Rob Lowder

Host of Striking Gold, a @49ers podcast on @YouTube and @BlueWirePods, Formerly @NinersNation and @TheNinersWire

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

New Striking Gold!
@KP_Show and I react to the return of DeForest Buckner and what it means for the #49ers defensive front.
YouTube: https://t.co/FFEXF235R6

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

Striking Gold is live!
Buckner's back! @KP_Show and I discuss the #49ers bringing back their stud defensive tackle in DeForest Buckner and what it means for that group.
https://t.co/9sqX8Ihu1h

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

Striking Gold is live!
Buckner's back! @KP_Show and I discuss the #49ers bringing back their stud defensive tackle in DeForest Buckner and what it means for that group.
https://t.co/9sqX8Ihu1h

[Kyle Posey @KP_Show]

DeForest Buckner ranks among DTs this year, per Sumer Sports:

Sacks: Tied - 2nd
Pressures: 10th
TFLs: 14th
Impact plays: 15th
Stuffed runs: 17th

Through at least the first month, he was double teamed on 36.4% of his pass rushes. Gonna be tough to double him with a 5-down front

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

The #49ers' defensive front has some juice:
DE Nick Bosa (return TBD)
DT DeForest Buckner
DT Osa Odighizuwa
DE Keion White
DE Mykel Williams
DT Gracen Halton
DE Romello Height
DT Sebastian Valdez

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

@kaforge Sograz.

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

There it is. It almost felt inevitable. The #49ers are sending a 2027 4th-rounder to the Colts to bring DeForest Buckner back. An easy deal to make for John Lynch at a huge position of need.

[Ian Rapoport @RapSheet]

Trade: The #Colts are trading 3-time Pro-Bowl DT DeForest Buckner back to the #49ers, the team that made him a 2016 first-round pick before dealing him to Indianapolis in 2020, per me and @AdamSchefter. A reunion!!

Now Buckner returns to SF, fortifying their defensive line.

[Ian Rapoport @RapSheet]

Trade: The #Colts are trading 3-time Pro-Bowl DT DeForest Buckner back to the #49ers, the team that made him a 2016 first-round pick before dealing him to Indianapolis in 2020, per me and @AdamSchefter. A reunion!!

Now Buckner returns to SF, fortifying their defensive line.

[Steven Haglund @StevenIHaglund]

The two Chargers players getting the most trade buzz around the league per my sources are EDGE Khalil Mack and RB Kimani Vidal.
Have been able to confirm that the Bears and 49ers have both made serious inquiries about Mack. One of the AFC contenders has expressed interest as well.
Two teams in the NFC East have called about Vidal, who is a sneaky trade candidate as more and more teams deal with injuries at RB.

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

It just makes too much sense.

[Jordan Schultz @Schultz_Report]

Sources: The #Colts are also actively shopping DT DeForest Buckner. I expect him to be moved soon if the right offer comes in.

[Tom Pelissero @TomPelissero]

Trade! The Colts are sending eight-time Pro Bowl guard Quenton Nelson to the Seahawks for a 2027 third-round pick and a 2028 fifth-round pick, sources tell @ringer @netflixsports.

[Cam Inman @CamInman]

49ers Kyle Shanahan call:
*McCaffrey has a mild hamstring strain, not thigh. Optimistic he'll be OK for Raiders game post-bye
*Also expected back (but not guaranteed) after bye are WRs Evans, Samuel; DE Bosa; LB Gifford; S Seigel, DT West
*No kicker tryouts in works

[Nick Wagoner @nwagoner]

#49ers RB Christian McCaffrey has a mild hamstring strain, per Kyle Shanahan.

Team believes he will be fine coming out of the bye. “We’re pretty optimistic,” Shanahan said.

[Nick Wagoner @nwagoner]

#49ers pressured Falcons QB Michael Penix on 3 of 34 drop backs today.

That 9% pressure rate is their lowest since week 16 of 2024 against Miami (also 9%).

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

@LibertySoapbox @JcruzJcruzh7

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

The current rules are the current rules, but the fact that this isn’t a catch in today’s NFL feels a bit silly.
Well, did he drop it? No. So that means he caught it, right? Well, no. Why? Because the ball shifted in your hands a little bit when you hit the ground.
Ok.

[FOX Sports: NFL @NFLonFOX]

After review, this play was ruled an incomplete catch. Agree with the call?

📺️: FOX/FOX One

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

@JcruzJcruzh7 @LibertySoapbox No…?

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

@LibertySoapbox @JcruzJcruzh7 My original tweet was about how the rule (which I clearly already know) seemed a little silly. You responded by explaining the rule I already know that I had already said seemed silly. We already knew why the call was ruled incomplete. It's the correct call, given the rule.

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

Me: The rule seems a bit silly.
Twitter: But the rule says!

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

@LibertySoapbox @JcruzJcruzh7 It seems difficult to miss the point this completely, but here you are.

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

Striking Gold live!
It's Takeaway Time! @KP_Show and I breaking down all of your questions, comments and concerns from the #49ers' ugly loss to the Falcons. Tell us how you feel!
https://t.co/Y7XvgpJATc