With 2025 NFL training camps just around the corner, it's time to get up to speed on all 32 NFL teams. Grant Gordon has the lowdown on position battles, key players and notable subplots across the NFC West.
Catch up on the San Francisco 49ers' offseason developments and 2025 outlook below.
Training Camp Dates/Information
- Players report: July 15 (rookies); July 22 (veterans)
- Location: SAP Performance Facility | Santa Clara, California (fan information)
Notable Roster Changes
2025 draft class | Selection |
---|---|
Mykel Williams, DL, Georgia | Round 1 (No. 11 overall) |
Alfred Collins, DT, Texas | Round 2 (No. 43) |
Nick Martin, LB, Oklahoma State | Round 3 (No. 75) |
Upton Stout, CB, Western Kentucky | Round 3 (No. 100) |
CJ West, DT, Indiana | Round 4 (No. 113) |
Jordan Watkins, WR, Mississippi | Round 4 (No. 138) |
Jordan James, RB, Oregon | Round 5 (No. 147) |
Marques Sigle, S, Kansas State | Round 5 (No. 160) |
Kurtis Rourke, QB, Indiana | Round 7 (No. 227) |
Connor Colby, OL, Iowa | Round 7 (No. 249) |
Junior Bergen, WR, Montana | Round 7 (No. 252) |
Preseason Schedule
- Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos | 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 9
- Week 2: at Las Vegas Raiders | 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 16 (NFL Network)
- Week 3: vs. Los Angeles Chargers | 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 23
2025 Schedule Note
- San Francisco doesn't face a team that made the 2024 playoffs in the final eight weeks of the upcoming season.
-- NFL Research
What You Need To Know
1) After a four-year sojourn in Jersey as the New York Jets head coach, Robert Saleh has returned to The Bay as defensive coordinator, but his house isn't as he left it. The 49ers were fifth in yards allowed and 17th in points in 2020 -- Saleh's last with the squad. In 2024, they were still eighth in yards but an awful 29th in points given up. San Francisco underwent myriad roster changes with plenty of departures on the defensive side -- Dre Greenlaw, Talanoa Hufanga and Charvarius Ward, among them. The cupboard is hardly bare, though, as Saleh can rely on dominant mainstays Nick Bosa and Fred Warner. Among the big questions to be answered this summer is how his ex-Jets pass rusher Bryce Huff acclimates out west after a trying 2024 with the Philadelphia Eagles and how fast No. 11 overall pick Mykel Williams gets going. There are plenty more quandaries for Saleh to address, though. Williams is likely to be among three rookie starters (along with defensive tackle Alfred Collins and linebacker Nick Martin) and the 49ers produced just 37 sacks a season ago -- tied for 23rd in the NFL. Saleh's got plenty of reconstruction at hand amid his return.
2) Unlike last summer, Christian McCaffrey is set for training camp and set to be all systems go. Originally thought to be precautionary, McCaffrey missed camp last year with an Achilles and calf injury that extended to him missing the first eight games of the season. After finally getting back on the field, McCaffrey's campaign concluded with a PCL injury. In total, he played only four games during a disastrous 2024 season. CMC has proclaimed himself healthy from his PCL and had no restrictions during offseason workouts. His health will remain a concern, though. It's a given following the third season in his eight-year career in which he played seven games or less due to injury. The coming weeks will also be worth seeing if McCaffrey, 29, resembles his 2023 rushing champion self. Since he was traded from the Panthers -- whom he's slated to face for the first time in Week 12 -- to the 49ers, McCaffrey has propelled San Francisco to a 23-8 record when he's on the field. The Niners are 8-12 without him. Plain and simple, McCaffrey is one of the NFL's elite when he's healthful and so are the 49ers.
3) Finally, the 49ers were in line for a drama-less training camp. Then, reports surfaced that wide receiver Jauan Jennings was disenchanted with his contract -- a two-year, $15.39 million pact signed in the spring of 2024. Brock Purdy, George Kittle and Fred Warner each worked out lengthy and lucrative new deals already, in a stark contrast from past offseasons when Brandon Aiyuk and Trent Williams (2024), Nick Bosa (2023) and Deebo Samuel (2022) had dilemmas dominate summer headlines. Just how large Jennings' contract dismay looms over camp remains to be seen. Regardless, it illuminates an already existing concern for the 49ers: their wide receiver corps. Samuel was one of plenty notable departures for the team. The wideback's trade to Washington coupled with Aiyuk's recovery from a 2024 knee injury put the position in question. Jennings stepped up and into the WR1 role last season and will likely get tabbed as such again, but there's now a wrinkle to those best laid plans. 2024 first-rounder Ricky Pearsall has a big camp ahead and a larger role to take. After that, ex-Los Angeles Ram Demarcus Robinson, second-year wideout Jacob Cowing and rookies Jordan Watkins and Junior Bergen will be vying to make contributions.