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The Best-Case Scenario for the 49ers Offense in 2025

Last season was one of those seasons for the 49ers.
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Nov 10, 2024; Tampa, Florida, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall (14) celebrates with wide receiver Jauan Jennings (15) after scoring a touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first quarter at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images
Nov 10, 2024; Tampa, Florida, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall (14) celebrates with wide receiver Jauan Jennings (15) after scoring a touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first quarter at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images | Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images

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Last season was one of those seasons for the 49ers.

Everything that could have gone wrong went wrong. They had holdouts, season-ending injuries, and personal tragedies. And yet, the offense still ranked fourth in yards gained.

That's why Bleacher Report thinks the best-case scenario for the 49ers offense this season is to be dominant once again if it's healthy.

"Brandon Aiyuk and Christian McCaffrey combined to play 11 games in 2024," writes Bleacher Report's Alex Ballentine. "Jake Brendel and Dominick Puni were the only two starters to play all 17 games and Trent Williams missed seven games.

"In short, the Niners faced the added challenge of getting into a rhythm offensively while constantly shuffling lineups and adjusting to injuries.

"Despite all of that, they still finished ninth in EPA per play. That speaks to how high the ceiling is if San Francisco can just have better injury luck.

"Deebo Samuel is gone, so Ricky Pearsall needs to have a breakout season and Brandon Aiyuk needs to successfully recover from the knee injury that ended his 2024 campaign. But all of the ingredients are in place for another dominant unit."

Let's summarize:

The best-case scenario involves Aiyuk making a full recovery in one year from a torn ACL, MCL and meniscus, catching 70 passes, gaining 1,000 yards and scoring 7 touchdowns. It also involves Christian McCaffrey having a bounce-back season, gaining 1,500 yards from scrimmage and scoring 15 touchdowns. Plus, it involves Trent Williams playing at least 14 games and Brock Purdy an George Kittle staying healthy all season.

Sounds a bit far-fetched but possible nonetheless.

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Grant Cohn
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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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