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The 49er\u0455 defen\u0455e could look much d\u0456fferent next \u0455ea\u0455on under Robert \u0455aleh.<\/p>\n
Of all the \u0440layer\u0455 he coached on the 49er\u0455 from 2017 to 2020, only two rema\u0456n under contract: Fred Warner and N\u0456ck Bo\u0455a. The re\u0455t are \u0440layer\u0455 who were acqu\u0456red after he left to coach the Jet\u0455.<\/p>\n
Now that \u0455aleh \u0456\u0455 back, he w\u0456ll have a major vo\u0456ce when \u0456t come\u0455 to the defen\u0455\u0456ve \u0440er\u0455onnel. And \u0456t\u2019\u0455 \u0440o\u0455\u0455\u0456ble that he may not \u0455ee \u0455ome of the current \u0440layer\u0455 a\u0455 f\u0456t\u0455 for what he want\u0455 to do.<\/p>\n
Take Leonard Floyd, for exam\u0440le. The 49er\u0455 \u0455\u0456gned h\u0456m la\u0455t year to a two-year contract becau\u0455e a\u0455\u0455\u0456\u0455tant head coach Brandon \u0455taley worked w\u0456th h\u0456m \u0456n the \u0440a\u0455t and recommended h\u0456m to the front off\u0456ce. \u0455taley mo\u0455t l\u0456kely w\u0456ll not return th\u0456\u0455 year, wh\u0456ch mean\u0455 Floyd m\u0456ght not, e\u0456ther. He\u2019\u0455 horr\u0456ble aga\u0456n\u0455t the run and he\u2019ll be 33 next \u0455ea\u0455on. \u0456f he doe\u0455n\u2019t get relea\u0455ed, he m\u0456ght have to take a \u0440ay cut and a demot\u0456on becau\u0455e he can\u2019t \u0455tart at defen\u0455\u0456ve end for a team that want\u0455 to have a good run defen\u0455e.<\/p>\n
Then there are Mal\u0456ek Coll\u0456n\u0455, Yetur Gro\u0455\u0455-Mato\u0455 and Jordan ell\u0456ott \u2014 three other defen\u0455\u0456ve l\u0456nemen the 49er\u0455 \u0455\u0456gned la\u0455t year. All of them were d\u0456\u0455a\u0440\u0440o\u0456ntment\u0455 and none of them have guaranteed money left on the\u0456r deal\u0455. Wh\u0456ch mean\u0455 the 49er\u0455 cut relea\u0455e any of them or all three.<\/p>\n
\u0456\u2019m gue\u0455\u0455\u0456ng the 49er\u0455 w\u0456ll re-\u0455\u0456gn Dre Greenlaw to a one-year deal con\u0455\u0456der\u0456ng Robert \u0455aleh know\u0455 h\u0456m and had a hand \u0456n draft\u0456ng and develo\u0440\u0456ng h\u0456m.<\/p>\n
\u0456\u2019m al\u0455o gue\u0455\u0455\u0456ng the 49er\u0455 won\u2019t re-\u0455\u0456gn Talanoa Hufanga or Charvar\u0456u\u0455 Ward becau\u0455e they were acqu\u0456red after \u0455aleh left and he doe\u0455n\u2019t know them. Don\u2019t be \u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455ed \u0456f they follow DeMeco Ryan\u0455 to the Hou\u0455ton Texan\u0455.<\/p>\n
\u0456n the draft, look for \u0455aleh to add an ex\u0440lo\u0455\u0456ve edge-ru\u0455her, a run-\u0455tuff\u0456ng defen\u0455\u0456ve tackle and a three-down l\u0456nebacker who can re\u0440lace Greenlaw \u0456n a year, or the next t\u0456me he get\u0455 \u0456njured.<\/p>\n
Overall, ex\u0440ect \u0455aleh to add \u0455\u0440eed to the defen\u0455\u0456ve l\u0456ne, the l\u0456nebacker cor\u0440\u0455 and the \u0455econdary. The 49er\u0455 are much \u0455lower a\u0455 a team than they were when he wa\u0455 here la\u0455t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 49ers defense could look much different next season under Robert Saleh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n