Current Depth Chart & Offseason Outlook (Updated 4/10)

Updated - 4/10

76/90 Players Signed

Pro Bowl Caliber - Bold
Quality Starter - Italic
Misses 53 Man Roster - Underline
(Trade/Release Candidate) - Parentheses
Empty Slots = Open Spots Needed

QB - Brock Purdy / (Mac Jones) / Kurtis Rourke / Adrian Martinez
RB - Christian McCaffrey / Jordan James / Isaac Guerendo / Patrick Taylor
FB - Kyle Juszczyk
WR1 - Mike Evans / Demarcus Robinson / Junior Bergen
WR2 - Ricky Pearsall / Jacob Cowing / Colton Dowell
WR3 - Christian Kirk / Jordan Watkins / Malik Turner
TE - George Kittle / Jake Tonges / (Luke Farrell) / Brayden Willis / Hayden Rucci
LT - Trent Williams / Vederian Lowe / Zach Thomas
LG - Robert Jones / Connor Colby
C - Jake Brendel / Brett Toth / Drake Nugent
RG - Dominic Puni / Isaac Alarcon
RT - Colton McKivitz / Austen Pleasants / Brandon Parker

DE - Nick Bosa / Keion White
DT - Alred Collins / CJ West / Evan Anderson
DT - Osa Odighizuwa / Sebastian Valdez
DE - Mykel Williams / Sam Okuayinonu / Cam Sample
LB - Dre Greenlaw / Dee Winters / Nick Martin / Garret Wallow / Andrew Farmer / Will Bradley-King / Milo Eifler
LB - Fred Warner / Tatum Bethune / Luke Gifford / Jalen Graham
CB - Deommodore Lenior / Darrell Luter / Jakob Robinson
CB - Renardo Green / Jack Jones / Tre Tomlinson / Eli Apple
CB - Upton Stout / Nate Hobbs
S - Malik Mustapha / Siran Neal / Darrick Forrest
S - Ji'Ayir Brown / Marques Sigle / Derrick Canteen

K - Eddy Pineiro
P - Corliss Waitman
LS - Jon Weeks

Possible Free Agency Targets
WR - Deebo Samuel (Still very close with the team, Deebo as a WR3 is a win)
WR - Tyreek Hill (Having his speed in this Offense would be a game changer)
DE - Joey Bosa (Looked into signing him last year, but chose the Bills)
OG - Joel Bitonio (Still one of the better Guards in the League, and can be had for a reasonably low cost)


Possible Trade Targets
DT - Dexter Lawrence (Personally would rather continue with the progression of CJ West & Alfred Collins)

Position Needs
LG - Desperately need someone to anchor the left side with Trent.
Edge - Still need another Pass Rusher (Bosa), and another thru the Draft.

Positions of Needs for Depth purposes
WR - Adding another preferably fast playmaking WR in the Draft would be ideal.
DT - Need at least one more added through the Draft or a Vet FA.
S - Adding one thru the Draft or a vet would be nice to add more competition in Camp
RB - Jordan is slated as the main backup, but one more for camp comp is a must.

Positions with zero needs
QB
LB
K
CB - With Vet signings of Hobbs & Jones. The CB position should be done.

Positions I Predict we Draft
WR
DE
LG
DT
S
CB

Roster Summary
Overall this is one of the better Rosters we've had before going into the Draft, but as of right now the LG Position is the biggest need we have. I like the veterans we added to the O-Line, but it doesn't fix the interior. Burford was one of the worst Graded Offensive starting Guards in the NFL. I can see if Caleb Lomu is there at #27 we take him and start him at LG next to Trent for the next 2 years. Its common College Tackles transition to Offensive Guard in the NFL, and with him most likely being the best available Offensive Linemen at that spot, I don't see us passing on him. In 383 pass-blocking snaps he only allowed 8 Pressures and 0 Sacks.

After LG we need to find someone that can Rush the Passer opposite of Bosa on Passing Downs. Mykel will be the Edge on earlier downs, but whether its Joey Bosa or if we get lucky and one of the better Edge Rushers fall to #27. We desperately need a Pass Rusher opposite of Bosa. I still think we sign Joey, he knows this his last chance to be able to play with his brother while he's still a Pro Bowl Caliber player. The rest of this month should be very interesting.

