Greg Cosell breaks down 49ers' essentials ahead of busy NFL Scouting Combine week

Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan sat down with football guru and senior producer at NFL Films Greg Cosell at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine. Ahead of one of the busiest weeks in the NFL offseason, Cosell breaks down what went wrong for the 49ers in their disappointing 2024 season and looks ahead to what areas of need San Francisco might address in the upcoming draft. Also, Matt and Jennifer discuss how John Lynch might address the looming Deebo Samuel trade request and what potential intriguing wide receiver free agents might be on the market, or is the answer already in-house? Lastly, Matt and Jennifer settle on which position group the 49ers will pick in the first round.

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(5:00) 49ers executives in town; Kyle Shanahan prefers evaluating on film, believes he can get more accomplished back home (14:00) Deebo’s time with SF has run its course, 49ers will need to bridge gap between Deebo loss and Aiyuk’s return (15:45) Potential Deebo replacements, include intriguing free agents and in-house options (16:00) NFL Films senior producer Greg Cosell breaks down 49ers' 'strange' 2024 season (18:30) Purdy is a timing, rhythm QB and he just never had that settled in 2024 season (25:00) 2025 draft a phenomenal draft for defensive tackles, not surprising if the 49ers draft a DT in first round (37:00) Despite OL needs, Matt and Jennifer agree 49ers probably draft defense, skill positions early and add OL depth in later rounds