49ers predicted to add brother of star player in what could completely change San Francisco’s defense originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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The San Francisco 49ers can still use some help on both sides of the football, and the biggest need continues to be on the defensive side. As things currently stand, the 49ers can have a very good unit, depending on health.
However, it’s important to keep in mind that the 49ers haven’t had health on their side over the past few seasons.
To put it simply, it’d be a very bad idea to go in with this current team without adding any veteran help on that side of the football. It’s almost a given that something is going to happen at this point.
Searching for ways to change that, it was recently predicted that the 49ers would go out and sign Joey Bosa, the brother of 49ers star Nick Bosa.
“A tag team with his younger brother, Nick, in San Francisco is a perfect landing spot for Joey to finish out his career. Joey tallied five sacks and 47 pressures for the Bills last season. He was Buffalo’s best edge rusher during stretches of the 2025 season.
“At this point in his career, Joey’s better suited to be the second or third-best edge rusher on a team. He’d be that in San Francisco alongside his brother and second-year pro Mykel Williams,” Tyler Dragon of USA TODAY wrote.
The recent Buffalo Bills edge rusher is a tough player to evaluate, in some sense, as he’s proven throughout his career that he can be elite but isn’t quite there right now.
Still, the 49ers aren’t exactly looking for a player to come in and be the perfect option. Nobody expects him to be as good as his brother, and most would be looking for him to just fill a hole when needed, even if that means he’s a starter and allows others to stay healthy throughout the year.
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