Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Tuesday, March 18th, 2025
“Neal, 30, has played at least 80% of the special teams snaps between the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins over the past two seasons and logged at least 316 special teams snaps in each of the past three seasons. He has appeared in 114 career games.
The Bills selected Neal (6-0, 206) in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL Draft out of Jacksonville State. He has logged 2,086 special teams snaps and 625 defensive snaps over his career.”
Why the 49ers had no plans to pay running back Jordan Mason millions (paywall)
“So why pay Mason $5.3 million in 2025 when Guerendo, another backup the 49ers think has lead-dog ability, will count $1.1 million against the salary cap?
The 49ers were scheduled to pay that salary to Mason after placing a second-round tender on him as an unrestricted free agent. The tender meant another team would have to give the 49ers a second-round pick if they signed Mason. In effect, the tender also meant Mason was about to be traded: That’s because paying $5 million-plus for a backup running back is not part of the 49ers’ roster-building strategy.”
Why Sharpe believes Shanahan, 49ers could resurrect Jones’ NFL career
“I think Mac Jones was really good in his rookie season when he had an offensive coordinator, Josh McDaniels, in his ear,” Sharpe said. “For some unknown reason to me, I think we’re going to put two guys in his ear that has never called an offensive play in their lives, I think that will work out OK. And it was terrible.”
Report: 49ers tried to convince Dre Greenlaw to back out of Broncos deal
“The Niners were trying to get back Dre Greenlaw, even after Denver had an agreement done with him,” Schefter said. “They were pushing to get that done, and they were trying to flip his decision in this world that we live in, where people commit, and there are agreements.
“The Niners tried to flip Dre Greenlaw back to San Francisco, and I think they were pretty persuasive, but not persuasive enough. And I think Dre Greenlaw stood his ground and kind of stayed with Denver.”