Player                         Position

Joe Staley                    LT

Adam Snyder               LT/RT

San Francisco will carry a total of three offensive tackles in 2013, all of whom have started at least one full NFL season and combine for an average age of 27.6 years. The 49ers are young and proven on the edges, which is a great situation for them going into a season, looking to protect their franchise quarterback.

Staley and Davis, with their sound technique, light-footedness and respective mean streaks, are perfectly suited to safeguard Kaepernick from the league’s more dangerous pass-rushers. They will see the likes of J.J. Watt, Clay Matthews, Bruce Irvin, Chris Long, Brian Orakpo, John Abraham and Osi Umenyiora, to name a few.