Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. And buy Drew’s book, The Night The Lights Went Out, while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking about ...

Members of the San Francisco 49ers player personnel department RJ Gillen, Josh Williams and Tariq Ahmad recapped on their ...

The 49ers used their first five selections on defensive players for the first time since their famed 1981 draft that included ...

The San Francisco 49ers finally added an offensive player in the 2025 NFL draft. With the 138th overall pick they selected ...

Think you can figure out which Niners player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out in our new guessing ...

The San Francisco 49ers have plenty of holes on their roster. And the draft is deep at most — but not all — of their positions of need. For instance, look for the team to add multiple ...

The San Francisco 49ers ' extremely important 2025 NFL draft is in the books. They wound up standing pat with their 11 scheduled selections and will bring their 11-player class to a roster that badly ...

The San Francisco 49ers today announced the team has named Dustin Perry vice president of player health and performance. Perry enters his ninth season with the 49ers after spending the previous ...

He also functions as a scout for the 49ers, particularly on defense. He watches film of all the players and has opinions about which ones fit his system, and so general manager John Lynch asks for ...

It puts the San Francisco 49ers in a spot where they'll either grab one of the steals of the first round, or walk away with a player they might have been able to get 10 spots later. We've tried ...

As draft day nears, mock drafts from experts across the football media landscape are projecting several players to the 49ers. “You have to address your roster at some point,” 49ers General ...