The 49ers decided to get a good deal of their housekeeping done on Thursday. Per a team announcement, the club has made the following transactions:
Tendered:
- RB Raheem Mostert (RFA)
- LB Elijah Lee (ERFA)
- DB Greg Mabin (ERFA)
Exercised 2019 Options:
- FB Kyle Juszczyk
- DL Cassius Marsh
- LB Dekoda Watson
- CB K’Waun Williams
Declined 2019 option
- WR Pierre Garcon (story)
For the most part, these were no-brainer calls for SF. Mostert, Lee, and Mabin will all return on cheap one-year deals that require little in the way of actual commitments. Juszczyk, signed to a four-year, $21MM deal in 2017, is regarded as one of the very best fullbacks in the NFL and graded out as the second-best in the league last year, per Pro Football Focus. who rejoiced when he was cut by the Pats and claimed by the Niners in 2017, tallied a career-high 5.5 sacks in 2018.
Marsh is a underrated pass rusher who good depth and why not keep one of the best FB in the game.