{"id":101431,"date":"2025-10-01T15:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=101431"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:24:08","slug":"kyle-shanahan-details-conundrum-49ers-now-face-without-nick-bosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=101431","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Shanahan details conundrum 49ers now face without Nick Bosa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"zephr-anchor\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ojT29ioh_BQ93qVGdXa2aA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/san_francisco_49ers_wire_usa_today_sports_articles_952\/54f7ede3b90757d0c920ee7f159e7cfa\" alt=\"49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan explains how team will replace Nick Bosa -  Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 49er defensive line\u2019s first game without Nick Bosa following his season-ending ACL injury could hardly have gone any worse.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco failed to register even a quarterback hit on Trevor Lawrence as the 49ers suffered their first defeat of the 2025 season, going down 26-21 to the Jacksonville Jaguars.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about those pass rush struggles in his Monday conference call, head coach Kyle Shanahan essentially summed up the conundrum the 49ers now face with the former Defensive Player of the Year out of the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Shanahan said:<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t blitz a ton in the game. When we did, there was pressure and he got rid of it. I would love to have gotten more on him, but I thought they did a good job of getting rid of it quick and when they didn\u2019t I thought we had four-man rushes where they were chipping and had double teams, so depend a little bit more on coverage that way. Always want to get more pass rush, but wasn\u2019t a huge concern of that game.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shanahan encapsulated the problem the 49ers have in Bosa\u2019s absence. Their consistency in being able to get home with four pass rushers is severely hampered without Bosa, and there is inherent danger in blitzing quarterbacks who can process quickly and get the ball out in a hurry.<\/p>\n<p>And in their upcoming game against the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday, the 49ers will face a quarterback in Matthew Stafford who has been one of the best against the blitz this season.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Stafford has completed 64.4% of his throws against the blitz this season, averaging 9.2 yards per attempt and racking up 412 yards with three touchdowns and one interception, per Pro Football Focus. He ranks tied third among quarterbacks with at least 10 dropbacks against the blitz in big-time throw rate (8.3%) when blitzed.<\/p>\n<p>With Bosa unavailable to them, the 49ers may have no choice than to send extra rushers at Stafford, but the 49ers would be in significant danger of being burned if they do so and line up in man coverage against an offense featuring Puka Nacua and Davante Adams.<\/p>\n<p>There is no easy answer to the issues Bosa\u2019s injury has created for the 49ers. They will hope Week 4 was just a one-off and that the defensive line can get home with four on a consistent basis in the weeks to come. If that doesn\u2019t happen, then the 49ers may be more inclined to pursue a trade for another defensive end, unless they are ready to get a lot more aggressive with their pressure packages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 49ers\u2019 D-Line endured a nightmare in the first game without Nick Bosa, illustrating the problem they now face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kyle Shanahan details conundrum 49ers now face without Nick Bosa - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=101431\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kyle Shanahan details conundrum 49ers now face without Nick Bosa - 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