49ers mailbag: Will they re-sign free agents Armstead, Sanders?

Mar 11, 2020 at 4:20 AM--


Next week's free agency has 49ers fans wondering if Arik Armstead, Emmanuel Sanders and Jimmie Ward will take money and run elsewhere.
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