Rumor has it that RFA Leon Washington to sign tender with 49ers (2nd Rd Pick)

Originally posted by global_nomad:
There have been some names thrown out there of players - such as Jared Gaither and Leon Washington - that the 49ers might be pursuing in free agency. But if the player is a restricted free agent, it just doesn't make sense for the 49ers to go strong after a player.

After all, teams have to pay double for restricted free agents.

For the 49ers to sign a restricted free agent, they must first sign the player to an offer sheet that the player's current team is unwilling to match. That means that the 49ers would have to give the player a contract that is so far over market value that it prevents the team that knows that player the best from matching the terms of the contract.

After the 49ers have paid so much in salary to scare the team from matching the contract, the 49ers then must pay again in the form of a draft pick. That does not seem like good strategy for a team that wants to build through the draft and pour its resources into retaining its own players with contract extensions.

So it should be no surprise that the 49ers, from what I've heard, have not shown interest in Gaither or Washington at this point in the free-agent process..


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Originally posted by PatrickWillis52:

Originally posted by Leathaface:
Maiocco isn't thinking clearly with his whole "pay double" for RFAs line of reasoning.

When you draft a player, don't you have to give up that draft pick? YES.
When you draft a player, don't you have to sign them to a contract? YES.

You aren't paying double. It's the same thing. Signing a RFA is equivalent to drafting a player. You give up a draft pick and you sign them to a contract.

Originally posted by Leathaface:
Maiocco isn't thinking clearly with his whole "pay double" for RFAs line of reasoning.

When you draft a player, don't you have to give up that draft pick? YES.
When you draft a player, don't you have to sign them to a contract? YES.

You aren't paying double. It's the same thing. Signing a RFA is equivalent to drafting a player. You give up a draft pick and you sign them to a contract.

Originally posted by Gavintech:

Originally posted by Leathaface:
Maiocco isn't thinking clearly with his whole "pay double" for RFAs line of reasoning.

When you draft a player, don't you have to give up that draft pick? YES.
When you draft a player, don't you have to sign them to a contract? YES.

You aren't paying double. It's the same thing. Signing a RFA is equivalent to drafting a player. You give up a draft pick and you sign them to a contract.

You have to pay that player MORE than his current team, and every other NFL team for that matter, is willing to. Therefore you are paying more than market value.

So yes, you are giving up a draft pick and overpaying for the guy as opposed to just overpaying and keeping the pick to sign an UFA = Paying twice for a RFA.

Originally posted by YourHuckleberry:

Originally posted by tja683:
I think he would help our return game and be a great change of pace back to go with Gore.

I'd rather spend that 2nd round pick on someone with the same skillset, who is younger and hasn't had serious injuries.