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Bleacher Report Projects the 49ers to Win 9 Games in 2025

Just two years ago, the 49ers won 12 games and went to the Super Bowl.
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Oct 1, 2023; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey (23) runs the ball behind offensive tackle Trent Williams (71) against the Arizona Cardinals in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images
Oct 1, 2023; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey (23) runs the ball behind offensive tackle Trent Williams (71) against the Arizona Cardinals in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images | Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images

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Just two years ago, the 49ers won 12 games and went to the Super Bowl.

Now, they'll be fortunate to make the playoffs according to Bleacher Report which projects the 49ers to win just nine games next season.

"Unlike last offseason, McCaffrey will participate in the team's offseason program without limitations, though you wonder if he can get through a season mostly healthy," writes Bleacher Report's Moe Moton. "The same can be said about Trent Williams at his age. San Francisco has an older offense with notable existing and potential injury concerns. So, its rebound year may not be one that includes a playoff berth."

It's notable that since the 49ers traded for Trent Williams in 2020, their record when he doesn't play is 4-12. It's also notable that McCaffrey was fully healthy last season when he finally returned from bilateral Achilles tendonitis and he still averaged just 4.0 yards per carry and re-injured himself after just four games.

McCaffrey and Williams are the two most important players on the 49ers and it's unclear how much either player has left in the tank. That's why this season seems to be a transition year for the 49ers. By 2026, they could have one of the best defenses in the NFL and an offense that complements it.

In 2025, the 49ers will have one of the youngest defenses in the NFL and an older offense that needs to carry the team. Sounds like a recipe for single-digit wins for the second season in a row.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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