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49ers on the Verge of a Mass Exodus?

We may not recognize the 2021 49ers.
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49ers on the Verge of a Mass Exodus?
49ers on the Verge of a Mass Exodus?

We may not recognize the 2021 49ers.

So many key members of the front office, coaching staff and roster could be on the way out this offseason. Meaning the 49ers might have to rebuild significant portions of their franchise.

Here is the full list of people the 49ers could lose:

Martin Mayhew, Vice President of Player Personnel. Will interview for Washington's vacant general manager position on Friday, per reports.

Adam Peters, Vice President of Player Personnel. Interviewed for the Carolina Panthers' vacant general manager position but didn't get it. Could be in play for other general manager openings around the NFL.

Robert Saleh, Defensive Coordinator. Has interviewed twice for the New York Jets, and will have his second interview with the Chargers at some point this week. Also has interviewed with the Lions, Eagles and Falcons. Appears to be one of the top head-coaching candidates on the market.

DeMeco Ryans, Linebackers Coach. Could follow Saleh out of town and become his defensive coordinator.

Mike Rutenberg, Defensive Pass Game Specialist. Also could follow Saleh out of town and join his coaching staff. It was Saleh who brought him to the 49ers in the first place. 

Mike LaFleur, Offensive Pass Game Coordinator. Also could follow Saleh out of town and become his offensive coordinator.

Mike McDaniel, Offensive Run Game Coordinator. A candidate to become the Miami Dolphins offensive coordinator, per reports. Also could become Saleh's OC, or LA Rams defensive coordinator Brandon Staley's OC if Staley becomes a head coach, according to Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer.

Trent Williams, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Jason Verrett, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Richard Sherman, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Jaquiski Tartt, Unrestricted Free Agent.

K'Waun Williams, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Ahkello Witherspoon, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Kerry Hyder, Unrestricted Free Agent.

D.J. Jones, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Solomon Thomas, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Ronald Blair, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Dion Jordan, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Jordan Willis, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Jamar Taylor, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Kyle Juszczyk, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Kendrick Bourne, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Tevin Coleman, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Jerick McKinnon, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Ben Garland, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Tom Compton, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Jordan Reed, Unrestricted Free Agent.

C.J. Beathard, Unrestricted Free Agent.

Trent Taylor, Unrestricted Free Agent.

It will be fascinating to see how the 49ers remake themselves on the fly.

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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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