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Former New York Jets HC Robert Saleh Brings Three Ex-Jets to 49ers
Former New York Jets HC Robert Saleh Brings Three Ex-Jets to 49ers originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Robert Saleh spent four seasons as the head coach of the New York Jets, holding a record of 20-36 as an NFL head coach. Saleh was hired due to his resume as a top-end defensive coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers, a post he has reclaimed this offseason. Advertisement Saleh and special teams coordinator Brant Boyer, who served the Jets in that post from 2016 to 2024, have added three former Jets to their respective units in a weeks time. The first move came after the 49ers released Mitch Wishnowsky earlier this week, a move that was surprising to some after an injury-riddled season that saw him have one of the lowest averages of any punter in the NFL. After Wishnowsky's release, the 49ers scooped up former Jet punter Thomas Morstead. The initial reaction from many was to assume that Wishnowsky was let go due to his recurring back issues, however 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said the decision was not health-related. Advertisement 'He is healthy. So, he's going to go to a team and help a team out a lot. But those are things you've always got to predict." Shanahan said. "You don't know how those things go, and you've got to take the risk-reward and something that to me wasn't a big risk or worth the risk until someone like Morstead becomes available. And that put us on where we needed to make a decision.' Shanahan said that Morstead becoming available and his familiarity with Boyer helped lead to Wishnowsky's release. 'Well, I mean he definitely has the most expertise in the building. So, I always tend to lean towards whoever has the most expertise. But it's got to make sense. We've all got to agree with it. And it was really hard to cut ties with Mitch [Wishnowsky]." Shanahan stated. "I love Mitch. He's one of my favorite guys I've been around, especially from a special team standpoint and punter standpoint. He's such a football player in how he plays. The guys love him. But when you just look into contract situations, how last year went and things, the fact that [P Thomas] Morstead became available, [special teams coordinator] Brant [Boyer] being so familiar with him and having that relationship, it ended up making it a decision that wasn't easy, but we felt all confident it was best for our team.' The second former Jet brought into the Niners fold is linebacker Chase Surratt, who played 32 games with the Jets over the past three seasons, including starting five of the 17 games he played in 2024. Surratt also served on four different special teams units for the Jets. Advertisement The third prong of the former Jet trifecta is Bryce Huff, who the 49ers have a pending trade for. Huff spent the first four years of his career with the Jets, posting a 10 sack campaign in 2023, despite not being a starter in any of his 17 games. Huff spent this past season with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he played a key part in their Super Bowl winning season. Related: Jets Desperately Need Fields Four-Word Claim To Come True Related: Jets Coach Reveals Update on Fields' Progress This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 1, 2025, where it first appeared.
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5 days ago
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49ers aren't looking for Brock Purdy to "do something extra" because of his contract
49ers quarterback Brock Purdy has a new contract, but the team isn't looking for anything new from him as a result. That was the message from head coach Kyle Shanahan during a Thursday press conference. Purdy's contract confirms that the 49ers see him as the centerpiece of their franchise and Shanahan was asked if that means the team is looking for Purdy to become a more aggressive leader of the team during the 2025 season. 'I want him to be the leader he's always been,' Shanahan said, via a transcript from the team. 'There's no worse thing to do than ask people to do something extra just because they're a contract. You know, that's when you start making stuff up. Brock's earned his contract and he's going to earn what he gets going forward.' Purdy made an improbable rise from being the final pick of the draft to starting a Super Bowl for the 49ers. That makes it easy to understand why the team would like him to stay the course rather than try to do anything different now that he's playing on a big contract that ensures expectations for Purdy will be high for years to come.
