Alas, it’s finally here. The San Francisco 49ers start training camp for the upcoming 2018 season on Wednesday, July 25.
That’s when players report. Actual on-field activities begin the following day.
Heading into 2018, head coach Kyle Shanahan’s squad has emerged as one of the NFL’s leading storylines. While a 6-10 record a year ago is nothing to brag about, the majority of pundits’ focus has been on how the Niners finished — a five-game win streak.
Much of that, of course, was thanks to quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and how he helped turn Shanahan’s offense from a scuffling, inconsistent unit to one of the more effective offenses down the 2017 stretch.