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Nick Bosa Says the 49ers' D-Line is Better than it was Last Season

First, they got rid of Arik Armstead, Javon Kinlaw, Chase Young and Randy Gregory. Then, they acquired Maliek Collins, Jordan Elliott, Leonard Floyd and Yetur Gross-Matos.

Grant Cohn

Feb 5, 2024; Las Vegas, NV, USA; San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa (97) during Super Bowl LVIII Opening Night at Allegiant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Feb 5, 2024; Las Vegas, NV, USA; San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa (97) during Super Bowl LVIII Opening Night at Allegiant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
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SANTA CLARA -- Nick Bosa seems to approve of how the 49ers overhauled their defensive line this offseason.

First, they got rid of Arik Armstead, Javon Kinlaw, Chase Young and Randy Gregory. Then, they acquired Maliek Collins, Jordan Elliott, Leonard Floyd and Yetur Gross-Matos.

Here's what Nick Bosa said Thursday about the 49ers' new-look d-line.

Q: There has been so much change on the defensive line this year. What are you seeing from the new players?

BOSA: "It's pretty much all new guys except me and Javon Hargrave and Robert Beal. For the most part pretty new. Hargrave has been here a year and Rob hasn't played too much. Me and Kevin Givens have been here for a while. We know the scheme really well, but I really like the new guys. I think we've improved. I think Leonard Floyd brings something to our defense that we haven't had -- a guy who can make plays all over the field and he doesn't get tired. Having a guy like that who's super long and athletic and can rush, I think this scheme is going to bring the best out of him. I'm excited."

Q: Why do you think the defensive line as a whole has improved?

BOSA: "I think we have a group that's going to be here for the whole year. Last year, we were piecing guys together, not that they didn't do a great job. It's just hard to get this scheme because the details are very important. If you're not repping it through the end of July and August, then you're going to be behind a little bit, and it shows in your get-off and how fast you're playing. All those details really count. So Kris Kocurek went out and picked guys that he has seen over many years who jump out and play this scheme very well. I think we're going to be a little more cohesive as a unit."

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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