When thinking about the San Francisco 49ers defensive line in 2019, the majority of focus is going to center on the new additions, EDGE Dee Ford via a trade from the Kansas City Chiefs, and Ohio State EDGE Nick Bosa, who was the Niners’ top pick from this year’s NFL Draft.
Pro Bowl defensive tackle DeForest Buckner should get a lot of attention, and there’s going to be discussion whether or not defensive end Solomon Thomas will ever live up to his lofty draft billing from 2017.
One player who isn’t receiving a lot of offseason publicity, though, is fourth-year defensive end Ronald Blair — one of the handful of current San Francisco players to survive the purge of player removals in the wake of former general manager Trent Baalke’s departure in early 2017.