{"id":770861,"date":"2026-02-23T10:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/770861\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:28:14","slug":"49ers-news-nfl-combine-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/770861\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers News: NFL Combine Week\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/articles\/199271-49ers-agency-jennings-projected-market\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49ers free agency: Jauan Jennings\u2019 projected market value<br \/><\/a>\u201cAccording to Spotrac, Jennings\u2019 projected market value sits at $22.6 million annually, which would rank 18th among NFL wide receivers. The salary cap tracking site estimates he could command a three-year, $67.8 million contract on the open market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2026\/02\/22\/christian-mccaffrey-49ers-offseason-targets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 49ers must race to find Christian McCaffrey help before it\u2019s too late (paywall)<br \/><\/a>\u201cThe optimal path forward involves pairing McCaffrey with a bona fide receiving threat. Pittsburgh\u2019s Kenneth Gainwell and the New York Jets\u2019 Breece Hall, both of whom made the YPRR leaderboard above, are both scheduled to be free agents next month. Kenneth Walker III, who won Super Bowl MVP at Levi\u2019s Stadium, might also become available because Seattle likely won\u2019t slap the franchise tag on him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Is it time for the 49ers to go all-in on offense, spending be damned? Fans might prefer that route to, say, drafting another running back in the third round. None of those experiments have worked and McCaffrey is still waiting for a credible counter-threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Isaac Guerendo, who\u2019s endured some ball security issues, is still on the team. So is Jordan James, who enters his second season as a back with adaptable potential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">But unless the 49ers are sure one of those players can reliably move the needle in 2026, they can\u2019t wait around forever. McCaffrey\u2019s 30th birthday is a looming reminder of that. So is the fact that he\u2019s only under contract with the team for two more seasons. That means 2026 almost certainly marks a defining inflection point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">History tells us that McCaffrey\u2019s versatility can be the lynchpin that pushes a properly stocked offense over the top. His jaw-dropping volume of production in 2025 indicates that there\u2019s still gas left in the tank.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"49ers free agency: Jauan Jennings\u2019 projected market value\u201cAccording to Spotrac, Jennings\u2019 projected market value sits at $22.6 million&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,52307,7,6,1161,252,1137,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-770861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-49ers-links","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-news","15":"tag-sanfrancisco","16":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116119477025133314","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}