The 2026 Free Agency Thread

[Chris]

Posting again because apparently my 🎤 is not on. 😉

From the 49ers ESPN reporter-

 

[SkinsLife]

Why? His production is declining and his best football is probably behind him. Okonkwo is the exact opposite.

Becasue oknokwo is a 6'2 move TE.... Njoku is a 6'5 receiving machine... he can also block. Okonkwo isnt going to help for redzone production, thats Njokus bread and butter. we have very little size on the recieving end... need red zone targets. I would be happy if we got both of them.. but thats unrealistic

 

[DogofWar1]

Yeah Njoku will be on the wrong side of 30. TEs can usually push the soft-wall to 32-33 and sometimes farther but it comes for them too. If Njoku's athletecism is starting to fade, that will only get worse with time. He may still be productive, but he'll be a stopgap.

Chig is the actual weapon.

56/4 get it done. Yes a bit high but if you convert his TENN statline to actual real NFL team statline, he's easily top 5.

 

[Bulldog]

Ravens treated LV like Amazon Prime. They simply dropped off Crosby at Whole Foods without his original packaging, then without a backward glance went down the next aisle, picked up Hendrickson, and went on with their day.

My guess is that Crosby's rehab from the MCL repair when they looked at it was going to take Maxx into the summer and Baltimore panicked on that and decided to go with the player that was healthy right now.

And they saved two high draft picks too.

 

[RexTomb]

Spags on Leo Chanel:

 

[Bulldog]

Yeah Njoku will be on the wrong side of 30. TEs can usually push the soft-wall to 32-33 and sometimes farther but it comes for them too. If Njoku's athletecism is starting to fade, that will only get worse with time. He may still be productive, but he'll be a stopgap.

Chig is the actual weapon.

56/4 get it done. Yes a bit high but if you convert his TENN statline to actual real NFL team statline, he's easily top 5.

He has had 50 catches seasons 4 year in a row but doesn't seem to present much of a red zone threat.

The one thing Ertz brought to the table was the ability to use his height within the 20 and score.

We need that back.

 

[COWBOY-KILLA]

Hoping Njoku doesnt preclude us from still grabbing Okonkwo, give me Jennings too..... We need Weapons!

 

[Bulldog]

My guess is we get one of three.

 

[RexTomb]

Ravens treated LV like Amazon Prime. They simply dropped off Crosby at Whole Foods without his original packaging, then without a backward glance went down the next aisle, picked up Hendrickson, and went on with their day.

What a visual! Amazon Prime returns are so easy though. Recently, they don't even make you return the item, they just give you your money back.

 

[Anselmheifer]

Love this.

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Can you sell me on this? I’m going to be disappointed when it’s this instead of Okonkwo. Sometimes it’s better to be a kool aid guy

 

[prodigy]

Hoping Njoku doesnt preclude us from still grabbing Okonkwo, give me Jennings too..... We need Weapons!

it will. we're not gonna carry 4 TEs. Bates, Sinnott, and Yankoff are a lock.

 

[Bulldog]

What a visual! Amazon Prime returns are so easy though. Recently, they don't even make you return the item, they just give you your money back.

Lots of that cheap Chinese stuff in the warehouse inventory.

 

[ntotoro]

Scratch & Dent Open Box Crosby, now an option... 🤣

 

[Bulldog]

it will. we're not gonna carry 4 TEs. Bates, Sinnott, and Yankoff are a lock.

At this point I don't see Sinnott and Yankoff as locks for anything based on what they have done to date in the NFL.

 

[ES1974]

Every chance Jennings and Okonkwo are pricing themselves out of moves right now. Jennings especially, looking at the WR deals heading near $20m PY. Probably has a real value half of that.

 

[prodigy]

At this point I don't see Sinnott and Yankoff as locks for anything based on what they have done to date in the NFL.

I'm not saying they are a lock from a production standpoint. too much invested in sinnott as a second rounder and the organization LOVES yankoff. could one or both be cut? sure...but I'd be extremely surprised.

 

[Bulldog]

They have their reasons but the fact SF wasn't interested in bringing Jennings back in 2026 may be hurting his value.

Ricky Pearsall at this point is still a bit on the raw side so with the 33 year old Evans one would have thought Jennings would have a place. But evidently not even a consideration.

 

[ES1974]

Also time for the customary trade, AP likes one of those.

 

[Anselmheifer]

Every chance Jennings and Okonkwo are pricing themselves out of moves right now. Jennings especially, looking at the WR deals heading near $20m PY. Probably has a real value half of that.

I’d like Jennings. If we don’t sign him, I wonder if we go back to the Deebo well. If we cut Terry, we could sign Aiyuk, Deebo, and Jennings! 😂

 

[Bulldog]

Also time for the customary trade, AP likes one of those.

The Washington Commanders trade their #3 pick in 2026 and a conditional #4 in 2027 to the Jaguars for wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr.

My guess only - not a trade confirmation.