Three players on the San Francisco 49ers last season had breakout campaigns: Chris Culliver, Perrish Cox and Chris Borland.
Culliver and Cox won starting jobs for the first time in their careers and played well. Borland played ever better, making 108 tackles as a rookie, even though he started only eight games.
Those three breakout performers are no longer 49ers. Borland retired, while Culliver signed a four-year, $32 million contract with the Washington Redskins and Cox signed a three-year, $15 million contract with the Tennessee Titans.
The Niners need new breakout performers.