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49ers sign Eric Saubert

The 49ers announced the signing of two free agents on the offensive side of the ball on Monday.

Running back Patrick Taylor’s addition was reported last week while tight end Eric Saubert’s signing had flown under the radar. Both players agreed to one-year deals with the reigning NFC champs.

Saubert played one game with the Cowboys and nine games for the Texans last season. He had three catches for 12 yards while with Houston.

For his career, Saubert has played in 84 games and has also seen time with the Falcons, Bears, Jaguars, and Broncos.

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Chargers working to build “epic” offense for the 2024 season

The Chargers’ offseason program is underway and so is the construction of their new offense under offensive coordinator Greg Roman.

Run game coordinator Andy Bischoff outlined the goal of that construction process when he spoke to reporters on Monday. Roman built a successful offense around Lamar Jackson in Baltimore and will be working with a very different quarterback in Justin Herbert with the Chargers.

Bischoff called Herbert a player “with rare intelligence” and said the team aims to put him in a “different and unique” offense in order to make the most of his ability.

“This morning in our team meeting with the offense, [Roman] used the word ‘epic’ in front of the guys and defined it,” Bischoff said, via the team’s website. “Why not create something different than has ever been done. As much success as we’ve all had in different places doing different things, none of that really matters. All that really matters is right now and creating that here.”

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Logan Ryan announces his retirement

Ryan announced his retirement on social media on Tuesday morning. Ryan called his 11 years in the NFL a “beautiful journey of highs and lows.”

Two of the highs came during his first four years in the league. Ryan was a 2013 third-round pick of the Patriots and he helped them to a pair of Super Bowl titles during his run in New England.

Ryan left the Patriots as a free agent in 2017 and played three seasons for the Titans. During that time, he returned Tom Brady’s final pass as a Patriot for a touchdown in a Tennessee playoff win over his former team. Ryan moved on to two years with the Giants and reunited with Brady in Tampa in 2022 before closing out his career with a trip to the Super Bowl as a member of the 49ers last season.

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TE Ja’Tavion Sanders scheduled to meet with Panthers, Browns

Brock Bowers is widely expected to be the first tight end off the board in this year’s draft and one of the candidates for No. 2 is meeting with a couple of teams this week.

Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that Ja’Tavion Sanders is slated for visits with the Panthers and Browns.

Sanders was a starter at Texas the last two seasons and he posted 99 catches for 1,295 yards and seven touchdowns as a Longhorn. That production in the passing game has led most to project him as a second-day pick later this month.

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Laiatu Latu meeting with Vikings, Cardinals this week

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Xavier Worthy visiting Cardinals Tuesday

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Christian Gonzalez will be first Patriots player to wear No. 0 jersey

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Giants sign Miles Boykin

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Kansas City mayor says Chiefs aren’t going anywhere

Dallas mayor Eric Johnson has jumped all over Kansas City’s conundrum, using it for his political gain by recruiting the Chiefs.

Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas responded on social media recently, declaring the Chiefs aren’t going anywhere.

“I hear rumors, including even from the Mayor of Dallas,” Lucas wrote. “Kansas City, don’t believe the noise. We are committed to retention of our teams with vastly lower expenses--think needed infrastructure build out--than even an intra-metro move. Both teams will be in KCMO in 2040 and long after.”

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Ike Boettger visited with Seahawks

From 2018-2022, Boettger appeared in 34 games with 17 starts for the Bills. He started seven games for the club in 2020 and 10 games in 2021.

Boettger entered the league in 2018 as an undrafted free agent out of Iowa. He initially signed with the Bills and was briefly with the Chiefs before heading back to Buffalo.

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Jared Verse set to visit Seahawks, Broncos

Edge rusher Jared Verse is generally projected to be a first-round pick in this month’s draft and he’s visiting with teams who could make that projection a reality.

Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that Verse is set to visit with the Seahawks on Tuesday night and Wednesday. He is also scheduled for a meeting with the Broncos and has already visited with the Buccaneers.

Verse played at Albany before transferring to Florida State for his final two seasons. He was named an All-American after both years with the team and left school with 89 times, 29.5 tackles for loss, 18 sacks, a forced fumble, and two fumble recoveries.

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Spencer Rattler visits Texans

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Texans cut WR Alex Bachman, DE Myjai Sanders and DB Josh Thompson

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Julian Blackmon- My value is more than a one-year deal, but we saw how market went

Julian Blackmon was one of many safeties who received a less robust free agent market than they might have liked this offseason.
Blackmon had 88 tackles, four interceptions, and two fumble recoveries while starting 15 games for the Colts last season, but he encountered an environment that was flooded with experienced safeties and short on teams looking to hand out multi-year deals. Blackmon visited the Bills and 49ers before opting to take a one-year deal to remain in Indianapolis.