It’s been a tough injury<\/a> … those quad tendon repairs,” general manager John Lynch said in February. “And that’s why you’ve got to really think long and hard before you have that [surgery] because it doesn’t just make it go away. … I guess Drake has had\u2014not setbacks\u2014but just trouble coming back from it.<\/p>\n“So, it’s not been the most encouraging thing. Hopefully, it takes a turn for the positive because we’ve seen, Drake, when he’s healthy, he can be a real effective player for us. So, we’re crossing our fingers and putting in all the work, as is Drake, that that happens.”<\/p>\n
Jackson is entering the final year of his rookie contract and carries a $1.9 million cap hit in 2025. This season will be pivotal in shaping the future of his NFL career.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tNew San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle CJ West, a fourth-round pick out of Indiana, expects to bring power and violence to the interior of the team’s defensive front. West emphasized his versatility when asked whether he sees himself more as a nose tackle or a…\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
\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\tSports Illustrated’s Gilberto Manzano recently listed the five most likely NFC busts from the 2025 NFL Draft. The word “bust” is the last thing San Francisco 49ers fans want to hear in connection with a first-round pick, especially considering the team’s struggles to land…\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports One of the San Francisco 49ers’ former top draft picks is determined not to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,11201,7,2810,6,1161,252,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-27048","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-drake-jackson","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-john-lynch","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-san-francisco","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","15":"tag-sanfrancisco","16":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114458151073327456","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27048","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=27048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}