49ers news: Mike Evans explains why he has a ‘second wind’

***“If Aiyuk is anywhere close to where he was in 2022 and 2023, this would be an absolute steal for the Commanders. He has true WR1 upside and would be acquired with a Day 3 pick to play opposite Terry McLaurin. It’s not out of the realm of possibilities that he could surpass McLaurin as the WR1 in Washington if this deal goes down.”*** 49ers insider has ‘a hard time thinking team will draft OL in the first round’ “They have bigger needs elsewhere. They have guys that they need to bring in now. They don’t have the luxury of bringing in a Caleb Lomu and kind of developing him for a couple of years behind Trent Williams,” Barrows said. “Would that be a smart move down the line? Yeah. In a lot of ways, it would. But again, I feel like the 49ers think that the difference between Lomu and the guy that they can get at the end of the fourth round is — that there might be a difference there, but it’s not a huge difference. And especially when you can work with this player for, you know, a period of a year, two years, get him to where you want him.

“So, I have a hard time thinking that it’s going to be an offensive tackle and I know everyone out there is just pining. I hear it all the time. It’s got to be O-line, O-line, O-line, etc., etc. … But, I have to kind of go with what I’ve seen and what I’ve heard from the 49ers, which is why again, I’m a little bit skeptical that it’ll be a Caleb Lomu.”

Anonymous NFL exec believes 49ers’ offseason adds are why team is always hurt

“Everyone starts talking about the substation and, ‘Why are we always hurt?’ It’s because you sign hurt players,” the NFL executive told The Athletic’s Mike Sando.

“Mike Evans is going to miss 4-6 games this year, Dre Greenlaw is going to miss eight, and you are going to wonder why your players are always hurt.”

Evans and Greenlaw were two of the 49ers’ biggest and most expensive acquisitions in free agency during this offseason. Both players missed a combined 18 games during the 2025 season.

Another NFL executive, however, believes Evans will be a strong addition to 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan’s offense that will create more space and stretch the field for quarterback Brock Purdy to work with. “This guy runs 19 mph,” the executive told Sando. “He is a back-shoulder, possession X, which has not been Brock Purdy’s game, and he’s not going to run in the middle of the field like Jauan Jennings did on those bang 8s and daggers and the deep-ins, catching it on the go and being a run-after-catch guy.” 49ers meet with 6-INT defensive back prospect ahead of 2026 NFL Draft Per NFL and college football reporter Ryan Fowler, the 49ers met with Indiana safety Louis Moore. The 25-year-old Moore played three years at JUCO Navarro College before playing two years at Indiana, one at Ole Miss and his final year back at Indiana.

Moore was incredibly productive in 2025 for the Hoosiers. He led the Big Ten with six interceptions and tallied 88 combined tackles. Moore also played all over the secondary, including snaps in the slot, in the box and at free safety.