SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- In the weeks after the San Francisco 49ers had gone through the mass exodus of players in free agency and then the NFL draft that formed the biggest roster reshaping the franchise had endured since 2017, coach Kyle Shanahan wanted to gather those who remained for an evening of real talk.

Shanahan invited any player who had been with the team for more than three years to his house to break bread and go over what is coming next for a franchise that had leaned into its stability to reach two Super Bowls and four NFC Championship Games since 2019.

The group included veteran Niners such as tight end George Kittle and fullback Kyle Juszczyk , who had been with Shanahan from the beginning of his tenure, linebacker Fred Warner , who came a year later, and other wel

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