Robert Saleh is back in town, and the message for the San Francisco 49ers during the NFL draft was clear: beef up the defensive line and stop the run.
Several 49ers players have verbalized a thought process of “stop the run and have some fun.” You have to earn the right to rush the passer by stopping the run early and putting your team in a position to pin their ears back and get the quarterback on third and long or obvious passing situations.
Mykel Williams, CJ West, and Alfred Collins raised the run defense immediately, with room to grow as pass rushers in their NFL careers.