NBC Sports' NFL analyst Chris Simms weighs in on 49ers' offseason blueprint

49ers Talk: A San Francisco 49ers Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Football, Nfl, San Francisco 49ers, Sports, Matt Maiocco

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

NBC Sports NFL analyst Chris Simms sat down with '49ers Talk' co-host Jennifer Lee Chan to discuss how his friend Kyle Shanahan and the San Francisco 49ers' front office can approach the offseason with a slew of significant league-wide checkpoints coming up. Simms also shares the origin of his bond with Shanahan as teammates and then friends in college at Texas, and how he knew Shanahan would be a successful coach early in his career. Matt Maiocco also joins Jennifer to discuss which areas San Francisco might address in free agency or through the draft and which prospects might fit the bill.

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0:19.5	The NFL scouting combine shifted all the attention toward the 2026 draft.
0:25.1	But first things first, the true league year kicks off next week with the opening of free agency and the trading window.
0:32.6	The 49ers have a lot to consider on all fronts with the likelihood of free agents coming and going,
0:38.3	as well as the potential to either require or send players elsewhere in trades.
0:43.3	Jennifer Lee Chan is back from Indianapolis, where the decision makers for all 32 NFL teams were represented.
0:50.3	And there was not a lot of buzz about potential activities surrounding the 49ers.
0:55.8	There were plenty of prospects who looked good to be 49ers fits for sure,
1:00.7	but how does that impact how the 49ers might chart their course for the opening of the new league year?
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1:16.6	Welcome to another episode of 49ers talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.com. Introducing your hosts, Matt Mayoko and Jennifer Lee Chan.
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1:41.6	Jennifer, are you thought out? How do you feel coming out of the week in
1:46.8	Indianapolis? What was crazy is how bipolar the weather was out there. We got there. It was 21
1:52.6	degrees, but felt like 14. By the time we left, it was about 55 and warm. And I was just carrying
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