Kyle Juszczyk: I just couldn’t pull the plug on leaving 49ers

The 49ers parted ways with a few longtime fixtures from their roster this offseason, but one player found his way back to the team. Fullback Kyle Juszczyk was released in March after declining to take a pay cut and it looked like he might be moving on to the Steelers after visiting Pittsburgh, but he reversed course and signed a new two-year deal with the Niners instead. Juszczyk told Vic Tafur of TheAthletic.com that the period was "the worst three days of my life," but that he now feels "genuinely grateful" for the opportunity to explore what else was out there before realizing he wanted to stay put. "It was a different experience," Juszczyk said. "It was a chance to go look at a different team and I felt a lot of love from them. I got excited for a second about what possibly could be, about new beginnings and fitting into a new offense, all that type of stuff. And I genuinely enjoyed my time with Arthur Smith and Mike Tomlin so much. I have so much respect for those guys. But at the end of the day, it just wasn't enough to trump what I had...