The San Francisco 49ers kick off training camp on Thursday with coach, GM, and player media availability, and the first practice follows on Friday. We have had all offseason to speculate on who might claim what jobs, but the start of training camp means we will start to get some firm data to influence our opinions.
Before things get started, I wanted to get all the position competitions out there. We’ll use these lists to follow up after each preseason game as the coaching staff makes their decisions. We’ll start with the offensive side of the ball, and move over to the defensive side of the ball later today.