San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Trent Williams (71) Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
The SF 49ers have 40 players scheduled to hit NFL free agency this offseason, yet these five must be retained above the rest.
There’s more than enough work for SF 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch in the coming weeks and months following their team’s 6-10 finish to the 2020 season.
A slew of injuries last season and how to best go about preventing them in 2021 is one major challenge. Yet that element is just one small bit in the shadows of what could be a much larger issue: How do the Niners go about retaining the core of their still-talented roster while managing a massive array of pending free agents?