{"id":703756,"date":"2026-01-25T11:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/703756\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:14:13","slug":"49ers-news-i-hope-both-teams-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/703756\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers News: I hope both teams lose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/articles\/198696-nfl-analyst-predicts-defensive-overhaul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL analyst predicts 49ers \u201cwill go for a defensive overhaul\u201d<\/a><br \/>\u201cOne of the most interesting predictions came from Solak, who wrote, \u201cThe 49ers will go for a defensive overhaul. Expect the 49ers to pursue John Franklin-Myers, an old pal of Saleh from his Jets days, and Trey Hendrickson, who makes sense on a one-year deal. They could swing for a big trade, too. Kayvon Thibodeaux, anyone?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sports\/49ers\/article\/jauan-jennings-free-agency-21311424.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will 49ers make wide receiver Jauan Jennings a priority in free agency? (paywall)<\/a><br \/>\u201cThe naysayers can say what they want about how he does things, but that\u2019s how he operates,\u201d said Bourne, whose breakout season with the 49ers in 2020 overlapped with Jennings. \u201cI\u2019m all silly and goofy every day. And that\u2019s how I\u2019m successful. He may be more mad or play from anger or whatever, not in a bad way, but that\u2019s how he plays. He plays stronger. And it\u2019s a different mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bourne added: \u201cI definitely think he deserves what he believes he deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jennings and the 49ers were too far apart in the summer to conclude what that number should be. Now there are more than a few variables to consider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">By getting star wideout Brandon Aiyuk off their books, the Niners opened up almost $85 million in combined salary cap space for the next four seasons. Receiver also becomes a bigger need without the promise of an Aiyuk return. Jennings is an enforcer whose perimeter blocking matches what Shanahan typically wants at the position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Lynch could also opt to swing bigger beyond Jennings, far from the fastest guy on the field, to add another separator alongside first-round talent Ricky Pearsall. The only Niners ballcarrier to surpass 20 mph this season was linebacker Dee Winters (20.15) on his pick-6, per NextGen Stats. Shanahan acknowledged the need for more speed on offense, a priority which Jennings does not necessarily fit.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL analyst predicts 49ers \u201cwill go for a defensive overhaul\u201d\u201cOne of the most interesting predictions came from Solak,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,52307,7,6,1161,252,1137,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-703756","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-49ers-links","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-news","15":"tag-sanfrancisco","16":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115955450822689370","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703756","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=703756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}