{"id":72838,"date":"2025-08-01T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72838"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:58:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:58:00","slug":"49ers-look-to-have-found-their-replacement-for-dre-greenlaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72838","title":{"rendered":"49ers Look to Have Found their Replacement for Dre Greenlaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2178149933.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2178149933.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2178149933.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2178149933.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"49ers Look to Have Found their Replacement for Dre Greenlaw\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Dee Winters of the San Francisco 49ers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of the biggest position battles for the San Francisco 49ers is going to be the WILL linebacker position. With Dre Greenlaw signing with the Broncos, the Niners must see an improvement in the linebacker room. The team drafted Nick Martin in the third round of the draft, but there\u2019s a different player who\u2019s stepping up for San Francisco. That thumper is third-year linebacker, Dee Winters.<\/p>\n<h2>Dee Winters\u2019 Impression at 49ers Training Camp<\/h2>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Nick Wagoner broke down the 49ers\u2019 Monday practice and reported that Winters caught an interception and had this to say about his most recent practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDee Winters had the hit of the day, dropping a shoulder on RB Isaac Guerendo early in practice. Winters also flashed his closing speed, later chasing down Guerendo on a sweep to the sideline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Based on this and some other reports, it\u2019s become clear that Winters is flashing. It appears to be his spot to lose in training camp and throughout the season, and he\u2019s continuing to justify why he is the best option. Pair that with how he finished last year once he got an opportunity, and it makes sense why he\u2019s getting so much hype.<\/p>\n<h2>Fred Warner\u2019s Praise<\/h2>\n<p>Winters is doing more than showing his skill set to the reporters. Star linebacker Fred Warner gave the up-and-coming player some love a while back and explained why he thinks he\u2019s ready to start alongside him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen a lot of growth, honestly,\u201d Warner said Tuesday. \u201cI\u2019ve seen a guy who\u2019s ready to take that next step. Dee has flashed in a big way through his first two seasons. And I think year three is that year where it\u2019s like \u2018Man, I know the system, I know what I need to do in the offseason, and now it\u2019s time for me to take control and really put it on tape. And so I\u2019m excited for Dee, really. I think he had a great OTAs. I know he\u2019s been working his tail off to be ready for training camp, and so I\u2019m excited to see what he\u2019s gonna do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Getting praise like this from arguably the best linebacker in football speaks volumes. Winters has flashed over his first two years, but the opportunity was never there with Dre Greenlaw cemented in a starting spot. Last year, Winters showed that he should have been the fill-in while Greenlaw was coming back from his Achilles injury. Now, it seems like the TCU alum looks to be ready to make the biggest impact in his pro football career.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>49ers Player Development<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Under Kyle Shanahan, the 49ers have proven to be one of the better NFL teams at developing talent. So many day two and three picks have panned out and been contributors. Basically, the whole linebacker room has played out that way for San Francisco. It was Kwon Alexander and Fred Warner, then Greenlaw took over Kwon\u2019s spot, and now Winters looks to be next in line.<\/p>\n<p>Expect to see number 53 flying around, making sideline-to-sideline plays this next season. His time is now.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Kaimer is a sports writer covering the MLB for heavy.com. He has worked for Heavy since 2023 and has over 5 years experience covering the MLB and San Diego Padres through his social media outlet \u201cFriar Talk.\u201d More about Matthew Kaimer<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on 49ers<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>49ers&#8217; third year linebacker is flashing in camp and many are beginning to expect him to be the starting linebacker next to Fred Warner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":72839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72838","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>49ers Look to Have Found their Replacement for Dre Greenlaw - 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=72838\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"49ers Look to Have Found their Replacement for Dre Greenlaw - 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