Kyler Murray<\/a> still trying to prove he can lead a playoff-caliber offense.
\nLos Angeles Rams made headlines by signing 32-year-old Davante Adams, hoping he can fill the void left by Cooper Kupp’s departure to Seattle. But age and a leaky secondary don’t scream “division champion.”
\nSeattle Seahawks are rolling the dice. Out goes Geno Smith, in comes Sam Darnold, fresh off a surprisingly solid year with the Vikings. Pairing him with Cooper Kupp gives them some firepower, but will it hold up when the Niners come to town?<\/p>\nWhile each NFC West team has made moves to strengthen their rosters, the 49ers’ combination of strategic drafting, existing offensive firepower, and organizational stability positions them as the team to beat in the division. As the season approaches, all eyes will be on San Francisco to see if they can translate these advantages into on-field success.<\/p>\n
The Crown Still Runs Through Santa Clara<\/p>\n
The NFC West is no cakewalk \u2014 but if oddsmakers are correct, the 49ers are still the class of the division. A new-look defense. A tested offense. A head coach who knows how to scheme with the best.<\/p>\n
For all the changes, the oddsmakers’ message is clear: Until someone knocks them off, it’s still San Francisco’s division to lose.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tThe San Francisco 49ers selected Indiana defensive tackle CJ West with the 11th pick (No. 113 overall) in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. He met with the 49ers at the East-West Shrine Bowl and the NFL Scouting Combine.<\/p>\n
NFL Scouting Combine:
\nAt the NFL Scouting Combine,…\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tThe 2025 NFL Draft is officially in the books, and the San Francisco 49ers walked away with 11 new players\u2014five on offense and six on defense. Soon, the coaching staff will begin working with this (hopefully) promising group of rookies, aiming to maximize each player’s…\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tThe San Francisco 49ers selected Texas defensive tackle Alfred Collins with the 11th pick (No. 43 overall) in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft. This marks the team’s second straight pick aimed at strengthening the defensive front after selecting Georgia defensive end…\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tThe San Francisco 49ers approached the 2025 NFL Draft with a clear objective: strengthen their run defense and add versatile playmakers. Here’s how I graded each of their picks.<\/p>\n
RD 1, Pick 11: DE Mykel Williams, Georgia \u2014 A<\/p>\n
The 49ers wanted to set the edge and stop…\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images Despite a tumultuous offseason marked by significant roster changes, the San Francisco 49ers have emerged…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,2644,4124,7,6066,2812,6,1161,252,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-16316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-brock-purdy","10":"tag-christian-mccaffrey","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-george-kittle","13":"tag-kyle-shanahan","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-san-francisco","16":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","17":"tag-sanfrancisco","18":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114434912016462056","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}