The San Francisco 49ers Primarily considered a rival to the NFC West . division Los Angeles Rams has repeatedly turned around for the fence to try to win the Super Bowl championship. That approach worked for the Rams last season. The Niners believe it’s their turn, that’s why they made a great trade to get back Christian McCaffrey Thursday night.
Niners sent their second, third and fourth picks in 2023 and fifth picks in 2024 to Carolina Panthers for McCaffrey in the hopes he can help start a slacking offense.
In the first six weeks, the 49ers have been plagued by injuries across the entire lineup, and their attack hasn’t played close to the level of their dominant defence.
Coach Kyle Shanahan doesn’t want a repeat of 2019, when the Niners wasted an elite defense on offense that couldn’t close the Super Bowl first Chief of Kansas City.
Simply put: San Francisco believes it’s in a championship run, and trading for McCaffrey sends that message loud and clear to the rest of the league.
How will McCaffrey fit into the 49ers’ offense?
This should be relatively seamless for McCaffrey, who has a lot of experience operating in an out-of-the-box area scheme and offers the flexibility that allows Shanahan to mix and match him with skill-position options. team mind. And make no mistake, while McCaffrey will be the team’s #1 pick when running back, Shanahan will use him a lot in the passing game and create more headaches for the defence, who now have to Follow him and those who like to receive. Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk and tight ending George Kittle. – Nick Wagoner
Did the 49ers give up too much?
On paper, it seems. But when you make an all-in-one move like this, there’s no price too high if it works. The risk is clear: McCaffrey has missed 23 games over the past two seasons, and he is joining a team that is regularly bitten by injury. And while the Niners had a few stoppage-time picks in the third round, they were essentially playing in the 2023 NFL draft. The addition of young, cost-effective players is important for a team. there are too many overrated talents and are planning to pay the price in defense Nick Bosa a huge amount of money this holiday season. But if McCaffrey, who has a contract until 2025, is healthy and on the field, he will give the 49ers one of the most skilled groups of players in the league and the loss of multiple picks on Day 2 will not much influence on all. – Wagoner
Will adding McCaffrey put the 49ers ahead in a tight NFC West?
That should happen, but it comes with the important caveat about whether Niners and McCaffrey can be (and live) relatively healthy. No team has been more successful than the Niners in the first six weeks, and while many of those players are expected to return, there are no guarantees in terms of health. If their injury fortunes turn for the better, the Niners, who have a 2-0 lead in the division, have the best squad in the NFC West and will be able to not only win the tournament but also be able to win. one more game deep after the season. – Wagoner
After firing their coach and getting rid of McCaffrey and Anderson, is this a complete rebuild for the Panthers?
The Panthers might not call it a complete rebuild because the defense is in good shape for next season. Solve the defense Matt Ioannidis is the only non-contractual starter. But this is a complete rebuild when you consider that the Panthers will have a new coaching staff, since Matt Rhule has been fired; a new midfielder, since Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold not the answer; and a new face of the franchise, since McCaffrey is no more.
Most of all, the studio is a mess. DJ Moore is the only legitimate threat now Robbie Anderson was traded with The Arizona Cardinals. And there’s no such thing as the tight end of Carolina as a legal weapon. Not to mention the offensive line ranks near the bottom of the tournament in terms of win and run rates. One could argue about the first round selection in 2022 Ikem Ekwonu So far there has been increasing pain when handling left. He may be better suited to the right or in a protective position. So call this what you want, but it’s a rebuild. – David Newton
How does this set up interim coach Steve Wilks?
Wilks has never had his fair share of shake-ups during his one season (2018) as head coach of The Arizona Cardinals because he doesn’t have enough talent to compete and coach with mostly a successor. Now he has the same situation with Carolina. And now he lost his most valuable offensive asset. McCaffrey was his offense, taking 75% of the team’s yards in Sunday’s 24-10 loss to Los Angeles Rams. Wilks must replace him with a second year back Chuba Hubbard and the journeyman D’Onta Foreman.
Violations were ranked last in the NFL in total yards and by percentage down to third, and the former XFL quarterback PJ Walker will start Sunday’s second game in a row against Tampa Bay while Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold recovering from an ankle injury. Owner David Tepper said Wilks would be considered for the full-time job if he took a special job for the rest of this year. Instead, it looked like he was set to fail again. This is like a master tank to build for the future. – Newton
What is the contract and its limits?
McCaffrey is a low-cost one-year lease for San Francisco, with a salary of $1.035 million thanks to Carolina’s seasonal contract restructuring. Next year, things get more complicated, as McCaffrey is owed $11.8 million. But the 49ers don’t inherit McCaffrey’s signing bonus rate, which reduces his $19.5 million limit in 2023 to several million. All of this is manageable but still steep to run again. – Jeremy Fowler
What other teams were involved in the negotiations?
Some of the opponents have at least made the call, but by mid-week negotiations were slow. Despite exaggerating their concern, I never understood Buffalo Bills were all in. The teams I spoke to believe that the Rams and Dancer broncos participated to some extent but did not want to reach the price that the last 49 had to pay.
The Panthers have also received many trading calls from their other top players, wide receivers DJ Mooreaccording to the source, but the team sees Moore as the foundation for the roster in the long term. – Fowler
