![]() ![]() Head coach Kyle Shanahan has admitted multiple times that the position he's the toughest on is wide receiver. Why did the 49ers sign Chris Conley in NFL free agency? The Niners signed the 30-year-old Conley back on April 17, giving him a one-year deal in order to beef up what is still a questionable back end of the receiving depth chart.Īhead of Conley, though, players like Brandon Aiyuk and All-Pro Deebo Samuel reside and aren't about to be booted down the depth chart outside of suffering some sort of injury.Įven San Francisco's third and fourth wide receivers, Jauan Jennings and Ray-Ray McCloud, figure to play more important roles than Conley.Īssuming the latter makes the 53-man roster out of training camp, of course. Particularly when considering the logjam of receivers in front of him on his new team, the San Francisco 49ers. 2 option on an OK roster have probably passed, and it's not likely he'll ever eclipse his career-best 2019 season with the Jacksonville Jaguars when he had 775 receiving yards and five touchdowns. The days of veteran wide receiver Chris Conley being a modest No. And not just through the NFL Draft.The 49ers inked veteran wide receiver Chris Conley during the offseason, and he has better than an outsider's chance to make the 53-man roster. It has been years since you could say the same about the Seahawks, and it is not like Seattle has been reluctant to invest on the defensive side of the ball under Pete, aka the guy who both coaches and has primary control of the roster that’s currently inferior to the 49ers.Īs far as Pete’s original statement, I think that’s more than enough of a hint that Seattle is going to be investing heavily in the defensive line and linebacker this offseason. They are coached extraordinarily well and can still be fearsome even if their depth takes a hit. It’s not just having an abundance of talent that explains why San Francisco’s defense has been at or near the top of the NFL for four seasons running. I think it is also worth pointing out that the 2020 49ers, who lost Nick Bosa to a torn ACL early in the season, didn’t have Dee Ford but for one game, and by then had already traded Buckner, still finished 6th in defensive DVOA and were top-10 against the run and pass. No one could question how talented or how well coached that Seahawks defense was. Cliff Avril was a third-round pick by Detroit, whereas Michael Bennett and Chris Clemons were undrafted. Everyone else went Round 3 or later, or wasn’t even drafted in the first place. Seattle’s peak Legion of Boom defense featured only three players taken in the first- or second-round by the team: Bobby Wagner, Bruce Irvin, and Earl Thomas. Only Jimmie Ward is a first-round pick out of their entire starting secondary and he’s never made a Pro Bowl or All-Pro team. Starting safety Talanoa Hufanga is a fifth-round pick, outside corner Emmanuel Moseley went undrafted, his replacement Deommodore Lenoir was a fifth-rounder, and other starting corner Charvarius Ward was undrafted by Kansas City. However, their trio of linebackers-Fred Warner, Azeez Al-Shaair, and Dre Greenlaw-were picked no earlier than the third round. I’ll give you Nick Bosa, Arik Armstead, and (before he was traded) DeForest Buckner. It might be easy and somewhat right to argue the 49ers loaded up defensively through loads of early first-round picks due to multiple losing seasons. Maybe the secondary isn’t too far off from the 49ers when both sides are fully healthy-Seattle is missing Jamal Adams, while the 49ers’ Emmanuel Moseley tore his ACL-but in the trenches and in the second-level it’s a total no contest. Not even the most biased Seahawks fan could argue that Seattle has a superior front seven to San Francisco or that they’re even close in the first place. That’s a big difference than what we have.” These guys make enough stuff happen and they demand so much focus in the game plan and the approach because they’re going to do something to you if you don’t. Bosa is a problem every snap we breathe a sigh of relief when he has to take a break so we can go ahead and get after it. But the guys up front really make a difference. He fits in like he’s been there for his whole career. ![]() Hufanga just jumped right into it and became an excellent factor out of nowhere. Their linebackers have been there like four years together, the same three guys playing. Their front seven is really, really well-equipped. “It’s really because of what they’ve got up front. IbDuPchHfJ- Dugar, Michael-Shawn January 16, 2023 ![]() Here's Pete's full exchange on when asked about the talent gap between the Seahawks and the 49ers, and which guys on Seattle's defense create issues for opposing offense.
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