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Has the 49ers' Offseason Truly been Drama-Free?

Has the 49ers' offseason truly been as drama-free as they would have us believe?
Grant Cohn|
Jun 10, 2025; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers cornerback Deommodore Lenoir speaks to the media following an OTA at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images
Jun 10, 2025; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers cornerback Deommodore Lenoir speaks to the media following an OTA at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images | D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images

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No team lost more starting players than the 49ers did this offseason.

And yet, they're feeling remarkably optimistic about their chances this year. And that's because their offseason has been drama-free, according to them. As opposed to last offseason, which was full of drama that overshadowed the actual product on the field. I'm talking Brandon Aiyuk's holdout, of course.

This year, the 49ers extended Brock Purdy, George Kittle and Fred Warner all before minicamp started. So, now they expect to return to the playoffs because their team is harmonious and happy.

But, has the 49ers' offseason truly been as drama-free as they would have us believe?

Their No. 1 cornerback, Deommodore Lenoir, got arrested this week in Los Angeles. He didn't do anything malicious, but he still could face a suspension. This is the NFL we're talking about.

Their No. 1 wide receiver, Brandon Aiyuk, still seems upset with the team a year after their contentious contract negotiation. Aiyuk keeps posting cryptic messages on social media, and yet general manager John Lynch keeps insisting publicly that his relationship with Aiyuk is good.

In addition, the 49ers are sitting on more than $46 million in salary cap space for 2025. Strangely, they've decided not to maximize their roster for this season. Instead, they're rolling over the cap space for 2026.

Finally, while the 49ers are getting cheaper, their owners are spending more and more money on foreign soccer teams.

It seems like football still is somewhat of an afterthought in Santa Clara.

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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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