At this level of the NFL season, there are just a few groups that have been broadly anticipated to make the playoffs who’re both out of the working or in critical jeopardy of falling out of the race very quickly.
A kind of groups is the San Francisco 49ers, the defending NFC champions who’ve been to the convention championship recreation in 4 of the earlier 5 seasons and arguably have essentially the most gifted roster within the NFL.
However accidents and miscues have resulted in them holding a 5-6 document, and it’s wanting possible they are going to be pressured to observe this postseason on tv as an alternative of taking part.
FOX Sports activities host Colin Cowherd just lately stated the Niners are coping with extra than simply accidents and subpar play.
“There’s a lot of hard questions to ask with San Francisco. … The team feels old, they feel tired, they feel beat up,” Cowherd stated on “The Herd.”
“There’s a lot of hard questions to ask with San Francisco… The team feels old, tired and beat up.”
— @ColinCowherd on 49ers 38-10 loss to Inexperienced Bay pic.twitter.com/ItDCtraQY6
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) November 25, 2024
Cowherd talked about that the Niners have quite a few gamers who’re virtually on the level of their profession the place they’re at risk of declining, and subsequently the group might should retool.
Amongst these gamers are cornerback Charvarius Ward, tight finish George Kittle, left deal with Trent Williams and large receiver Deebo Samuel.
San Francisco will virtually actually give quarterback Brock Purdy his first large NFL payday this offseason, and doing so might necessitate jettisoning a number of different starters in an effort to stay underneath the wage cap.
One brilliant spot for the Niners is how nicely they’ve drafted over time, and this yr, rookies similar to security Malik Mustapha, large receiver Ricky Pearsall and cornerback Renardo Inexperienced will give them choices this offseason so far as letting a few of their older gamers go away with out it hurting an excessive amount of.
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