Search
49ers LB unit ranked #1 headed into 2023
The San Francisco 49ers' linebacker unit, led by Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw, comes in at No. 1 ahead of the 2023 NFL season.
Jun 20, 2023
> The easy choice for the top spot, San Francisco fielded the highest-graded linebacker group in the NFL last season. They finished second in the NFL in run-defense grade (90.7) and led the NFL with an outstanding 88.5 coverage grade.
>The 49ers boast two legitimate stars in Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw. Warner is the NFL’s most consistent coverage linebacker and posted a career-high 89.7 run-defense grade this past season, too. Greenlaw had a career year in 2022, earning a 79.6 overall grade bolstered by a nearly 20-point jump in coverage grade.
>The group lost situational run defender Azeez Al-Shaair in free agency, but Oren Burks seems poised to take over that role.
>The 49ers have the best pair of linebackers in football and the depth to fill in if one of them were to suffer a short-term injury. They are the current gold standard at the position.