Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Monday, June 9th, 2025

49ers relish Navy SEALs’ visit, workout as they seek new bond this offseason (paywall)

“Kittle found it “absolutely crazy” to hear stories such as SEALs cramming into “little clear fishing boats that were supposed to hold like 200 pounds, (they) had five guys packed in them, fully packed and are going up a river in the middle of a day, and (they) somehow came back from that.”

Shanahan estimated this was the third time in his nine years that the 49ers have signaled for the SEALs to...

Brock Purdy was Kyle Shanahan’s only challenger in our weekly Reacts poll for the 49ers

During this week’s FanDuel Sportsbook SB Nation’s Reacts survey, we asked San Francisco 49ers fans which person in the organization had the most to prove in 2025. The options were head coach Kyle Shanahan, quarterback Brock Purdy, defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, and general manager John Lynch.

According to our poll, Shanahan was the runaway answer:

As is the case with any head coach, Shanahan takes the brunt of the blame whenever things go wrong on the 49ers.

Despite San Francisco being one year removed from...

The 49ers’ next contract negotiation could be with Jauan Jennings, and the recent extension for Rashod Bateman may be what they have in mind for the wideout.

The 49ers are done with their significant business in terms of contract extensions after quickly moving to get George Kittle, Brock Purdy and Fred Warner tied to long-term deals.

Though Trent Williams and Kyle Juszczyk are set to be free agents in 2027 — with both potential candidates for retirement following the 2026 season — the 49ers don’t have a prospective contract saga with a star player on the horizon.

However, they do...

19 dropped passes in 2024—up from 9 in 2023. A 2 percent rate now goes to 4.2 percent. Still far from the chaos the 49ers lived through in the Jimmy Garoppolo era.

One thing about Brock Purdy that has doubled in the wrong direction: his drop rate.

Around these parts, we praised how efficient Purdy looked as the 49ers’ quarterback. Especially compared to the near-comical drop rates that plagued the team before he took over. In 2023, Purdy had just nine dropped passes. That’s a huge step up, considering where the 49ers had been:

2018: 27
2019: 28
2020: 34...

Chris Conley has called it a career and will not be an option in 2025.

NFL wide receiver Chris Conley, who spent his last three years with the San Francisco 49ers, has announced his retirement. The announcement comes from Conley’s agent, Jonathan Perzley (per Ian Rapoport).

Following the end of the 2024 season, Conley was an unrestricted free agent. While no reports linked the 49ers to a new deal with Conley, Brandon Aiyuk’s injury may have kept the door slightly open for his possible return.

With players like Ricky Pearsall, Jauan Jennings, and others vying for roster spots, the team’s...

Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Sunday, June 8th, 2025

Bond between Robert Saleh, former mentor cause for 49ers’ optimism on defense (paywall)

“After Sorensen and Staley weren’t retained, the 49ers replaced them with coordinator Robert Saleh and assistant head coach Gus Bradley, who have a shared history and share the same defensive philosophy. In fact, Saleh, then a low-level assistant, learned the 4-3 defense the 49ers employ under Bradley when they spent two seasons together with the Seahawks in the early 2010s, with Bradley serving as Seattle’s coordinator.

They later partnered for three seasons (2014-2016) with the...