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Glenn Dorsey didn’t try to undersell what defensive end Justin Smith meant to the 49ers defense when asked about Smith’s retirement last week.
Dorsey said you can’t replace “the baddest dude I’ve played with” and that the team’s plan moving forward is going to be for several players to pick up the slack. Dorsey is part of that group along with Darnell Dockett and younger players like Tank Carradine, Quinton Dial and first-round pick Arik Armstead. He thinks the injection of new blood will do good things for the defensive front.