Coming off a heartbreaking loss in Super Bowl LVIII to the Kansas City Chiefs, the San Francisco 49ers suffered through a miserable 2024 season, during which they had to deal with a massive rash of injuries.

They won just six games and missed the playoffs, and other than their lack of health, their defense was a major culprit. In past seasons under coach Kyle Shanahan, their defense was their strong suit, but they fell to 29th in points allowed last year.

San Francisco gave itself a major facelift this offseason by letting several key members of its defense leave. But it brought back Robert Saleh, who was its defensive coordinator from 2017 to 2020 and will once again hold that position, and it has a number of promising young prospects on that side of the football.

The team also brought

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