2026 NFL Free Agency Thread

[calia]

All true. Way too many holes to fill with FAs. Starting level FAs anyway. And we needed depth everywhere.

WR2 could still be Aiyuk. Jennings and Deebo remain unsigned too. I suspect we will land one of them.

C and S are noticeable gaps, and CB depth as well (I assume they’ll start Robertson, Amos, and Sainristil - although maybe they’re thinking of grabbing a CB at 7 - Delane?).


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[AnonEmouse]

Originally Posted by calia

All true. Way too many holes to fill with FAs. Starting level FAs anyway. And we needed depth everywhere.

WR2 could still be Aiyuk. Jennings and Deebo remain unsigned too. I suspect we will land one of them.

C and S are noticeable gaps, and CB depth as well (I assume they’ll start Robertson, Amos, and Sainristil - although maybe they’re thinking of grabbing a CB at 7 - Delane?).


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Both S and C are ? at this time, but we might already have our guys on the roster. Talk of moving Coleman to C and I keep hoping Owens has a breakout season. But yeah, if they draft Downs at 7 it would make a lot of sense.

I don't think there's a CB rated highly enough to take at 7. Not with whoever else will likely be available. Likely one pick will go on a CB though.

WR is the one that's all up in the air until SF decide what they're doing. Aiyuk wasn't my first choice, but he's making more and more sense now.

[calia]

Originally Posted by AnonEmouse

Both S and C are ? at this time, but we might already have our guys on the roster. Talk of moving Coleman to C and I keep hoping Owens has a breakout season. But yeah, if they draft Downs at 7 it would make a lot of sense.

I don't think there's a CB rated highly enough to take at 7. Not with whoever else will likely be available. Likely one pick will go on a CB though.

WR is the one that's all up in the air until SF decide what they're doing. Aiyuk wasn't my first choice, but he's making more and more sense now.

If they move Coleman to C, we have very little depth at T -- we'll be left with just our starters in Tunsil and Conerly plus Wylie (although Cosmi has played T as well before he slid inside). I can't say I love that plan if it is indeed the plan.

[GridIron26]

Jets just traded Fields to Chiefs, I'm surprised by that Chiefs are interested in him as he is completely opposite of Mahomes although I'm sure Reid will figure out a way to utilize Fields better than Jets did.

[skinsnut]

Christian Kirk for $6M to 49ers.
That's an awesome deal, mainly slot now, I wouldn't have been mad if we got him, oh well but that does put more pressure on the 49ers with the 3 that we are considering, Deebo, aiyuk, jennings.
I actually see Aiyuk as the only possible #2 field stretcher, Jennings is not dynamic, Deebo isn't either. They are both solid 500+yard guys though, but shaking coverage is not what they can do, when you have Daniels, you need a wiggly guy when he does the scramble drill. What's up with Hollywood brown? Or is he done? I also think he is slot. Who knows, send dyami deep every other play at this point

[calia]

Originally Posted by skinsnut

Christian Kirk for $6M to 49ers.
That's an awesome deal, mainly slot now, I wouldn't have been mad if we got him, oh well but that does put more pressure on the 49ers with the 3 that we are considering, Deebo, aiyuk, jennings.
I actually see Aiyuk as the only possible #2 field stretcher, Jennings is not dynamic, Deebo isn't either. They are both solid 500+yard guys though, but shaking coverage is not what they can do, when you have Daniels, you need a wiggly guy when he does the scramble drill. What's up with Hollywood brown? Or is he done? I also think he is slot. Who knows, send dyami deep every other play at this point

It's interesting -- we have a couple of guys that were drafted pretty high at WR and that for whatever reason haven't caught fire (Burks, Jefferson) despite their physical gifts. I actually really keen to see what McCaffrey can do this year. He seems to get open a lot, and has good hands (not to mention, he did well in the return game). Hopefully, he's taking some pointers from his brother on how to bounce back from injury. We definitely need more help here, but the cupboard isn't exactly bare any more, thankfully.

[AnonEmouse]

I suspect they'll work Coleman at C to have depth after Allegretti, but I'm inclined to be believe they draft C anyway. They were in the race for Linderbaum, which suggests they're looking to improve there, not just add depth.

[GridIron26]

Dolphins traded Waddle to Broncos for 2026 1st, 3rd and 4th round picks. Kinda surprised by this move cuz Dolphins literally do not have any WRs outside Waddle. Tanking the season already?

[AnonEmouse]

They could draft 3 new WR's with those picks...

[skinsnut]

Another decent WR gone: Hollywood Brown to eagles

[calia]

Originally Posted by skinsnut

Another decent WR gone: Hollywood Brown to eagles

Makes a move by AJ Brown only slightly more likely, I would think. H. Brown has had injury issues and hasn't been a significant contributor for several years now, and he's certainly not a #2.

The Waddle trade is interesting and Miami is really doing a "down to the studs" rebuild. They're going to have a lot of rookies on that team.

[skinsnut]

Michael Pittman WR traded from Colts to Pittsburgh for a late round swap and extended to 3byears averaging 19M is the kinda thing I was hoping we would do to secure a legit #2.
I wonder if we had an opportunity to do this or not? I don't see why we wouldn't have done this. Our picks are much higher than Pitt. Unless they see him as the same as Jennings who they haven't gone after. Pretty sure these are both big 29 year old guys. At first glance by name alone, I easily would have favored such a move for us. Kinda bummed, Pit got this done and we didn't. What do you guys think?

[GridIron26]

Originally Posted by skinsnut

Michael Pittman WR traded from Colts to Pittsburgh for a late round swap and extended to 3byears averaging 19M is the kinda thing I was hoping we would do to secure a legit #2.
I wonder if we had an opportunity to do this or not? I don't see why we wouldn't have done this. Our picks are much higher than Pitt. Unless they see him as the same as Jennings who they haven't gone after. Pretty sure these are both big 29 year old guys. At first glance by name alone, I easily would have favored such a move for us. Kinda bummed, Pit got this done and we didn't. What do you guys think?

Yeah I would have been happy to get him at this price.

[WCommandersfan99]

A lot to give up for Waddle. He is good though. Surprised they did it honestly after getting Willis. Not happy with what Commanders have done at wr so far. Banking on Aiyuk if that is the plan for the only upgrade isn't something I'm game for currently. Only March so I'll be patient.

[AnonEmouse]

Noise from 49ers management, coach and owner all suggests they'll hold onto Aiyuk as long as possible. Says 2 things to me:

1) There may be more to the rift than simply the medical situation as its been lain out.
2) While he may be a great addition, it can't come at significant cost, if any.

Even a 7th round pick this year is a cost we have to weigh up given the dearth of picks we have. Then there's the contract situation. I think we play hardball and call the 49ers bluff and give them no choice but to cut him. If someone else steps in and trades, then so be it. We can't hinge an offseason on one player.