David Lombardi
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6 days ago |
sfstandard.com | David Lombardi
This 2025 NFL Draft is massively important for a 49ers team looking to renovate its roster. Here are our projected picks. Football is a young man’s sport featuring large rosters in a salary-capped league. Those are inescapable realities that the 49ers face entering this critical 2025 NFL Draft, where they own 11 picks — the most in the league. Talent must be constantly replenished across the entire roster — not just at the positions that seem in most acute need of it.
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1 week ago |
sfstandard.com | David Lombardi
By David LombardiPublished Apr. 11, 2025 • 12:00pmSANTA CLARA — It’s fitting that the 49ers, as they remodel their roster this offseason, are also renovating their facility. Construction crews are out in full force at both Levi’s Stadium, which will enjoy a big video board upgrade for the 2025 season, and the adjacent 49ers practice fields.
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2 weeks ago |
sfstandard.com | David Lombardi
After a long month of painful roster dissection, Kyle Shanahan actually talked some good, old-fashioned football. Including this: Could WR Brandon Aiyuk be back early? PALM BEACH, Fla. — The NFC coaches’ breakfast at the NFL’s annual spring owners meeting is never a comfortable event. It starts at 7:45, which may not seem excessively painful — until one factors in West Coasters’ three-hour jet lag and considers that the league’s annual cocktail reception runs late into the prior night.
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3 weeks ago |
sfstandard.com | David Lombardi
York believes Purdy is a top-10 QB in the league, and it sounds like the plan is in place to show him the money — sooner rather than later. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Like general manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan, Jed York is confident that his team will reach agreement with Brock Purdy on a lucrative contract extension. The 49ers owner even seemed to put the ball in Purdy’s court when speaking to reporters on Tuesday morning at the league’s annual meeting.
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3 weeks ago |
sfstandard.com | David Lombardi
The 49ers have been among the league’s most lavish spenders ever since Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan came aboard in 2017 but have changed gears so far this offseason. The past month, in fact, has seen the 49ers amass the largest free agency spending deficit in NFL history. The team is now ranked No. 16 in salary cash spent for 2025 — $53 million short of the No. 1 Minnesota Vikings. “I think we’re going to get the deal done,” Lynch said of ongoing negotiations with Purdy’s camp.
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That’s the third TE 30 visit that we know about for the 49ers — Harold Fannin Jr. and Jalin Conyers are the other two. Unlike two those two, Hawes is a blocking TE — and he played 4 years at Yale. Could be a fun Ivy League rivalry with Kyle Juszczyk
The #49ers hosted Georgia Tech TE Jackson Hawes on a 30-visit, per his IG (h/t @Steph49K @Coach_Yac) https://t.co/21bkkNlxtg
Shemar Stewart is an absolutely elite athlete but that doesn’t always translate to good football player. There’s going to be a lot of development needed here
Texas A&M edge Shemar Stewart, whose Combine workouts helped him to be considered a top pick, has a visit today with the #Patriots, source said. After New England, Stewart has the #49ers and #Bears.
49ers QB1 ranks #1 here; 49ers QB2 ranks second from last
completion % on passes 10+ yards downfield 58% - Brock Purdy 57% - Jared Goff 56% 55% - Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Tua Tagovailoa 54% - Matthew Stafford, Sam Darnold 53% - Geno Smith, Baker Mayfield 52% - Jalen Hurts, Jayden Daniels, Kirk Cousins, Russell Wilson 51% - Justin