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Kyle Shanahan: I understood why we struggled last year, I won't understand it this year
San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan attributes some of his team's struggles last season to coming off a loss in the Super Bowl. Which means that explanation won't fly this year. Shanahan said that a year ago, his players were worn down from a full postseason that ended with a heartbreaking overtime loss in Super Bowl LVIII. But this year, his players had a full offseason after going 6-11 and missing the playoffs, and he's not going to accept anyone not being completely read to go. 'The way I addressed it the most, was at our last meeting in January,' Shanahan said, via 'I just told the guys, I talked about how the season ended the year before, and how when I felt them all come back. I felt guys weren't ready to come back and I understood that. But I told them how I really won't understand it this year, not that that was right or wrong, but I couldn't comprehend it. We're off five weeks earlier, we all know how disappointed we are. And a lot of us have played a lot of football here.' Shanahan's 49ers have lost the Super Bowl twice, and both years they followed that with a six-win season. After their 6-10 season in 2020, they bounced back and made the NFC Championship Game following the 2021 season. Returning to winning form is the kind of response he expects from his players this year as well.
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Leafs GM says changes will not be limited to roster after another playoff dud
TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving says to expect changes in the off-season after another playoff bust. And not just to the roster — but "between the ears," too. Using the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers as an example, Treliving said at a season-ending availability Thursday that there must be changes in the "DNA" of a team that continues to fold in big playoff moments despite regular-season success. "We've got to continue to change and evolve our mindset, and we've got to find a way to create the team ... to be our very best at the most critical moments," Treliving said. Toronto finished the regular season in first place in the Atlantic Division and defeated the Ottawa Senators in the first round for just their second playoff series win in the last 20 seasons. The Leafs looked poised for a breakthrough when they won the first two games of a second-round series against the Panthers and went up 3-1 in Game 3, before handing the momentum back to their opponent and ultimately losing in seven games. Part of the collapse included painful 6-1 losses at home in Games 5 and 7, made more frustrating by a 2-0 win in Game 6 in Florida in what was perhaps the most complete Leaf performance of the season. "Champions have the ability to be calm and at their very best when it matters the most," Treliving said. "That is an area we have to improve in." Treliving said that the Game 7 loss "is going to live with me." "I felt really good that morning," he said. "The vibe around the team ... and then we had the result we had." Treliving credited Florida, which just polished off Carolina in five games in the Eastern Conference final to advance to their third straight Cup final, with always finding a way to perform in the moments that matter. "There's a reason why they're the champions, there's a reason why they're going back again for their third crack at it," Treliving said. "They've set the bar in our division, they've set the bar in the league. And that's what we aspire to." The changes have already started in Toronto, with the team declining to renew the contract of president Brendan Shanahan after 11 seasons. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment president and chief executive officer Keith Pelley said he will not replace Shanahan and instead work more closely with Treliving and head coach Craig Berube. Under Shanahan, the Leafs rebuilt a foundering team around the "Core 4" forwards of Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander and John Tavares. While the team found individual and regular-season success — the Leafs have advanced to the post-season in each of the last nine seasons and Matthews has won the Hart Trophy as league MVP and three Rocket Richard awards as the top goal-scorer — the Leafs have faltered in the post-season. They are 0-6 in Game 7s over the last eight seasons, with two of those defeats coming on Treliving's watch. Players seem to wilt under the pressure to deliver for a rabid fan base that has not celebrated a Stanley Cup victory since 1967. Treliving made some changes before the season to try to address that issue, adding stalwart defenceman Chris Tanev and goaltender Anthony Stolarz, who had a fantastic season before being injured in Game 1 of the second round. Berube, a no-nonsense coach who led the St. Louis Blues to a Cup title in 2019, was brought in to replace the popular but ultimately unsuccessful Sheldon Keefe. The changes this off-season are likely to be more significant, with both Marner and Tavares set to become unrestricted free agents on July 1. Marner is expected to be one of the top prizes on the market, and Treliving faces a tough task re-signing him — even if the Leafs brass believe he still fits into the team's future plans. Treliving called Marner, who has borne much of the Toronto fan base's anger at the myriad playoff failures, a "star." And he called himself a "huge John Tavares fan." But his short answer when discussing the future of the UFA's — "We'll see." "It's emotional right now," Treliving said. "My discussion with Mitch is 'Let's all take a step back, let's all take a deep breath. I need to decompress." This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 29, 2025. The Canadian Press
Edmonton Journal
5 days ago
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TRELIVING ON MARNER: 'I think he's a star'
Article content WATCH: Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving on parting ways withBrendan Shanahan, and Mitch Marner's future with the team. Article content Article content Latest National Stories
