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49ers Who Could Win Awards this Season

Here are six people currently in line for major recognition.
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49ers Who Could Win Awards this Season
49ers Who Could Win Awards this Season

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Let's get completely ahead of ourselves.

The 49ers are undefeated and look like the best team in the NFL. If their season continues along its current trajectory, lots of members of the organization will win big awards. Here are six people currently in line for major recognition.

BROCK PURDY for MVP

Currently leads the league in passer rating at 123.1. Hasn't thrown an interception. Plays quarterback for the best team in the NFL, and the MVP generally goes to a quarterback. As long as Purdy has the most efficient numbers in the league, he'll be a realistic candidate to win this award.

CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY for OPOY

Currently leads the league in touches, yards from scrimmage and touchdowns. Arguably the MVP of the 49ers offense over Purdy, but the quarterback usually gets that award because he plays a more important position. So McCaffrey is in line to win the Offensive Player of the Year Award if he stays healthy.

FRED WARNER for DPOY

The leader and best player on the best defense in the NFL. Last year, Nick Bosa won this award, but he has just 1.5 sacks through 5 games while Warner, a middle linebacker, has two, and has made a significantly bigger impact.

STEVE WILKS for COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR

Inherited the No. 1 defense in the NFL and so far has made it even better. Has figured out how to contain mobile quarterbacks and not give up long passes down the field -- two things for which DeMeco Ryans could never find solutions. Through five games, the 49ers are giving up 13.4 points per game. Wilks deserves the credit.

KYLE SHANAHAN for COACH OF THE YEAR

He's undefeated and finally has developed a young quarterback. Brock Purdy has improved in his second season following a UCL surgery on his throwing elbow. Shanahan deserves credit. Finally he has a quarterback who values his system and wants to master it, and look at the results.

JOHN LYNCH for EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

Signed Javon Hargrave, who has been one of the best acquisitions in the NFL this season.

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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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