Jose SanchezNov 10, 2026
Sanchez graded the 49ers' trade deadline a B, praising the DeForest Buckner acquisition and predicting the 49ers' interior pass rush will be dominant going forward, with Buckner and Osa Odighizuwa both among the league's best defensive tackles. They also expect Keenan Allen to be only a depth contributor.
Published in writing · Sports IllustratedRead the original
What Jose Sanchez said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromThe 49ers' interior pass rush is set up to be sensational.
- Where it was published
- Sports Illustrated
- The piece
- Grading 49ers NFL Trade Deadline: All Chips are Placed on DeForest Buckner
- The original
- Read the original
- Read it wrong?
- Tell us and we will look
- 1Osa Odighizuwa to finish top 10 at his position, by an unstated measure“the 49ers have paired Buckner with Osa Odighizuwa, another top-10 defensive tackle”
- 2Position Group Finish“The 49ers' interior pass rush is set up to be sensational. The secondary will also benefit.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osa Odighizuwa to finish top 10 at his position, by an unstated measure1 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| “The 49ers' interior pass rush is set up to be sensational. The…”2 | Position Group Finish | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 waiting · 1 too vague to check | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 claims — 1 position group finish and 1 positional finish — the one we can check graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
The one call we can check has not settled yet — it grades once its result is in.
The other one was too vague to check, so it is not graded.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
Their call against the record
positional finishTheir call against what actually happened last time. Not yet settled.
1Positional FinishesOsa OdighizuwaSan Francisco 49ers
Osa Odighizuwa to finish top 10 at his position, by an unstated measure
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Position Group FinishSan Francisco 49ers
“The 49ers' interior pass rush is set up to be sensational. The secondary will also benefit.”
VerdictToo vague to checkToo vague to check: we could not tell what would count as right, so it stays on the record without a score.
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