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Kyle Juszczyk May Have Played his Final Game with the 49ers

The 49ers will have to make some difficult decisions about their roster this offseason.
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Dec 12, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk (44) on the field before the game against the Los Angeles Rams at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images
Dec 12, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk (44) on the field before the game against the Los Angeles Rams at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images | Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images

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The 49ers will have to make some difficult decisions about their roster this offseason.

They're most likely going to extend Brock Purdy and George Kittle and those deals won't be cheap. In addition, they want to re-sign Dre Greenlaw who could have multiple suitors. Which means the 49ers might have to cut some expensive players.

One veteran who could be on the chopping block is Kyle Juszczyk. His salary-cap number will be nearly $6.5 million, which is extremely high for a fullback who rarely touches the ball.

So will the 49ers release Juszczyk this offseason?

"I really, really hope not," Juszczyk told ESPN's Nick Wagoner. "We're going to find out, but I know I'm not done. I'm definitely not done playing. I've seen zero regression. I think especially, I mean, you can turn on the last two games and please show me where I've regressed, so I have no plans of stopping."

Maybe Juszczyk is correct that he hasn't regressed. The problem is that Brandon Aiyuk, Jauan Jennings and Ricky Pearsall have emerged as legitimate weapons who need to be on the field while Juszczyk is a blocking specialist who catches roughly one pass per game and offers absolutely nothing as a ball carrier.

"I want to win a ring," Juszczyk said. "I want to win a ring here. But again, if I'm forced to do it somewhere else, I've still got so much football left in me. I still love the game so much. I'm still playing at a high level, and I know there's teams out there that can use me."

If Juszczyk is correct, let some other team give him his final contract. His time with the 49ers has run its course.

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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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