Stone was expected to move to the left guard spot vacated by Ray Brown, who the 49ers feel had a drop off of his level of play towards the end of last season. But Stone likely will move to the right side of the line, to play his natural position and next to Scott Gragg who used to play along side him when they were both with the Giants. The move pushes the versatile Dave Fiore to the left side.

While I’m not overly worried about the starting personnel along the line, I do have some hesitations about placing Stone on the right side. My biggest worry is that it leaves the left side of the line much lighter than the right side. This virtually telegraphs to which side the 49ers will run, and gives defenses a target to blitz from.

The line, from left to right weighs as follows: Deese (~289), Fiore (~290), Newberry (~320), Stone(~330), and Gragg (~325). Clearly there is a huge weight differential from left to right likely making the left side of the line weaker than the right.