Ranking the Top 10 Free Agents the 49ers Should Pursue in 2017
By Peter Felsch
The 49ers find themselves in a great position heading into the offseason as they currently are slotted at the No. 2 pick in the NFL Draft and are loaded with cap money to spend in free agency. Niner Noise takes a look at the top 10 free-agent targets the 49ers should sign.
The San Francisco 49ers have approximately $46 million in cap space next year, according to Over the Cap. If they roll over that money this year, they would have close to $90 million in cap space.
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This number can increase if quarterback Colin Kaepernick and linebacker Ahmad Brooks are cut, allowing the team to have flexibility in free agency.
Unfortunately, among many draft pundits, the 2017 class is generally weak. According to an ESPN article by John Clayton, one GM exposed the weakness.
“To me, [the 2017 class] stinks,” one general manager told Clayton. “If you were at the top of that [2013] draft, you didn’t get value. It was just a bad class.”
While it’s hard to ignore this disastrous season the team is in a proper position to rebuild for the future. They can go a number of different ways in the draft. but lets take a look at a group of ten pending free agents that the Niners should take a hard look at.