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Of course, the regular season caveat comes because he did miss a few against Washington in the playoffs. You don’t need a world beater. Goff is a durable QB, and nearly every NFL team’s season would be derailed by a serious injury to their starting QB (God forbid). In the event your backup is in, you really just need someone who will take care of the ball and get it to your playmakers. Hope to score 20.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Kyler gets a one year deal in Minnesota and has the opportunity to beat out JJ for the starting gig.

I wonder if it means the Lions are counting on Levi (again). Dangerous proposition.

I’d bet it’s a years over dollars thing with him. He got pissed with how the Bengals treated him with the franchise tag. He probably sees that he’s only got one more big contract in him, so he’s hoping for 3-4 years instead of 1-2. He’d probably take 3/70 over 2/50.

If by the end of the week we sign a couple guys like Braden Smith, Bradley Chubb, and maybe two DBs, all to short-term deals, I’ll feel a lot better. It’s OT and the defensive backfield that worry me the most.

I want to be patient. I know Holmes is likely hard at work. But it’s hard not to be at least a little concerned.

If the Niners have to trade Trent Williams, I wonder what he will fetch, knowing the recipient has to pay him.

Manu won’t start. That would be reckless.

I'm hoping they aren't done yet on the OL. Borom is good depth and can play any position on the line (except maybe center). But I don't like the idea of going into the draft pigeon-holed into taking a tackle in the first round. That's how you end up taking 2nd round talents at 17.

He's from Detroit, went to Brother Rice.

I think JK Dobbins fits their profile nicely. Downhill runner who stacks YACs. Of course, he's also very often hurt.

Mike Evans to the 49ers for three years? Have to imagine it's a two-year deal in sheep's clothing. He's old and hurt.

They're just being stupid.

Rapoport's agent-speak and team-talk is getting too confusing for me. The Ravens were only offering a two-year deal? That's not a "strong offer." This is like how a 4+7+Scruggs = 5th round value.

That's just bidding war pricing. I know the schtick this time of year is "if your team signs him it's a great deal, but if someone else signs him it's too much money." But I get it at $27MM APY.

Maybe not, but I dispute they couldn't afford it. They had Decker, Ragnow, and Sewell all under contract for 2026. Was the plan all along to make one of them take a major paycut? I'm hoping these at least means they aren't done fixing the OL and we will see one of Braden Smith or Jermaine Eluemunor next.

Wanted Linderbaum, but Mays is a good second place prize. He and Mahagony will be an interesting duo, assuming Mahagony is the LG. Mays is good at pass blocking and mediocre at run blocking. Mahagony is good at run blocking but was atrocious in the pass block.

That's a hole.

Aaron Glenn is busy, but no one they've signed has been a name I recognize.

Neither Rapoport nor Schefter have posted in over five minutes.... what's brewing??

I think I have a different definition of "top" than Ian.

Happy Tampering Day everybody!

I think these are related. I expect they plan to have conversations with agents of some more expensive players today. If they sign here, they may need to restructure more (e.g., Sewell and ASB). If not, they may be good with just a partial restructure of Goff's deal. Either way, I'm sure conversations have been had with all three of ASB, Goff, and Sewell's agents about the possibility. Usually contracts don't even give the player a choice, since it's all positive for them (more guaranteed money has little to no drawback for the player). Also, they don't have to make restructures public. They may have been done for weeks and just not released the information. Same for Decker, depending on what they do in the next 48 hours will probably determine whether he's released with a post-6/1 designation. Though maybe they're hoping cooler heads will prevail? Or that if a deal doesn't pan out they'll pay him more? Who knows. The next 72 hours will tell us a lot.