Richard Sherman has two concerns about 49ers' NFC West chances

Not so long ago, most people would've considered the San Francisco 49ers a top-three team in the NFC.

However, after watching what the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams have done in the past year, it's hard to put them in the same upper echelon of Super Bowl contenders.

That's why former 49ers star Richard Sherman no longer likes their chances in the division. In the latest edition of his podcast, he highlighted two issues that might cost Kyle Shanahan's team this season. 

The 49ers will have a tough time in the NFC West

“The thing [the 49ers] didn’t do that I was concerned about is that interior offensive line,” Sherman said. “They didn’t strengthen it. You’re about to go against the most dynamic D-lines in the league in L.A. and Seattle. You’re going to say, ‘Hey, we’ll figure it out as we go?‘ Against Aaron Donald? Against Leonard Williams, against Byron Murphy; that’s what you’re going to go with? That’s the plan?”

The former Super Bowl champion also thinks the 49ers have way too many question marks in the secondary, unlike the defending champions and the new-look Rams.

“The corner depth is a question mark now, and you have no real veteran where you could say, ‘Hey, we just got a solid guy, and they’re going to be searching for that all season.‘ That’s why you can’t put them in the same tier as the Rams and the Seahawks right now. Because of those questions. The Rams and the Seahawks don’t have those kinds of lingering question marks at really pivotal spots,” he added.