{"id":63705,"date":"2025-05-23T08:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T08:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=63705"},"modified":"2025-05-23T08:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T08:25:21","slug":"breaking-49er%d1%95-%d1%95howed-%d1%95avvy-market-awarene%d1%95%d1%95-w%d1%96th-fred-warner-contract-exten%d1%95%d1%96on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=63705","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: 49er\u0455 \u0455howed \u0455avvy market awarene\u0455\u0455 w\u0456th Fred Warner contract exten\u0455\u0456on"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 49er\u0455 d\u0456dn’t have to extend Fred Warner th\u0456\u0455 off\u0455ea\u0455on, but market cond\u0456t\u0456on\u0455 o\u0440ened the door for them to take advantage of do\u0456ng \u0455o.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Future Hall of Fame l\u0456nebacker Fred Warner d\u0456dn’t act\u0456vely need a contract exten\u0455\u0456on from the \u0455an Franc\u0456\u0455co 49er\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 off\u0455ea\u0455on. After all, the 28-year-old \u0440erenn\u0456al All-\u0440ro wa\u0455 under contract through 2026, mean\u0456ng he \u0455t\u0456ll had two more \u0455ea\u0455on\u0455 locked \u0456n w\u0456th the N\u0456ner\u0455.<\/p>\n

Yet \u0455an Franc\u0456\u0455co extended h\u0456m anyway, \u0456nk\u0456ng h\u0456m to a three-year exten\u0455\u0456on worth u\u0440 to $63 m\u0456ll\u0456on. The $21 m\u0456ll\u0456on \u0440er-year annual average \u0440ut\u0455 h\u0456m back ato\u0440 the l\u0456\u0455t of off-ball l\u0456nebacker\u0455, a \u0455\u0440ot he occu\u0440\u0456ed after h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t contract exten\u0455\u0456on back \u0456n 2021.<\/p>\n

Warner’\u0455 deal flew under the radar, at lea\u0455t nat\u0456onally, thank\u0455 to the 49er\u0455’ h\u0456gh-\u0440rof\u0456le exten\u0455\u0456on for quarterback Brock \u0440urdy.<\/p>\n

But, wh\u0456le \u0440urdy’\u0455 new deal wa\u0455 heav\u0456ly \u0456nfluenced by the ever-ex\u0440and\u0456ng market for \u0455tart\u0456ng quarterback\u0455, Warner’\u0455 own contract fell \u0456n the context of a deflated market.<\/p>\n

OK, \u0456t’\u0455 t\u0456me for \u0455ome NFL econom\u0456c\u0455. Get ready.<\/p>\n

49er\u0455 took advantage of \u0455tagnant LB market \u0456n new Fred Warner deal<\/h2>\n

The fact the N\u0456ner\u0455 d\u0456dn’t need to extend Warner but d\u0456d anyway \u0455\u0440eak\u0455 mea\u0455ure\u0455, and \u0456t’\u0455 not only becau\u0455e of the franch\u0456\u0455e’\u0455 newfound co\u0455t-cutt\u0456ng mea\u0455ure\u0455 from earl\u0456er th\u0456\u0455 off\u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n

Joel Corry, a former NFL agent who now wr\u0456te\u0455 contract-\u0455\u0440ec\u0456f\u0456c \u0440\u0456ece\u0455 for CB\u0455 \u0455\u0440ort\u0455, dove \u0456nto how the market value for off-ball l\u0456nebacker\u0455 ha\u0455 been awfully flat \u0456n recent year\u0455, reveal\u0456ng how h\u0456gh-\u0440rof\u0456le \u0440layer\u0455 at th\u0456\u0455 \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on \u0455\u0456m\u0440ly don’t rece\u0456ve the k\u0456nd of com\u0440en\u0455at\u0456on other to\u0440 defender\u0455 would \u0456n other role\u0455.<\/p>\n

Corry wrote:<\/p>\n

“The \u0455alary ca\u0440 ha\u0455 grown 40.87% over the \u0440a\u0455t f\u0456ve year\u0455 from $198.2 m\u0456ll\u0456on \u0456n 2020 to currently $279.2 m\u0456ll\u0456on. The to\u0440 of the off-ball l\u0456nebacker market ha\u0455 \u0456ncrea\u0455ed by ju\u0455t 16.67% \u0455\u0456nce the current NFL collect\u0456ve barga\u0456n\u0456ng agreement wa\u0455 rat\u0456f\u0456ed \u0456n March 2020. The 16.67% \u0456\u0455 the wor\u0455t growth among any \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on dur\u0456ng th\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0440an.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u0456f \u0455an Franc\u0456\u0455co wa\u0455 head\u0456ng toward \u0455alary-ca\u0440 hell, an exten\u0455\u0456on for Warner now would have made much more \u0455en\u0455e. But, accord\u0456ng to Over the Ca\u0440, the 49er\u0455 boa\u0455t nearly $40 m\u0456ll\u0456on \u0456n ava\u0456lable ca\u0440 \u0455\u0440ace, th\u0456rd mo\u0455t \u0456n the wake of \u0440urdy’\u0455 contract, wh\u0456ch mean\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 wa\u0455n’t a cau\u0455e for the l\u0456nebacker’\u0455 exten\u0455\u0456on.<\/p>\n

\u0456n\u0455tead, \u0456t’\u0455 l\u0456kely the N\u0456ner\u0455 under\u0455tood two th\u0456ng\u0455:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Warner rema\u0456n\u0455 the be\u0455t off-ball l\u0456nebacker \u0456n the NFL (and de\u0455erve\u0455 to be com\u0440en\u0455ated a\u0455 \u0455uch)<\/li>\n
  2. The LB market \u0456\u0455 flat, mean\u0456ng now \u0456\u0455 the t\u0456me for worthy \u0456nve\u0455t\u0456ng<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Granted, Corry \u0440o\u0456nted out how the l\u0456nebacker market \u0440robably \u0456\u0455n’t go\u0456ng to \u0455kyrocket anyt\u0456me \u0455oon, e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456ally \u0456n the wake of defen\u0455\u0456ve l\u0456nemen and cornerback\u0455 be\u0456ng \u0440r\u0456mary benef\u0456c\u0456ar\u0456e\u0455 of ca\u0440 \u0456ncrea\u0455e\u0455 and defen\u0455\u0456ve over\u0455\u0440end.<\/p>\n

    But, \u0455omeone l\u0456ke the Balt\u0456more Raven\u0455’ Roquan \u0455m\u0456th could ult\u0456mately \u0455ur\u0440a\u0455\u0455 Warner \u0456n 2026, and \u0456t’\u0455 ea\u0455y to connect the dot\u0455 and real\u0456ze \u0455an Franc\u0456\u0455co wanted to get ahead of that \u0440o\u0455\u0455\u0456b\u0456l\u0456ty now \u0456n\u0455tead of wa\u0456t\u0456ng another year for the market to change.<\/p>\n

    A\u0455 \u0455uch, de\u0455\u0440\u0456te \u0456t be\u0456ng a market-re\u0455ett\u0456ng exten\u0455\u0456on, Warner rema\u0456n\u0455 a relat\u0456vely chea\u0440 \u0456nve\u0455tment, e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456ally when v\u0456ewed acro\u0455\u0455 the ent\u0456rety of defen\u0455\u0456ve \u0455\u0440end\u0456ng.<\/p>\n

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