Originally posted by 707Niners:
Pro Bowl Caliber - Bold
Quality Starter - Italic
Misses 53 Man Roster - Underline
(Trade/Release Candidate) - Parentheses
Empty Slots = Open Spots Needed

QB - Brock Purdy / (Mac Jones) / Kurtis Rourke / Adrian Martinez
RB - Christian McCaffrey / Jordan James / Isaac Guerendo
FB - Kyle Juszczyk
WR1 - , Jordan Watkins / Junior Bergen
WR2 - Ricky Pearsall, Jacob Cowing / Colton Dowell
WR3 - , Demarcus Robinson / Malik Turner
TE - / (Luke Farrell) / Brayden Willis / Hayden Rucci / George Kittle - IR till Nov-Dec
LT - Trent Williams / Zach Thomas
LG - / Connor Colby
C - (Jake Brendel) / Drake Nugent
RG - Dominic Puni / Isaac Alarcon
RT - Colton McKivitz / Brandon Parker

DE - Nick Bosa / Keion White
DT - Alred Collins / CJ West / Evan Anderson
DT - Mykel Williams / Sebastian Valdez
DE - / Bryce Huff
LB - Dee Winters / Nick Martin / Andrew Farmer / Will Bradley-King / Milo Eifler
LB - Fred Warner / Tatum Bethune / Jalen Graham
CB - Deommodore Lenior / Darrell Luter / Jakob Robinson
CB - Renardo Green / Tre Tomlinson / Eli Apple
CB - Upton Stout
S - Malik Mustapha / Siran Neal / Darrick Forrest
S - Ji'Ayir Brown / Marques Sigle / Derrick Canteen

K -
P -
LS -

Current Roster Summary:
This team has two Major weaknesses going into next season (Interior O-Line & WR). The 3rd weakness would be needing another Edge Rusher opposite of Bosa. Bryce Huff excelled while Bosa was out there in 2 1/2 games having 11 QB Pressures & 2 Sacks being left on a 1 on 1 island. The team had a 45.5% pressure rate while Bosa was on the field. The WR position desperately needs to add some speed, as much as i love what Jennings has brought to the team, its time to move on. The O-Line needs retooling, against Seattle they got manhandled on both occasions at the end of the year. Need to Bulk up the interior. Overall I like the Baseline of this roster. I think we hit on last years draft on the defensive side (Upton, West, Collins) & before Mykel went down he exceled against the run. The 49ers' run defense was ranked 6th in EPA per play through Weeks 1-9 (before Mykel Williams' injury) but fell to 26th for the remainder of the regular season. With the Leadership of Warner & Bosa out there this will be an elite Defense.

Key Free Agent Resigns
K - Eddy Pineiro
DE - Sam Okuayinonu (RFA)
TE - Jake Tonges (RFA)
DT - Kalia Davis (RFA)
C - Matt Hennessy

Possible Free Agency Targets
DE - Trey Hendrickson (Looked into trading for him at the deadline & pairing with him and Bosa would be Elite)
RB - Breece Hall (Very close friendship with Purdy & CMC needs a running mate)
TE - Kyle Pitts (Kittle out till Nov & he can also split out and play some WR as well)
WR - Deebo Samuel (Still very close with the team, Deebo as a WR3 is a win)
DE - Joey Bosa (Looked into signing him last year, but chose the Bills)
TE - David Njoku (Solid TE that needs a change of scenery)
C - Tyler Linderbaum (Elite Pass Blocker whose familiar going against SEA Defense)

Possible Trade Targets
WR - AJ Brown (Gives a us legit #1)
DE - Maxx Crosby (Reported were interested, but doubt Davis allows it)
WR - Brian Thomas (Talks of a Late 1st could get him)
WR - Jaylen Waddle (Much needed speed in this Offense)

Possible Restructures
Nick Bosa - Saves $17 Million
Trent Williams - Saves $16 Million

Summary
This team if they restructure Bosa & Trent will be around $85 Mill in Cap Space and that's not including any other possible moves (Mac, Brendel, Farrell).There is no excuses this Offseason to not be aggressive and spend the Money to Upgrade WR, IOL & Edge Rush. I know a lot of you were upset with this team not making a Trade at the Deadline, but we weren't beating Seattle without Bosa, Warner & Mykel on Defense. Not to mention not having our #1 WR & Kittle. Looking back I'm glad we didn't overspend for Hendrickson. This is the most excited I've been going into an Offseason in a long time, this team has an incredible chance to take a massive leap. Now its time to see just how all in the Front Office is starting March 9th.

