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Daniel Bullocks Explains How the 49ers Will Use Deommodore Lenoir

"As long as he's on the field, I'm good. He gives us a weapon."

Grant Cohn

Feb 6, 2024; Las Vegas, NV, USA; San Francisco 49ers cornerback Deommodore Lenoir (2) during a press conference before Super Bowl LVIII at the Hilton Lake Las Vegas Resort. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 6, 2024; Las Vegas, NV, USA; San Francisco 49ers cornerback Deommodore Lenoir (2) during a press conference before Super Bowl LVIII at the Hilton Lake Las Vegas Resort. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports / Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
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SANTA CLARA -- One of the 49ers' most improved players last season was Deommodore Lenoir.

He established himself as a quality no. 2 cornerback who can cover both outside and in the slot. So how will the 49ers use him this year? Recently, defensive backs coach Daniel Bullocks discussed just that.

Q: Do you have a preference of where you'd like Deommodore Lenoir to play?

BULLOCKS: "As long as he's on the field, I'm good. He gives us a weapon. We know we can put him inside and match him up against good receivers in the slot. Also we know he can play outside. And what that means is if he's outside, we can bring someone else in like Renardo Green, Samuel Womack, Chase Lucas -- all the guys that we've been repping at nickel. He gives our defense that versatility and flexibility to do what we need to do in terms of personnel and the matchups we're seeing that week."

Q: What kind of leap did he make last year?

BULLOCKS: "Mentally he made his biggest jump. I think the game slowed down for him. He played outside and inside, but most of his snaps were outside. He played at a high level. He did a hell of a job inside at nickel and an unbelievable job outside. The thing that jumps off the tape was just his playmaking ability on the ball. He had 10 pass breakups and three interceptions, so he got his hands on a lot of balls last year. Give him credit. He's been putting in the work every day. I'm looking for him to take another step forward this year."

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Grant Cohn

GRANT COHN

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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