contracts ending. Some players will get franchised or extended but others will be hitting the open market. We’ll take a look at each position and see if any hopeful players would be a good fit for the San Francisco 49ers. Two things are certain: the 49ers have the tackle position locked down for 2019 Joe Montana Color Rush Jersey , but in 2020, things might not be so concrete. They have one starter in Mike McGlinchey. A starter whom if continues to improve, could be one of the league’s best On the other side of the line, they have Joe Staley, ever so fateful, but Father Time is unbeaten and the 49ers would be wise to have a solution in place to protect Jimmy Garoppolo’s blind side. For that, it may make more sense to look to the NFL Draft, but the 49ers don’t have many picks this year. A younger player to develop does make more sense, however. No one knows when Staley will start to plateau or decide to bow out of it for good, so that would leave whoever they brought as a capable backup, able to slot in at Staley’s position. In this situation, a good swing tackle would be ideal. Perhaps someone to play guard in 2019 while preparing to be the successor to Staley or replace McGlinchey when the latter moves to the other side. So if you want a free agent backup, here’s two things to look at from a free agent perspective. The first is age which, the youngest you will find is 25. The second is a system fit with Kyle Shanahan’s offense. The first name that might be worth a look is Donovan Smith. Goes against what I just said about system fits, but he’s young and has shown some flashes. Maybe a few years studying is what the doctor ordered for his career? Our friends at Bucs Nation have a nice write up of Smith’s progress. The system fit concerns me, and he’s given up some bad pressures, but maybe worth a look. Another player to look at is Cincinnati Bengals tackle Bobby Hart. This is not a guy I’d be looking to spell and take a starting position in the future, but he’d be good for insurance if something bad happened to Staley. Again, Hart isn’t someone I’d put confidence in to take the starting job, and he started all his games with the Bengals—meaning he’d want to start somewhere, but it’s worth a look. Finally another name to look at is a familiar face. Trent Brown. The guy was traded to the New England Patriots after McGlinchey was selected by the Niners in 2018 and will now be appearing in a Super Bowl the very same season. If the Patriots don’t sign Brown long-term, someone else will. He’s too good to ride on the bench. While it’d be rather interesting to see him return and replace Staley or McGlinchey (that would be so odd), the chances of that happening are slim. Brown’s pass protection is second to none but his run blocking is on the other end of the spectrum. While the 49ers lost pass protection with McGlinchey, they gained a huge upgrade in run blocking and overall Y.A. Tittle Jersey , a much more balanced player. Still, if you think Brown should come back, he’s available. Here’s your free agent offensive tackles per Over the Cap. Things could change with franchise tags and deals, but all of the below have contracts expiring.Would you be interested in any of these tackles, coming to Santa Clara? Free Agent Offensive TacklesNamePostionTeamAgeNamePostionTeamAge Senior Bowl practices got going Tuesday afternoon, leading up to the North and South squaring off Saturday at the Senior Bowl. Kyle Shanahan and the San Francisco 49ers coaching staff are working with the South squad, and they opened practice at 11:30 a.m. PTThe thing to keep in mind is this isn’t a typical football game. It’s a scrimmage first and foremost, intended for scouts and coaches to get an extended look at some of the NFL prospects for the 2019 NFL Draft an. For that reason, several rules have been altered or removed to help with evaluating. There are a host of changes, and I thought it’d be best if we looked at the rules list from the official Senior Bowl page and go through them. Yes, we’re about to restate the obvious that’s listed, but it’s to give a better idea of what to expect (like why possession changed at the end of a quarter).The Cliff’s Notes version of all of this is the Senior Bowl is meant to be kept rather vanilla. Both offense and defense can’t disguise their plans near as much as you would see at the NFL or even the college level. That means things like trick plays, intricate blitzes, and fake kicks are all but non-existent in the Senior Bowl. Another thing to remember is these are the rules for the actual game. From what it looks like, there’s nothing stopping the coaches from running other formations or looks during practice. There could be practice rules in place for specifically this, but the rules here are for game day. Here are the rules in their entirety and some restating of the obvious sprinkled inWhat this means: Like we said, pretty vanilla. Teams are going to be set with basic packages and formations. Things like jumbo packages or goal line formations are not going to be deployed. Now, the teams can make substitutions and change their formations, but they need to be some form of the above. The reason for this is so the defense can make easy substitutions as well (more on that below). Also, blocking is basic. If a running back initiates a cut-block, that won’t go over well. Blockers need to be upright like linemen and push back. What this means: Defenses are going to stay vanilla as well relying on their base packages. As it says above, no blitzes of any kind are allowed. So no safety or cornerback blitzes and definitely no casino blitzing. That said, the secondary could in theory help out in run plays. Where they are allowed to cross is not listed, but I don’t see how some trickery can’tbe dialed up. They just can’t pressure an O-line and go for a quarterback. Also (listed below) https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Steve-Young-Jersey , corners have to play man coverage so it would have to depend on the personnel of the offense. They can’t just bail and go after the run.Also, if a linebacker lines up as a defensive end, they can’t flip to linebacker mid-flight via shifting around. So if an outside linebacker lines up on the edge at the line, he can’t turn around and go to linebacker. It’s one or the other. What this means: Pretty self-explanatory. Basically, secondaries can’t disguise coverages or have intricate ‘if-scenarios’ in choosing their man. Safeties in zone outside of the middle third need to have a guy they are designated to cover and not be on the field waiting for circumstances to happen unless it’s to switch off/relieve a cornerback in pursuit. Also, safeties can’t switch players they are covering with linebackers. Meaning if a linebacker drops into coverage against, say, a tight end, they can’t let a safety take over after a certain distance—they have to stay with their guy. If it’s a cornerback, a switch is possible. What this means: Only two kickoffs this entire game. Make them count. All other scoring possession plays are taken as if it were a touchback. Fake kicks or anything that isn’t a field goal or a punt is not allowed. So no run-arounds. Also, in the second quarter, there are no XP tries. All teams must do two-point conversions. What this means: Simple football rules here. First thing to note is that possession will change at the quarter. So each quarter is like starting a new half. There is an exception and that’s if a team is up by 20 points. If say, the North has a 20+ point lead over the South going into the second quarter, the South will maintain possession at the start of the quarter like normal. Another thing is teams get two timeouts, but those are refilled every quarter. So there’s eight time outs total. And since there is no review in the Senior Bowl, those can’t be used to get a call reversed. The timeouts also can’t be held until the end of the game either. So if the coaching staff doesn’t use both their timeouts in a quarter, they are gone. Like we said, the Senior Bowl is less of a game and more of a glorified scrimmage. These rules are so everyone can get extended looks of both sides of the ball. Another thing to keep in mind is that while teams can’t do the above during the game, the coaches may be able to slip some of this in during a practice. Perhaps they want to run a dime package where a safety and linebacker switch men in a drill-like setting or during a 7-on-7. It’d be a bit complicated given the lack of time, but by going off this rules sheet there’s nothing saying how they have to practice. They may not run anything like that to prevent confusion, but it’s definitely possible. It’s going to be interesting seeing how Shanahan runs an offense with NFL prospects given how complicated his NFL offense is.