We can do this through the draft as well, I wouldn't go throwing a ton of $ at fluffed up FA's in the midst of a frenzy. This would be reactionary, I think we should build the team using a sustainable model that can balance youth with our aging stars.

I want to say "we need super stars" but we all seen what KS just did with back ups & street free agents.

If we draft well, we are good. If not, it will be hard to back fill with high priced free agents with a FQB contract like Brock's on the books.

Originally posted by glorydayz:
We can do this through the draft as well, I wouldn't go throwing a ton of $ at fluffed up FA's in the midst of a frenzy. This would be reactionary, I think we should build the team using a sustainable model that can balance youth with our aging stars.

I want to say "we need super stars" but we all seen what KS just did with back ups & street free agents.

If we draft well, we are good. If not, it will be hard to back fill with high priced free agents with a FQB contract like Brock's on the books.

I 100% Agree about the Draft, always need a solid draft. but we still need to be aggressive in FA & any possible Trades. Especially with the cap we'll have this year. Im not saying to overspend and deplete the Cap to nothing, but if we have a chance to Sign Hendrickson or Trade for AJ Brown we gotta go for it. Were not in a position to not sign any significant Free Agents and just stand pat and wait for the Draft.

I would put Lenior in bold as well he had a great year at CB I think he was top 5 in shutdown % and that's without a pass rush

Breece Hall isn't happening, he's gonna get top RB money, he's not gonna want to be RB2, makes zero sense to pay 2 RBs $10M+ a year, also Cincinnati might tag Hendrickson.

I am not paying attention to anything until we sign a deal for Eddie P.

That is obviously job 1 of this front office.

If we stretch it out for months, then we have a competence problem in the executive suite.

Also Hendickson had some health issues, right? I am not for a mutlimillion dollar splash edge signing that could be used to sign 2-3 malik collins type players for 2 years minimum.

Originally posted by brodiebluebanaszak:
I am not paying attention to anything until we sign a deal for Eddie P.

That is obviously job 1 of this front office.

If we stretch it out for months, then we have a competence problem in the executive suite.

Also Hendickson had some health issues, right? I am not for a mutlimillion dollar splash edge signing that could be used to sign 2-3 malik collins type players for 2 years minimum.

IMO Eddy gets the franchise tag if no deal is done before the deadline for the franchise tag, would be about $6M-$7M depending on what the cap comes in at.

The hardest job is improving the IOL. FA is not looking like the answer. There are very few quality IOL FAs that will get to market this year.

The only quality Center is Connor McGovern and his market value is around $16 million/yr. Buffalo will not let him go.
Luke Forner is a younger version of Jake Brendel at roughly the same cost.

I mentioned Issac Seumalo in another thread. He's about $10 million on the market. Steelers will not likely let him leave though.
Dylam Parham with the Raiders is OK but a little light at 285.
Ed Ingram from Houston would be magic. He will get $12-14 million.

There are others that would be a stop-gap until a draft prospect develops.

Originally posted by dj43:
The hardest job is improving the IOL. FA is not looking like the answer. There are very few quality IOL FAs that will get to market this year.

The only quality Center is Connor McGovern and his market value is around $16 million/yr. Buffalo will not let him go.
Luke Forner is a younger version of Jake Brendel at roughly the same cost.

I mentioned Issac Seumalo in another thread. He's about $10 million on the market. Steelers will not likely let him leave though.
Dylam Parham with the Raiders is OK but a little light at 285.
Ed Ingram from Houston would be magic. He will get $12-14 million.

There are others that would be a stop-gap until a draft prospect develops.

People want Tyler Linderbaum, but he's gonna get close or higher than the $18M a yr that Creed Humphrey got not long ago.

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Originally posted by brodiebluebanaszak:
I am not paying attention to anything until we sign a deal for Eddie P.

That is obviously job 1 of this front office.

If we stretch it out for months, then we have a competence problem in the executive suite.

