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5 free agents the San Francisco 49ers should target this offseason

By Timothy L. Miller

GREEN BAY, WI - OCTOBER 15: General Manager John Lynch of the San Francisco 49ers watches action prior to a game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on October 15, 2018 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
GREEN BAY, WI - OCTOBER 15: General Manager John Lynch of the San Francisco 49ers watches action prior to a game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on October 15, 2018 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /
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ARLINGTON, TX – OCTOBER 14: Demarcus Lawrence #90 of the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on October 14, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX – OCTOBER 14: Demarcus Lawrence #90 of the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on October 14, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

No. 1: EDGE DeMarcus Lawrence

At the end of the 2017 season, 49ers fans everywhere agreed that the team needed to focus its offseason attention on improving the pass rush.

At the end of the 2018 season, it is safe to say 49ers fans everywhere will agree that the team needs to focus its offseason attention on improving the pass rush.

Let’s see if this year the team takes action to improve the team’s most glaring weakness. If they do, they should go after Dallas Cowboys EDGE DeMarcus Lawrence.

Lawrence was franchised this year by the Cowboys, and it is still uncertain how they will handle his contract status for 2019

Lawrence has truly come into his own as a player over the last two seasons. At only 26 years old, he is coming off a 14.5-sack campaign and already has 8.5 in 2018.

Lawrence will not come cheap and has said as much.

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Still stinging from the departure of 49ers linebacker Charles Haley (some cuts are deeper than others) to the Cowboys, the signing of Lawrence by the 49ers would be a little more ointment on the wound.