One of the 49ers' only weaknesses last season was their run defense. Have the 49ers made it better? In 2023, the 49ers gave up 4.1 yards per carry, which ranked 14th out of 32 teams.
Few teams were as busy as the Jacksonville Jaguars this offseason. The Jaguars were big spenders in free agency, targeting players like Arik Armstead, Gabe Davis, Darnell Savage, Mitch Morse, and more.
Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports Bay Area reports that Dre Greenlaw will receive the Dwight Clark Award this year. The San Francisco 49ers linebacker will take the stage on Thursday, May 16, at the fourth annual Dwight Clark Legacy Series in San Jose to accept the prestigious award.
Needing to clear cap space and with a considerable amount of resources invested in their defensive front already, the 49ers elected to release defensive tackle Arik Armstead.
Jaguars HC Doug Pederson thinks recently signed WR Gabriel Davis is like a “Swiss Army Knife” for their offense and praised his route running ability. “Gabe is, to me, like a Swiss Army knife.
The Houston Texans have been awfully busy this offseason, making moves such as signing standout edge rusher Danielle Hunter and trading for star wide receiver Stefon Diggs.
Defensive lineman Arik Armstead, a first-round pick by the 49ers in the 2015 NFL Draft, became one of the top free agents on the open market when he was released by San Francisco last month after declining to take a pay cut.
The San Francisco 49ers are doing what they can to keep their Super Bowl title window open heading into the 2024-25 campaign, but they are still making some key changes this offseason.
Armstead has a point when you find out what he was offered Former San Francisco 49ers first-round pick, team captain, and Walter Payton Man of the Year Arik Armstead shared his side of the story on his podcast Thursday about the Niners approaching him to redo his contract before being released.
The San Francisco 49ers have had to make some difficult contract decisions this offseason, and they are leaving at least one former player feeling a bit disrespected.
A former San Francisco 49ers star defender said he made a business decision to leave the team after the front office handed him a contract he thought was a slap in the face.
Jacksonville Jaguars defensive lineman Arik Armstead is not exactly happy with the way the San Francisco 49ers handled his departure. Earlier this offseason, the 49ers asked Armstead to take a pay cut, and he declined.
Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle Arik Armstead wanted to make one thing clear: He harbors no animosity toward his former team, the San Francisco 49ers, despite his recent release.
Arik Armstead was the longest-tenured member of the San Francisco 49ers, joining the team as a first-round draft pick two years before head coach Kyle Shanahan's tenure began.
Power rankings in March don't mean much, given that the draft has yet to occur, but they offer an early glimpse into the media's perspective regarding each team's chances during the upcoming season.
The full details of new Jacksonville Jaguars defensive star Arik Armstead are officially out, and it looks like a strong deal for both sides. According to Armstead's contract, he officially signed for three years and $43 million ($14.5 million per year) with $28 million in guarantees.
Almost a decade into the NFL, Arik Armstead is a rare free agent. The Jacksonville Jaguars defensive lineman and former San Francisco 49ers star isn't the type of player who hits the market often. The 30-year-old former first-round pick has put together nearly a decade of film and production.
A first-round draft pick in 2015, Armstead had been with San Francisco for his entire NFL career. He led the team in sacks during the 2019 season with 10.0 sacks of them and was a crucial cog on the defensive line, eventually becoming a 49ers team captain.
The former racked up five sacks in 2023, the third-highest total of his career, in 12 regular-season games.
The San Francisco 49ers entered free agency needing to make some moves to get under the 2024 salary cap.
Arik Armstead isn't a free agent yet, but he's expected to become one soon. The San Francisco 49ers plan to release their long-time defensive tackle after failing to negotiate a contract restructure with him.
The San Francisco 49ers executed a trade Wednesday that will fill in the hole on the defensive line Arik Armstead used to occupy. The 49ers are set to release Armstead this offseason after the former first-round pick chose not to take a pay decrease.
Releasing Arik Armstead was the right move for the 49ers, but now they have to replace him, and doing so won't be easy. Armstead is too old, too injury prone and too expensive for the 49ers to justify keeping him -- they really had no choice but to ask him to take a pay cut.
It's an end of an era for the San Francisco 49ers and veteran edge-rusher Arik Armstead.
NFL insider Adam Scheffer reports Sunday that the San Francisco 49ers and defensive lineman Arik Armstead will likely be going their separate ways soon.
A year after assembling a high-priced defensive line via the Javon Hargrave contract and Nick Bosa extension, the 49ers are removing their longest-tenured player from this equation.
He is the 49ers’ longest-tenured starter, beating out George Kittle by two years. Injuries have nagged him at points, but the veteran remains a productive player for San Francisco.
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