Also Hendickson had some health issues, right? I am not for a mutlimillion dollar splash edge signing that could be used to sign 2-3 malik collins type players for 2 years minimum.

IMO Eddy gets the franchise tag if no deal is done before the deadline for the franchise tag, would be about $6M-$7M depending on what the cap comes in at.

That's fine. Throw in free uber to the stadium and a crate of champagne. A few years ago we were cheaping Robbie for $5M. Lets not do that again.

$45M 5 year deal 25M Guaranteed. PLus all the Patron he can drink on Mondays.

Nobody does this from 64 yards:

Originally posted by AB81Rules:
Breece Hall isn't happening, he's gonna get top RB money, he's not gonna want to be RB2, makes zero sense to pay 2 RBs $10M+ a year, also Cincinnati might tag Hendrickson.

It can 100% happen, I'm not saying it will, but I wouldn't be surprised if we're interested, we were interested in trading for him last year. It'll take a huge load off of CMC, it'll allow him to go in the slot at times with Breece in the backfield. Also Breece is only 24yrs old and I wouldn't be surprised if this is CMC's last year on the Niners. Team saves $19.6Mill Designating him for Post June 1st Cut after this Season.

Originally posted by brodiebluebanaszak:
I am not paying attention to anything until we sign a deal for Eddie P.

That is obviously job 1 of this front office.

If we stretch it out for months, then we have a competence problem in the executive suite.

Also Hendickson had some health issues, right? I am not for a mutlimillion dollar splash edge signing that could be used to sign 2-3 malik collins type players for 2 years minimum.

Trey Hendrickson is just a year removed from being voted #2 in the Defensive Player of the Year. He's an every down type edge Rusher. With him and Bosa on the Edge with the rotation of the young guys in the Middle (West, Mykel, Collins) this is arguably the best D-Line.

but yes, Eddie P needs to be Signed immediately when they have the opportunity, shouldn't go days into free agency

Originally posted by 707Niners:
Trey Hendrickson is just a year removed from being voted #2 in the Defensive Player of the Year. He's an every down type edge Rusher. With him and Bosa on the Edge with the rotation of the young guys in the Middle (West, Mykel, Collins) this is arguably the best D-Line.

but yes, Eddie P needs to be Signed immediately when they have the opportunity, shouldn't go days into free agency

Of course healthy Trey Hendrickson is on everybody's must have list.

However we have experienced the trauma of Dee Ford. Can't have that happen again.

Originally posted by dj43:
The hardest job is improving the IOL. FA is not looking like the answer. There are very few quality IOL FAs that will get to market this year.

The only quality Center is Connor McGovern and his market value is around $16 million/yr. Buffalo will not let him go.
Luke Forner is a younger version of Jake Brendel at roughly the same cost.

I mentioned Issac Seumalo in another thread. He's about $10 million on the market. Steelers will not likely let him leave though.
Dylam Parham with the Raiders is OK but a little light at 285.
Ed Ingram from Houston would be magic. He will get $12-14 million.

There are others that would be a stop-gap until a draft prospect develops.

if we get an EDGE and WR in FA i think we should draft an OG in round 1

EDGE canidates for me are: Hendrickson, Bosa, Oweh all wou ld be pretty premier pick ups and give us a solid EDGE rotation
WR: I would love to pick up Doubbs i think he would see a huge pick up in production with Purdy and KS and be our starting X WR

Originally posted by 707Niners:

Originally posted by AB81Rules:
Breece Hall isn't happening, he's gonna get top RB money, he's not gonna want to be RB2, makes zero sense to pay 2 RBs $10M+ a year, also Cincinnati might tag Hendrickson.

It can 100% happen, I'm not saying it will, but I wouldn't be surprised if we're interested, we were interested in trading for him last year. It'll take a huge load off of CMC, it'll allow him to go in the slot at times with Breece in the backfield. Also Breece is only 24yrs old and I wouldn't be surprised if this is CMC's last year on the Niners. Team saves $19.6Mill Designating him for Post June 1st Cut after this Season.

That's a big IF, no guarantee that CMC is gone after 2026, and using that much money on another RB who likely wants to be RB1 makes zero sense when they have bigger needs elsewhere, and Hall will likely get close to $14M a year, I just can't see the reason to spend that kind of money on another RB when again no guarantee CMC isn't here in 2027.