The San Francisco 49ers are the eighth-youngest team in the NFL, according to PhillyVoice.com.
The past few years under head coach Jim Harbaugh, the Niners were one of the oldest teams in the league, and the starting lineup hardly changed. You knew what to expect from veterans like Justin Smith, Ray McDonald, Patrick Willis, Frank Gore and Anthony Davis.
Now, those players are gone and we don’t know what to expect from the young replacements. The coaching staff probably doesn’t know what to expect, either. So the start lineup may change during the first few weeks of the season as the young players reveal their abilities.