Free Agency, 2024

[Niner Outlaw]

There are some quality FAs still available out there.

S Justin Simmons
S Jamal Adams
S Q.Diggs
Edge J.Clowney
OT Charles Leno
TE Ross Dwelley
OL James Hurst
DE Emmanuel Ogbah
DT H.Ridgeway

With the way the draft worked out, I don't see us bringing in a safety (barring injury), but we could sure use the help at TE (as Latu was/is a bust) and Leno is competent at OT. I remember Ridgeway working out pretty well for us at DT too.

 

[deep9er]

First, a team has to lose more players to FA than it signs. Then, a "secret" formula is used to determine what level of comp pick each team gets for each net player lost. Most teams have the formula just about figured out.

The questions are these:
-how many qualifying free agents did the Niners lose?
-how many qualifying free agents did the Niners sign?
-if the team lose more than it signed, the team gets comp picks and the formula determines what round the comp pick is

Chase Young played most of the season with Washington, who gets the Comp? Likely the 49ers but interesting situation.

 

[deep9er]

According to Over the Cap, and they usually have a good projection of comp picks, our signing of Floyd cancelled out the loss of Young. But we are still getting 2 or 3 comp picks (Darnold and Weorner and maybe Joseph-Day).

Unless Darnold starts for like 'half' the season, think net free agency will end up close to even.

 

[deep9er]

So the logic (at the time) of getting Young for (essentially) free (he was projected as a 3rd round comp FA) did not come to fruition.

Not a critique (poop happens), just trying to simplify the transaction.

If you look at Chase Young in a vacuum, he didn't seem to finish well enough to garner a 3rd round comp IMO? So yes, we'll likely get less comp than the 3rd rounder projected.

But its not zero comp for Young when taken out of the vacuum, its just that who we signed made up for his comp value. Out of the vacuum is combining all free agents lost versus all gained.

 

[deep9er]

There are some quality FAs still available out there.

S Justin Simmons
S Jamal Adams
S Q.Diggs
Edge J.Clowney
OT Charles Leno
TE Ross Dwelley
OL James Hurst
DE Emmanuel Ogbah
DT H.Ridgeway

With the way the draft worked out, I don't see us bringing in a safety (barring injury), but we could sure use the help at TE (as Latu was/is a bust) and Leno is competent at OT. I remember Ridgeway working out pretty well for us at DT too.

Following the draft, don't see us adding any more Free Agents save for injury later in OTA/TC.

Believe we've hit the 90 man limit yesterday, so the intent is to first see what we have in rookies and UDFA's?

 

[Niner Outlaw]

Chase Young played most of the season with Washington, who gets the Comp? Likely the 49ers but interesting situation.

The Niners would get the comp pick, but it looks like our signing of Floyd cancelled out the loss of Young.

 

[deep9er]

The Niners would get the comp pick, but it looks like our signing of Floyd cancelled out the loss of Young.

Yeah, at this point not seeing comp picks unless Darnold has a good year............by his standards.

 

[deep9er]

I stand corrected and glad I am. The 3rd rounder is from the Ran Carthon-DeMeco Ryans hirings, but they project 2 more comps. A 5th and 7th is better than nothing.



Projected compensatory picks: One in Round 3; one in Round 5; one in Round 7.

Key free-agent losses: Chase Young (Saints), Sam Darnold (Vikings), Javon Kinlaw (Jets), Charlie Woerner (Falcons), Sebastian Joseph-Day (Titans), Clelin Ferrell (Commanders).

Key free-agent additions: Leonard Floyd, Yetur Gross-Matos, Isaac Yiadom, Jordan Elliott.



The 49ers have absolutely feasted upon compensatory picks, racking up 17 over the past three seasons, including six third-rounders tied directly to minority head coaching and general manager candidates who were hired from their staff. This year, the 49ers will receive their final third-round compensatory pick from the Ran Carthon-DeMeco Ryans hirings in 2023. San Francisco lost six qualifying players and signed four qualifiers, creating two potential compensatory picks to go with that third-rounder.