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NFL.com Says the 49ers Have One of the Toughest Tasks this Offseason

For the second offseason in a row, the 49ers could spend most of their money simply on keeping their team together.
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Jan 28, 2025; Mobile, AL, USA; Washington Commanders general manger Adam Peters reunites with former boss John Lynch during Senior Bowl practice for the American team at Hancock Whitney Stadium. Lynch is the general manager of the San Francisco 49ers. Mandatory Credit: Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images
Jan 28, 2025; Mobile, AL, USA; Washington Commanders general manger Adam Peters reunites with former boss John Lynch during Senior Bowl practice for the American team at Hancock Whitney Stadium. Lynch is the general manager of the San Francisco 49ers. Mandatory Credit: Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images | Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images

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The 49ers have major ground to make up this offseason.

The Eagles seem far and away the best team in the NFC. They have no weaknesses, as opposed to the 49ers who have weaknesses practically everywhere. Better injury luck certainly would help, but the 49ers also have to find a way to improve the talent on their roster this offseason. And that won't be easy to do with so many upcoming free agents and players who need contract extensions.

For the second offseason in a row, the 49ers could spend most of their money simply on keeping their team together.

"Depending on how San Francisco structures Brock Purdy’s contract, it could put the front office in a major bind when attempting to maintain a Super Bowl-caliber roster," writes NFL.com analyst Matt Okada. "It’s also not impossible they’ll need to extend George Kittle -- entering a contract year -- as one of the highest-paid tight ends in the league. They are also expected to explore the trade market for star receiver Deebo Samuel this offseason, per Rapoport.

"The Niners can’t afford to get worse on either side of the ball if they want to compete for NFC championships again, but they may not be able to afford much else this offseason. GM John Lynch and Co. will likely need to get creative to make it through March in one piece."

You're either getting better or you're getting worse, and I don't see how the 49ers can get better this offseason when they're most likely going to lose Charvarius Ward, Talanoa Hufanga, Javon Hargrave and possibly Dre Greenlaw, too.

It will be interesting to see how the 49ers spend their money in free agency.

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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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