We’re going to look at departures from each position prior to Week 1 of the 2018 season and see how they fared after leaving the San Francisco 49ers. Some players went on to better careers, while others may be out of the league. We won’t be highlighting every transaction, just some notable ones. Today, we look at the linebackers.
So linebackers. This gets a bit tricky. Tricky because there wasn’t much to leave the 49ers in 2018. What was seen as a potential area of strength with Fred Warner and Reuben Foster has become a position of need in the 2019 NFL draft.