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Larry Krueger reveals who the most important player for the 49ers will be on their defense this season.

With the way the 49ers’ roster looks heading into Week 1 of the NFL season, it’s likely Chip Kelly will have his toughest task as a NFL head coach. Ray Woodson still says, however, this team is already better than last season.

We live in an instantaneous society where there’s zero patience and very rarely any perspective for the time it takes to build something. Or understand how it crumbled. Welcome to 2016, 49ers and Raiders fans!

The San Francisco 49ers have the toughest schedule in the NFL. Combine that with a new coach and a new system and Rod Brooks says they better take advantage of their opponents with weak quarterbacking.

There is little doubt that Santiago Casilla is not the answer for the Giants in the 9th inning, but who is qualified to replace him?

Recently Miller went on Demarcus Ware’s talk show on NFL.com, and Ware asked him to name one tackle who ‘owns him’ on the football field. Miller pointed to Brown.

Every week of the NFL season, former NFL scout Larry Krueger is bringing you insider fantasy information to help you stack your squad with the players with the best matchups each week.

The Giants do need a change at closer and it’s probably a long time coming. Bruce Bochy doesn’t have many options and Joe Nathan is far from a sure-thing improvement, but it’s worth a shot.

With 2015 marred by a foot injury that caused the running back to miss the final nine games of the season, Carlos Hyde is ready to break out in Chip Kelly’s new offense.

Bruce, it’s over. Not the season, at least not yet anyway, but the relationship you have with Santiago Casilla as your closer.