Some free agents will be a higher priority for the 49ers to re-sign than others. These are the four that they should bring back.
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00:00 Who should the 49ers definitely resign?
00:04 Go ahead, Ron.
00:08 You talked about a couple of the guys the 49ers have.
00:10 I mean, they got, I think it's the numbers 20 total, 18 free agents that are unrestricted
00:16 to that are restricted.
00:19 But there's not really many marquee names.
00:21 So it's a lot of deaf pieces, you know, that you're looking to resign.
00:24 And I think if you're talking about the top of the board for me, if he doesn't price himself
00:30 out, Javon Kinlaw.
00:31 But the issue is defensive tackles and other, you know, that spot is a premium.
00:35 Some people pay four and a half, five million dollars for him.
00:38 Don't know if the Niners are going to do that.
00:40 He would be a guy though.
00:41 But I think some of the more, you know, underrated guys, Cleland Farrell, you saw what we was
00:45 missing in run defense.
00:47 I think he could be a solid run defender and a guy who plays maybe 15%, 20% of the defensive
00:51 snaps.
00:52 I've seen him for cheap elsewhere.
00:54 I think you definitely look to get back to Juan Jennings.
00:57 The question is because he's a restricted free agent, you have to place a tender on
01:01 him.
01:02 Are you going to pay him $4.6 million and place a second round tender?
01:06 Or are you only going to pay him 2.8 million?
01:08 Because the difference is a team has to pay a second round pick if they want him.
01:12 No one's going to do that.
01:13 Whereas a team wouldn't have to pay anything.
01:15 It's just the 49ers would get a chance to match.
01:17 They probably don't match a big deal.
01:19 And so I think he's the biggest question of how they're going to handle his free agency.
01:24 They'll probably have to put feelers out and figure that out.
01:27 I think those two guys though are probably or those three are probably near the top of
01:31 my list.
01:32 Honestly, though, for me, I'm totally fine with them kind of clearing house with some
01:37 of these, a lot of these depth pieces.
01:40 You have a big draft coming up ahead.
01:42 I think the 49ers realize they're going to need to go cheaper.
01:45 The draft is the number one way to go cheaper.
01:47 They have to hit on this draft, have to hit on this draft, especially after you look at
01:52 their last two classes.
01:53 23 was all right, but not the best.
01:56 You didn't have much capital in 22 is looking really bad apart from that one Brock Purdy
02:00 selection.
02:01 And so I think you have to hit on this draft would not be, would be totally fine if they
02:05 kind of clear house with the majority of their free agents.
02:11 So for me, I definitely, there's only two people that I think you should bring back.
02:15 And one of them is a longer shot because he's probably going to get paid more.
02:20 And that's Chase Young.
02:21 Now, when you look at people are like, Oh, Chase Young sucks.
02:23 What?
02:24 I don't care what he will say, because you look at the numbers and the stats, 15%, 1%
02:30 on pass rushing moves and stuff like that.
02:32 That was a top 30 in the NFL.
02:33 So for me, 66, 60, 75 or 66 pressures was his career high, seven and a half sacks career
02:40 high in the Super Bowl.
02:41 He looked legit, looked like he was actually playing like himself.
02:44 So for me, I think Chase Young is it, but with his big, bigger cap number and bigger
02:49 contract that he will probably command.
02:52 I think the Niners let him walk and get a comp pick the following year.
02:56 So the other guy is, is Joanne Jennings.
02:57 After that, I don't truly see a player on the free agent list of the 49ers.
03:02 And I'm like, you know what?
03:03 Let's bring back.
03:04 I'm fine with letting Ross Dwellie walk.
03:06 I mean, I know he's Kyle Shanahan's favorite and Grant's favorite, but it's okay to let
03:10 him walk.
03:11 Is he, is he Kyle's favorite?
03:14 They never play him, but it's hard to say why he was on the team the last few years.
03:19 You know, when you're like best buds with someone and you owe them a favor, like, and
03:21 no matter what, that's kind of like how I see it.
03:24 So for besides that, I don't see, I truly don't like all jokes aside.
03:28 I don't see anyone on the free agent list from the 49ers.
03:31 I'm like, Hey, he needs to come back outside of like Chase Young.
03:34 Them.
03:35 I mean, I guess Sam Donald, if he wants to be a backup quarterback next year at a, at
03:38 a much cheaper rate, I could see that.
03:41 I know I've seen people throw out John Feliciano, but I, at the end of the day, I'm not going
03:44 to bring back someone who talks shit about one of his teammates on a platform to discredit
03:50 who he is beside like, realistically, there's no one free agent wise.
03:54 We're like, they must bring this guy back.
03:56 It doesn't make sense to run it back ball.
03:59 You're also bringing free agents who you need to let walk.
04:01 Like it's time to get younger, cheaper.
04:03 You have 11 draft picks, keep them all on your team this year.
04:06 Even if they don't play, there's no spot for them to play anyways.
04:09 Why don't you start developing young talent?
04:13 Jennings is interesting because it feels like from another team's perspective, he might
04:17 be someone you might want to post.
04:19 He played so well in the super bowl.
04:21 You might, you might feel like, you know, that's a starting wide receiver in the NFL
04:25 and he just hasn't shown it.
04:26 He doesn't have the numbers to back it up.
04:28 He's not the targets, but on our team, we could give him more opportunities.
04:31 We could buy low.
04:32 I wonder at what point the Niners would match or at what point they'd say, you know what,
04:37 we'll take the second round pick.
