Last season with a new regime the Niners really stirred up a lot of their fans when they didn't wade into the FA signing feeding frenzy. People were getting irate that the team wasn't willing to do anything to improve.
Well the team had decided that with the shortened FA period that there may be some bargains available. The only FA they aggressively pursued was Burress and he wasn't interested. They let Baas go and picked up Goodwin for a lot less with no drop off in production. Saw Goldson leave looking for a big payday but come back when he didn't get it. Got Carlos Rogers on a one year deal when he didn't get the CB money he was expecting.
This season with a team that has shown it can compete, I expect the 49ers to be a more attractive destination. But I also still expect the management to take a similar tact as last year. They want to try and sign their own free agents (Alex Smith, Rogers, Morgan, Goldson, Brooks to name a few) and target an impact WR again. Otherwise they have shown they want to build through the draft.
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