SANTA CLARA – Joe Staley has been with the 49ers for 13 seasons now. The star left tackle arrived when they stunk, was integral to their ascent under Jim Harbaugh and was there for the crash and burn after he left.
Staley has played for six different head coaches during his time here and kicked around the idea of retirement after Kyle Shanahan took control of another inevitable roster rebuild. Now he'd like to stick around a while longer.
Staley weathered some really bad times. He battled while the roster got re-stocked and Jimmy Garoppolo recovered from a season-ending ACL injury last season.