04:40 Now that's where I brought up the tender because if they just do the right of refusal tender
04:45 at 2.8 million, I have a feeling a team is going to be willing to pay because they don't
04:49 have to give up anything.
04:51 So I could see John Jennings getting offers in the seven to 10 million annually range.
04:56 The deal that you saw Kendrick Bourne get Jennings is a better player than Bourne was
04:59 back then.
05:00 And he got 8 million a year when the market wasn't as high for receivers, which is why
05:05 I would personally suggest if you really want to keep them, that second round tender might
05:11 be the way you have to go.
05:12 You pay an extra 1.8 million, but at least no one's going to give up a second round pick
05:17 in my opinion for Jawan Jennings.
05:19 So I think that's the best way for you to kind of lock them into your team.
05:22 To me, he's more important to the team than Kyle.
05:25 You check who's over here making almost $8 million a year.
05:27 That's just me.
05:28 I agree.
05:29 And when you look at it to like the way I think about it, if you save that money on
05:33 juice, you put it towards Jennings, right?
05:35 You can go a little more 11 personnel, which kind of makes your offense a little better
05:39 in my opinion, makes your passing attack better.
05:41 I mean, I'm tired of seeing like the Niners offense is so explosive, but it also could
05:45 be a lot more explosive.
05:46 If you go away from juice being your what third receiver, a lot of times fourth receiver,
05:51 if that's Jennings Jennings is a mismatch on anyone slot corner on anyone in terms of
05:57 the linebacker and stuff like that.
05:58 So you really truly could make your offense even more explicit.
06:02 Get rid of juice.
06:03 Let Jennings be that guy.
06:04 I know if you look at the Rams, they use Ben's Skoronic.
06:08 They use them as a blocker.
06:10 Jennings is a phenomenal blocker.
06:11 Why not put your best players on the field?
06:14 Keep Jennings re-signed Jennings at that second round tender 4.8.
06:18 That's not, that's not too much.
06:20 You let him be your third receiver.
06:22 It was on the field at all times.
06:24 I think it's time for Kyle to go a little bit more away from his true offense and start
06:30 evolving as an offense.
06:31 His offense has a great principle.
06:33 Like it's super good when it's just Kyle's offense.
06:36 But if you start adding other principles to the offense, Jesus offense could be insane.
06:42 Absolutely to me, I should be the number one option.
06:44 He should be getting 150 to 180 targets a year.
06:47 He won't, but that's what CD lamb gets.
06:50 And I think I use that good.
06:52 Jennings could be a number two receiver.
06:53 They need to dial it back with Devo straight up.
06:56 Sorry.
06:57 They got, I mean like 11 targets for Devo.
06:59 Never ever, ever again.
07:00 He doesn't do enough.
07:02 He catches screens.
07:03 So I'm going to ask you grant.
07:04 So I had, I asked Rohan this question.
07:06 I kind of threw him.
07:07 So for the 49ers passing attack, right?
07:10 You the top players in my opinion, and I want to see what you're, what you think it is.
07:14 And this is down the field.
07:15 This is not in just regular passing game down the field.
07:18 It should be Brandon.
07:19 I, you George Kittle, Jawan Jennings, and then Devo Samuel.
07:22 Where would you put Devo Samuel down?
07:25 Like passing down the field in that category?
07:28 What's his route tree?
07:29 That's man-to-man coverage.
07:30 He's not getting open down the field.
07:33 If it's zone.
07:34 Yeah.
07:35 You might want to go to him.
07:37 I mean, if it's wide open, but yeah, I mean, Jennings, I, you can, Kittle can all get open
07:43 make contested catches.
07:45 That's not really Debo anymore or if it ever was, I don't know, make it way too much money
07:49 to be a screen specialist.
07:52 I mean, that's the issue.
07:54 And to me, while I don't know if I'll go as far as saying Debo is a worse player or receiver,
08:01 a guy who should be in the progression compared to Jennings.
08:03 I will say this.
08:04 I think the 49ers need to focus in on exploiting their matchups.
08:09 I know there's a lot of stuff, a lot of misdirection.
08:12 Kyle Shanahan likes to use a lot of things.
08:14 He likes to use to free guys open specifically in zone coverage, but at times you really
08:19 just got to go to your best guys.
08:21 Brandon Iuk is a one-on-one man beater.
08:23 George Kittle will beat players in open coverage, you know?
08:26 And so to me, those are the two guys I think the offense should focus, should be focused
08:30 around.
08:31 I think Brandon Iuk's got to get more volume.
08:32 I think George Kittle's got to get more volume.
08:34 That way you make Debo Samuel more, it's not expendable, but you kind of create more opportunities
08:40 around him and then maximize his efficiency when he does get the ball.
08:45 And maybe that changes the way you utilize him.
08:48 Maybe you have to find different ways to use him as a decoy because defenses won't fall
08:53 for it as much.
08:55 Or you put him as the third or fourth read in a progression where his acceleration, which
08:59 is really his calling card when it comes to routes, can really come into fruition.
09:03 That's kind of how he can separate from guys.
09:06 Because if he's the number one read, he's not fast enough, nor is he slippery enough
09:10 as a route runner to kind of consistently beat his defender.
09:14 We saw that against elite coverage from Trent McDuffie in the playoffs.
09:17 I think you want him as the backside so that you can see his acceleration come into fruition
09:23 while also prioritizing guys like Brandon Iuk and George Kittle.
09:27 It's crazy the Niners lost their first Super Bowl under Kyle because they didn't go to
09:30 Debo enough and they lost their second one because they went to him way, way, way too
09:34 much.
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