49ers Team Notes

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49ers may be getting good news in quest to trade Deebo Samuel

It looked like the San Francisco 49ers were going to run into the worst-case scenario following wide receiver Deebo Samuel’s trade request.

Samuel, entering the final year of his contract, was going to require an extension from any team that traded for him. That made dealing him tough for San Francisco since any team interested in signing him long-term could just wait until he was released and not have to give up draft capital to get him.

A report from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler could open a door for the 49ers to salvage at least some draft capital when they lose Samuel. Fowler in an episode of NFL Live on Thursday indicated there were multiple teams interested in acquiring the 2021 All-Pro.

Transcript via Bleacher Report:

“I just checked in on this. I was told that several teams have expressed interest, so at least preliminary talks on a potential trade have happened between Samuel, his agent and the team.”

As with all trade reports we have to read between the lines some.

On its surface, this would be great news for the 49ers. If multiple teams are interested in signing Samuel, then one may be more willing to give up draft capital for him knowing they could lose him to another team if he hits the open market. A proverbial bidding war gives San Francisco more chances to trade him.

Reading between the lines makes this report a little more dubious.

This could be a report from the 49ers hoping to drum up interest in Samuel. They leak that several teams are interested in hopes of spurring action from a team waiting on Samuel to get released.

Samuel’s camp could also be leaking this in an effort to help the 49ers the same way.

If there really is a bidding war beginning for Samuel though, we may see a trade which seemed unlikely when he was first granted permission to seek a trade. The 49ers would love to get something back in his eventual exit, but if they don’t, we can all but count on his release.

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Daniel Jeremiah makes case 49ers should trade back in Round 1 of NFL draft

The San Francisco 49ers are slated to pick 11th overall in the 2025 NFL draft, but NFL Media draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah made the case for trading out of that spot.

Jeremiah did say the 49ers would be able to get a good player at No. 11. That may be the preferred route for the team.

However, he also gave a scenario where they could find a really nice fit at defensive tackle – one of their top positions of need.

“The player who is a great scheme fit for them,” Jeremiah said, “which I think would be more of a trade back than necessarily taking him right there at 11 would be Walter Nolan, who with their jet front and they like to play up the field. Kris Kocurek. They want to really get off the ball and penetrate and go, and he is really, really twitched up. Walter Nolan to me would be someone if you — maybe if you slid down a little bit just to get more value that would be a defensive tackle that I think would be a fun fit for that group.”

Given their history with a very similar type of move, it’s easy to make the counterargument that they shouldn’t try and get cute. They’re already expected to have 10 picks, so trading back isn’t a necessity if the plan is to move around the board later.

In the 2020 draft, San Francisco traded back one spot with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs took All-Pro offensive lineman Tristan Wirfs. The 49ers took defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw.

On the other hand, they did use some of the capital acquired in the trade back to later move up in the first round to snag wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk.

Knowing what we know about how the team has jumped around the draft order during the Kyle Shanahan-John Lynch era, it wouldn’t be a surprise at all if they liked Nolen and moved back to an area where they could still take him while also acquiring some extra assets in the process.

They just need to hope it works better than the last time.

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Jaguars GM search ends with mixed news for 49ers

The Jacksonville Jaguars on Friday finally announced the hire of a new general manager. They hired Los Angeles Rams director of college scouting James Gladstone, and passed over 49ers director of scouting and football operations Josh Williams.

This is both good and bad news for San Francisco.

The good news is they get to keep Williams, a bright mind who has risen up through their organization’s scouting department and front office over the last 14 years. There’s a real chance Williams, who came to San Francisco in 2011 as an assistant in the scouting department, is on the short list of people who could someday replace general manager John Lynch. Not needing to find a replacement for Williams makes the 49ers’ offseason and draft preparation at least a little bit easier.

The bad news is there won’t be any additional draft picks coming their way in 2025 and 2026. As part of Resolution JC-2A, which was established by the NFL in 2020 and aimed to incentivize minority hires in head coach and general manager roles, the 49ers would have been awarded a third-round compensatory pick in 2025 and 2026 had Williams been hired as Jacksonville’s GM.

It’s unlikely this will be the last time Williams is involved in a general manager search. For now he’ll be able to continue helping San Francisco prepare for the 2025 NFL draft and beyond.

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49ers biggest offseason question mark at QB is welcome change

The Kyle Shanahan era with the San Francisco 49ers has been defined by turmoil at quarterback.

In 2017, Shanahan’s first year, they opted for a rotating cast that featured Brian Hoyer and CJ Beathard before a midseason trade landed them Jimmy Garoppolo. Injuries littered Garoppolo’s tenure. So did rumors of Tom Brady joining the 49ers. Then they traded up for Trey Lance, and then they found their franchise QB with the final pick in the 2022 draft.

This offseason there’s still a major question mark under center, but there’s no doubt about who the starting quarterback will be for the foreseeable future.

Brock Purdy’s contract is still looming over the 49ers’ offseason, and it will continue to do so as long as a deal isn’t done.

There’s not really a question about whether Purdy will get paid. That seems to be a foregone conclusion. The question is how much he gets paid and when. The latter of those two is more important.

The 49ers can continue their trend of a smooth offseason under center by hammering out a deal with Purdy sometime before the offseason program begins in mid-April. By doing so they can avoid the word ‘holdout’ entering the discourse for yet another offseason. They can also avoid continued questions about whether Purdy really is their franchise QB despite what general manager John Lynch and team CEO Jed York have said publicly.

How much Purdy gets paid is consequential, but it’s less of a question mark. The number is likely to be a big one that affects how the 49ers can build around their franchise QB.

For now, the 49ers just need to get a deal done if they’re aiming to cement Purdy as their No. 1 QB for the next era of football in the Bay Area. Until they do, it will be their biggest question mark at the position, and on their roster.

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Why top QBs will matter a lot for 49ers in 2025 NFL draft

The San Francisco 49ers shouldn’t be doing a ton of homework on the top quarterbacks in this year’s NFL draft.

Neither Miami’s Cam Ward nor Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders should be on San Francisco’s radar since it appears QB Brock Purdy will be receiving a long-term extension at some point this offseason.

Both of those players are also expected to come off the board well before the 49ers pick at No. 11 overall, and that’s why San Francisco should be invested in the outcome for each of them.

The Athletic’s Dane Brugler doesn’t have either of those two QBs in the top 11 players on his big board. NFL Media’s Daniel Jeremiah has Ward at No. 10 and Sanders at No. 11 in his top 50. ESPN’s Matt Miller has Ward at No. 13 and Sanders at No. 22 in his top 50.

If both Ward and Sanders go before the 49ers pick in this year’s draft, it means a couple of top-10 players are likely to slide out of the top 10 and into San Francisco’s hands at No. 11 overall.

With offensive and defensive linemen littered across the top-10 of various draft analysts big boards, the 49ers would love to see an early run on QBs that starts pushing players like LSU offensive tackle Will Campbell or Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham to them.

If they can walk out of the first-round with a great value pick at one of their biggest positions of need, it would be a great start to a draft the 49ers need to nail if they want to extend their Super Bowl window beyond 2025. Their chances of that happening tick up once Ward and Sanders are taken.

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