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The 49ers' Best Addition of the Offseason

With so many good ones, it's hard to pick.

Grant Cohn

The 49ers' Best Addition of the Offseason
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The 49ers have made some terrific additions to their roster so far this offseason.

They traded a seventh-round pick for defensive tackle Maliek Collins, who provides 100 percent of Arik Armstead's pass-rush production for a fraction of the price. They also signed Jordan Elliott and Yetur Gross-Matos, two quality backup defensive linemen. 

In addition, the 49ers signed Isaac Yiadom, a solid veteran who might become their No. 3 cornerback next season. And finally, the 49ers signed Joshua Dobbs, a terrific backup quarterback who is better and cheaper than their previous backup quarterback, Sam Darnold.

But the 49ers best addition this offseason is Leonard Floyd, their new starting defensive end opposite Nick Bosa. The best starting defensive end the 49ers have had opposite Nick Bosa since they drafted him. Yes, even better than Dee Ford, who never was healthy for the 49ers.

The 49ers' previous starting defensive end, Chase Young, was awful, considering he barely tried. And yet, the Saints recently gave him a fully-guaranteed one-year deal woth $13 million. Hilarious. Meanwhile, the 49ers signed Floyd to a two-year deal worth $10 million per season. Which means Floyd is better AND cheaper than Young.

Last season, Young gave the 49ers 2.5 sacks in 9 regular season games, then infamously jogged around the field on run plays in the NFC Championship Game. As opposed to Floyd, who recorded 10.5 sacks for the Bills last season.

Floyd and Bosa should form one of the best edge-rushing duos in the NFL next season. Great addition.

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Grant Cohn
GRANT COHN

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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