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  • March 2, 2024 at 4:41 pm #149607
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    from https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2024/3/2/24088701/49ers-defensive-coordinator-brandon-staley-rams

    The long wait is over and the San Francisco 49ers have a new defensive coordinator: Nick Sorenson. Kyle Shanahan is promoting Sorenson from defensive pass game specialist and nickel cornerbacks coach to defensive coordinator, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The move comes weeks after the team fired Steve Wilks following a Super Bowl loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and as expected is an internal promotion. But the 49ers made another significant move this weekend, as Kyle Shanahan is also hiring former L.A. Rams defensive coordinator Brandon Staley as his assistant head coach.

    Apparently he wasn’t the right person for the defensive coordinator position, which he did interview for, but with few other opportunities available it seems Staley’s best bet was to jump trees to Shanahan.

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    <p id=”GydMuF”>San Francisco’s defense is now turned over to Nick Sorenson, a former quarterback-turned-safety at Virginia Tech who played his first two seasons with the St. Louis Rams from 2001-2002 and then spent four years with the Jaguars and four years with the Browns. He coached for eight years under Pete Carroll on the Seattle Seahawks, was Jacksonville’s special teams coordinator in 2021, and the last two with the 49ers.</p>
    <p id=”3bNRM3″>The 49ers are not expected to change what they do on defense, only who is calling the plays.</p>
     

    March 3, 2024 at 11:43 am #149613
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    David Lombardi@LombardiHimself
    Brandon Staley has been an NFL defensive coordinator once. His 2020 Rams defense ranked #1 by a wide margin. He is a disciple of former 49ers DC Vic Fangio. Staley impressed Kyle Shanahan with his game plans vs top opposing offenses, including vs the 49ers in 2022.
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    Shanahan, however, didn’t want to abandon SF’s 4-3 defensive identity — which is rooted in their linebacker play. So the 49ers promoted assistant Nick Sorensen to DC and added Staley to the staff. They’ll presumably allow him to infuse his “Cloud” (disguised) coverage concepts to the secondary.
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    Goal #1 for the 49ers: Tie the front and back end together better than last season, when defensive coordinator Steve Wilks’ defense slipped from No. 1 to No. 12 in the EPA rankings
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