Richard Sherman Podcast - Kenneth Walker III leaves Seahawks for Chiefs, Mike Evans joins 49ers | Sherman Free Agency Reaction

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Big splash: Mike Evans is a San Francisco 49er on a three-year deal up to 60 million, a classic X who wins everywhere, punishes in the red zone, blocks, and brings a veteran edge that steadies Brock Purdy.

Healthy, he’s a volume target and a bailout option, and I expect Purdy to take more deep shots and trust him on those contested balls.

Would they add a pure burner like Rashid Shaheed to pair with Evans and Ricky Pearsall? I’d expect them to at least explore that lane.

Fun wrinkle: 13 is spoken for, so what number does Evans pick—three, eleven, something in the teens? I don’t see him jumping into the eighties.

Special teams matter too, and locking in kicker Pineiro on a four-year deal after an almost spotless season was big.

Seattle’s cooking as well, keeping Josh Jobe at eight million per—great value for a corner who holds up in press, man, and zone—while losing K9, the Super Bowl MVP, to the Chiefs on three for forty-five at fifteen per; he earned that bag, and they’ll be fine with Zack Charbonnet and another explosive back.

Kobe Bryant heads to the Bears on three for forty, and there’s no bad blood—rings bring good energy—but depth showed it can hold up, and you can’t pay everyone.

They’ve got to prioritize big numbers for JSN and Devon Witherspoon, especially with corners getting paid across the division.

The Rams just traded a haul for Trent McDuffie and paid him approximately thirty-one per year, then added Jalen Watson around seventeen, signaling heavy man under Chris Shula and likely ending any Tariq Woolen chatter.

Back in San Francisco, Nick Bosa and Fred Warner are rolling, and while teams will call on Warner, I don’t see them moving the heartbeat of that defense without an outrageous offer; you saw how different that unit looked without him.

The arms race in the NFC West is real.

League-wide, Max Crosby to the Ravens is a win-now hammer for a defense that was already nasty, while the Raiders pour money into the line and add pieces; the AFC North is a weekly gauntlet with Myles Garrett, Crosby, and T.J. Watt, and Joe Burrow might want to take a little less for a lot more protection.

In Miami, it looks like Tua could be cut with massive dead money, and there’s buzz about Atlanta; it’s tough to chase a quarterback another team is paying to walk away from, but a new spot can help a good player.

Bottom line, Evans gives the Niners a real alpha and calms the Brandon Aiyuk noise—I think a June first cut is on the table based on what’s been said publicly—and his presence lifts Ricky Pearsall, helps George Kittle, and sharpens the whole offense.

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