Latest updates 3/18:
- The Bears matched CB Kyle Fuller’s offer sheet with the Packers
- OL Justin Pugh signed with Cardinals
- S Tyrann Mathieu signed with Texans
- C Ryan Jensen signed with Bucs
- WR Jaron Brown signed with Seahawks
Fooch’s update: 3:42 pm — Adrian Clayborn signing with Patriots
Fooch’s update: 3:06 pm — Michael Crabtree signs with Ravens
Fooch’s update: 2:37 pm — CB Rashaan Melvin signs with Raiders, Packers sign CB Kyle Fuller to offer sheet
Fooch’s update 8:21 am — Pass rusher Alex Okafor is sticking with the Saints
Fooch’s update 8:19 am — Ed Dickson closing in on a deal with Seattle, Michael Crabtree visiting Baltimore, Thomas Rawls visiting Chiefs, Mike Davis visiting Detroit (article)
Fooch’s update 8:16 am — Sheldon Richardson signing with Vikings
The San Francisco 49ers head into the first weekend of free agency having made three additions to the roster. The team signed center Weston Richburg and running back Jerick McKinnon on Wednesday, and then added edge rusher Jerry Attaochu on Thursday.
When Richburg and McKinnon met with the media on Thursday, Lynch said that the team still had “a couple of things in the works,” with regard to more free agents. The Attaochu signing was announced after the press conference, but the team is likely looking at some additional depth options in this second phase of free agency. He said Richburg and McKinnon were the priorities, but, “[k]ind of the first wave is gone and there’s still guys out there and so we’re in contact with a few players.”
That being said, he acknowledged that even with just the two new additions at the press conference, the team has been plenty busy with the various in-house players they signed to contracts. The team has signed contracts with Jimmy Garoppolo, Marquise Goodwin, Richard Sherman, Cassius Marsh, Garry Gilliam, Brock Coyle, and Mark Nzeocha.
Here is a look at the best remaining players at positions of note for the 49ers. The team was reportedly interested in Tyler Eifert before he returned to the Cincinnati Bengals. They’ve also been connected with Jordy Nelson (signed with Raiders) and Terrelle Pryor.
Best Available RB: LeGarrette Blount, DeMarco Murray
Best Available WR: Terrelle Pryor, Jordan Matthews, Mike Wallace, Michael Crabtree
Best Available TE: Martellus Bennett, Eric Ebron
Best Available OL: OT Cameron Fleming, G Justin Pugh, G Jack Mewhort, C John Sullivan, C Mike Pouncey
Best Edge: Adrian Clayborn, Alex Okafor
Best Available DT: Ndamukong Suh, Sheldon Richardson
Best LB: NaVorro Bowman
Best Available CB: E.J. Gaines, Rashaan Melvin
Best Available S: Tyrann Mathieu, Morgan Burnett, Eric Reid, Kenny Vaccaro, Tyvon Branch