Overview
- The 49ers acquired defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa from the Dallas Cowboys for a 2026 third-round pick and later restructured his contract in April to free short-term salary-cap room.
- Odighizuwa told Richard Sherman on Tuesday that Raheem Morris’s scheme will remove the 'handcuffs' he felt in Dallas and allow him to be used more flexibly, especially against the run.
- He said he has the Nov. 15 game at AT&T Stadium circled, framing the matchup with his former team as a personal focal point for the season.
- Reporting across outlets notes Odighizuwa’s productive 2025 profile — about 691 defensive snaps, a roughly 65.9 PFF defensive grade and 52 total pressures — as the main reason San Francisco pursued him.
- The Cowboys used the traded third-round pick on Michigan edge rusher Jaishawn Barham and the 49ers continue to point to an independent study, cited by GM John Lynch, that found no safety issue with the practice-facility electrical substation.