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Don t believe all the hype. With a full offseason to make significant roster changes, some NFL teams won t play up to expectations.
Although new acquisitions can improve a squad s 2021 outlook, other factors can offset progress in the upcoming campaign. Perhaps those additions need time to jell, a top coordinator left for another position or a disgruntled player wants to go elsewhere.
Last year, the Arizona Cardinals generated a lot buzz after they acquired wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, but they fell flat late in the 2020 season.
Using DraftKings Super Bowl odds, we will explain why bettors should avoid five teams in the top 12 in terms of their chances to win Super Bowl LVI.
News and notes on the San Francisco 49ers
Happy Sunday one and all.
We are heading into the dead of the offseason, which means less to talk about and more to speculate about.
Let’s end things with a look at the San Francisco 49ers from my friends over at Niners Nation.
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USA TODAY’s Mark Schofield had an insightful article about what Trey Lance brings to the table for the 49ers. The title may turn some off, but Schofield captures a couple of points that I failed to consider.
“In our drop-back game, we’re more of a full-field concept team,” Hedberg said. “We don’t do a lot of half-field concept reads. It’s mainly full field. So Trey’s got a progression that he’s going through. One to two, and sometimes we’ll get to a third progression, but usually it’s the first to second progression and if need be, we can get to a third.
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Now that the excitement from the 2021 NFL Draft has begun to subside, the focus shifts to the available free agents.
The San Francisco 49ers did some maneuvering during the offseason and restructured a few deals to maximize their cap space going into the 2022 season. The team still needs to sign the eight rookies chosen at the draft to contracts, but as of now, they have just north of $18 million in cap space, per Over the Cap.
One area where the Niners could use some depth is in the secondary. The team re-signed veterans Emmanuel Moseley, Jaquiski Tartt, K’Waun Williams and Jason Verrett to short-term deals but lost Ahkello Witherspoon to the Seattle Seahawks in free agency.
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