During the 2025 season, Harkey started all 14 games at right tackle but also offers experience at guard—an added layer of versatility that could appeal to teams like the 49ers. According to Pro Football Focus, he allowed just two sacks and 20 pressures across 467 pass-blocking snaps.”
NFL exec blasts 49ers’ offseason free-agency strategy
“Everyone starts talking about the substation and, ‘Why are we always hurt?’” the executive told The Athletic’s Mike Sando. “It’s because you sign hurt players. Mike Evans is going to miss 4-6 games this year, Dre Greenlaw is going to miss eight, and you are going to wonder why your players are always hurt…..Another NFL executive questioned how well Evans will fit within head coach Kyle Shanahan’s offense.
“This guy runs 19 mph,” the executive said. “He is a back-shoulder, possession X, which has not been Brock Purdy’s game, and he’s not going to run in the middle of the field like Jauan Jennings did on those bang 8s (skinny posts) and daggers and the deep-ins, catching it on the go and being a run-after-catch guy.”