadline
01:00 – Did the 49ers Signal They’re Not Contenders?
02:30 – The Free Agency Parallel: Quiet Again
04:00 – Financial Reboot on Defense Explained
05:15 – Would Quincy Williams Have Changed Anything?
06:15 – Colts and Seahawks Went All-In—Why Not the 49ers?
07:30 – The Middle Ground Argument & Emotional Message
08:30 – What Does This Mean for Trent Williams and CMC?

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