The 49ers Sign Yetur Gross-Matos to a Two-Year Deal

The San Francisco 49ers reportedly have signed free agent defensive end Yetur Gross Matos to a two-year, $18 million contract.

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00:00 The 49ers just signed defensive end Yator Grossmatos to a two-year, $18 million deal.

00:07 This news comes a couple hours after the 49ers signed defensive end Leonard Floyd to a two-year,

00:12 $20 million deal.

00:14 So instead of signing one defensive end, they signed two to complement each other.

00:19 Leonard Floyd will be the pass rusher and Yator Grossmatos will be the run defender,

00:25 the edge setter.

00:26 He played the first four seasons of his career with the Panthers, who probably thought they

00:30 were getting a pass rusher when they drafted him high, but he's not.

00:33 He's not much of a pass rusher.

00:34 He had four and a half sacks career high.

00:37 That was last season, but he's a very good run defender.

00:41 He's 6'5", 265 pounds, which is a lot bigger than Leonard Floyd, who's 6'3", 240.

00:50 So I could see where the Niners are coming from here, as opposed to going out and spending

00:54 a ton of money on Khalil Mack or Daniil Hunter.

00:58 They got a couple guys who can play together or complement each other, not play together,

01:03 but one after another, keep each other fresh.

01:07 I like it.

01:08 I mean, I haven't watched a ton of Yator Grossmatos play.

01:14 He was on the Carolina Panthers.

01:15 I think it was probably bad for your health to watch the Panthers the last couple of years,

01:21 but I don't know, maybe Steve Wilks gave him a vote of confidence.

01:25 Maybe as Steve Wilks was getting fired, he said, "You know what, guys?

01:28 I want you guys to get better, so you should go sign Yator Grossmatos for the next defensive

01:35 coordinator."

01:36 I think it's possible.

01:37 Anyway, I like the signing.

01:39 I'm not big into giving huge contracts to defensive linemen who are just going to get

01:44 held in the Super Bowl, and there's not going to be flag call.

01:46 I mean, that's the point.

01:49 And you could argue this signing's almost maybe more important than the Floyd signing

01:55 because the Niners issue is stopping the run, much more than rushing the quarterback, although

02:00 frankly as a unit last year, this defensive line was good at neither.

02:05 But now they should be better at both because they have Leonard Floyd and Yator Grossmatos,

02:13 whom I'm an expert in.

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