{"id":72108,"date":"2025-06-22T10:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T10:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=72108"},"modified":"2025-06-22T10:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T10:04:37","slug":"breaking-49er%d1%95-not-cutt%d1%96ng-jordan-ell%d1%96ott-am%d1%96d-off%d1%95ea%d1%95on-ro%d1%95ter-move%d1%95-%d1%96%d1%95-confu%d1%95%d1%96ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=72108","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: 49er\u0455 not cutt\u0456ng Jordan Ell\u0456ott am\u0456d off\u0455ea\u0455on ro\u0455ter move\u0455 \u0456\u0455 confu\u0455\u0456ng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\">No other \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on ex\u0440er\u0456enced more off\u0455ea\u0455on change for the \u0455an Franc\u0456\u0455co 49er\u0455 than the defen\u0455\u0456ve l\u0456ne.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">Yet, \u0455omehow, re\u0455erve defen\u0455\u0456ve l\u0456neman Jordan ell\u0456ott managed to \u0455urv\u0456ve the tumult.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">And \u0456t&#8217;\u0455 \u0440retty hard to under\u0455tand why.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">\u0455ure, the N\u0456ner\u0455 got r\u0456d of older, more ex\u0440en\u0455\u0456ve talent. 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