On the list of things you don’t want to hear about the 2025 San Francisco 49ers, “We’re in a similar situation to where we were last year,” might be at the top of the list.

So when Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan said that on Monday after the team’s first practice of the second week of preseason, it wasn’t just a red flag — it was a thousand-foot flare demanding you look over here.

A similar situation to last season? You remember how last season went, right?

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But Shanahan’s isn’t wrong. This team might not be mired in bizarre contract negotiations (Jauan Jennings’ scenario pales in comparison to last year’s Brandon Aiyuk or even Trent Williams’ absences), but the 2025 squad seems just as injured as the 2024 squad.

We know how that worked out.

For a team that needs to

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