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49ers look solid, but key positional battles taking shape

Nypost · · 445 words · By Vincent Bonsignore
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“Connor Colby is the odds-on favorite to be the starter when the 49ers play the Rams during their season opener in Australia.”
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Web search results from Yahoo Sports and other sources confirm Connor Colby is a 49ers player and that the 49ers have a season opener against the Rams in Melbourne, Australia.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 season was the San Francisco 49ers' 76th in the National Football League (NFL), their 80th overall, their 12th playing their home games at Levi's Stadium, and their ninth under the head coach…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 season will be the Los Angeles Rams' 89th in the National Football League (NFL), their 90th overall, 60th in the Greater Los Angeles Area, seventh playing their home games at SoFi Stadium and…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners and nicknamed the Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers
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“the 2025 seventh-round draft pick has a big-time fight on his hands to hold onto a job he held for six games last year.”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Connor Colby was selected by the 49ers in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL draft.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Connor Colby (born January 16, 2003) is an American professional football guard for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_Colby
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Headwreck are an Australian metalcore band consisting of vocalist Connor Hickman, guitarist and vocalist Jamo Benadie, drummer Colby Horton, and bassist Dayne Paix. They released their debut single "F…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kerri Colby is the stage name of Elyse Alessandra Anderson (born July 30, 1996), an American drag performer best known for competing on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race, where she placed ninth overall,…
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“Among the other candidates is veteran Robert Jones, a former Dolphins starter who missed all of last season with a neck injury.”
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Wikipedia and Sporting News confirm Robert Jones is a former Miami Dolphins starter who now plays for the San Francisco 49ers; A to Z Sports confirms a recent injury.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1972 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise's seventh season and third in the National Football League (NFL). The team was led by third-year head coach Don Shula and achieved the only perfect sea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 season was the Miami Dolphins' 56th in the National Football League (NFL), their 60th overall, their tenth and final under general manager Chris Grier and their fourth and final under head co…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Jones (born January 28, 1999) is an American professional football offensive guard for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Middle T…
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“a pair of 2026 rookies, with fourth-rounder Carver Willis under strong consideration for a big role in his first season.”
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Wikipedia confirms Carver Willis is an offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carver Willis (born April 20, 2002) is an American professional football offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kansas S…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NFL draft was the 91st annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players. The event was held in Pittsburgh on April 23–25. The time between first-ro…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 season will be the San Francisco 49ers' 77th in the National Football League (NFL), their 81st overall, their 13th playing their home games at Levi's Stadium, and their tenth under the tandem…
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“fifth-rounder Enrique Cruz Jr. will also be in the mix.”
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Wikipedia confirms Enrique Cruz Jr. is an offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 season is Club de Futbol Cruz Azul's 99th season in their history and their 61st consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. In addition to the domestic league, the club will…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — José Enrique "Kike" Cruz Díaz (born 28 December 1952), better known as Enrique "Kike" Cruz, is a Puerto Rican television journalist. A former news director of Canal 4, Cruz is in the Guinness Book of …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Enrique Cruz Jr. (born August 4, 2003) is an American professional football offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Syrac…
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“Upton Stout played well enough last year as a rookie third-round pick to be the penciled-in starter”
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Multiple sources (Wikipedia, ESPN, NBC) confirm Upton Stout was a third-round draft pick for the 49ers and played as a rookie.
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web search NEUTRAL — Upton Stout III is an American professional football cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He played college football for the North Texas Mean Green and Western Kentu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Stout then reached out to Williams, who was once one of the first free-agent signings of the John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan era, on social media. The pair forged a quick friendship, with Williams sendin…
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web search NEUTRAL — "Finding Stout in the third round allowed the 49ers to check off that box early. He is undersized (5-foot-9, 181 pounds) but also feisty and fast with excellent short-area quickness.
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“the 49ers from signing former Raiders and Packers cornerback Nate Hobbs.”
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web search NEUTRAL — Getting to SAN is simple, whether you’re driving, taking transit, or arriving from the cruise terminal. Looking for an easy and eco-friendly way to get to and from our airport? Discover the public tra…
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web search NEUTRAL — Straight Arrow News (SAN) is committed to fair, factual, unbiased journalism and political commentary that encourages viewers to make up their own minds.
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web search NEUTRAL — Look up SAN, San, san, or -san in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. San or SAN may refer to:
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“Injuries limited him to 11 games in both the 2024 and 2025 seasons, leading the Raiders and Packers to move on from him.”
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The evidence provided discusses Nate Hobbs' general career with the Raiders and Packers but does not specifically confirm the 11-game counts for both 2024 and 2025 seasons.
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web search NEUTRAL — The 2025 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's 2024–25 season and conclusion to the season's playoffs.
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web search NEUTRAL — интерактивную карту «Indiana Jones and the Great Circle»,
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web search NEUTRAL — In four seasons with the Raiders, he played in 51 of a possible 68 regular-season games.The 2022 season was the only time that Hobbs played more snaps on the outside than in the slot for the Raiders.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44274974/nfl-green-bay-p…
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“Ji’Ayir Brown and Malik Mustapha are the starters for now”
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“Ephesians Prysock, whom the 49ers drafted in the fourth round”
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“He is listed as a cornerback, but at 6-foot-3”
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“former 49ers defensive back Donte Whitner suggested that on a recent podcast.”
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“former Notre Dame safety Jalen Stroman, an UDFA”
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