Updated March 12, 2026, 3:54 p.m. MT<\/p>\n
That didn’t take long.<\/p>\n
After being officially released by the Denver Broncos<\/a> with a post-June 1 designation<\/a> on Thursday morning, linebacker Dre Greenlaw quickly agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport<\/a>. The one-year deal is worth $7.5 million.<\/p>\n Greenlaw (6-0, 230 pounds) should feel right at home with the Niners, the club that picked him in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL draft out of Arkansas. Following six seasons in San Francisco, Greenlaw signed a three-year, $31.5 million contract with Denver last spring. The signing didn’t work out as the 28-year-old linebacker missed nine games in 2025 (eight due to injury and one due to suspension).<\/p>\n The Broncos designated Greenlaw’s release as a post-June 1 cut as a procedural move to create more salary cap space. Denver saved just over $8 million<\/a> by moving on from the linebacker, who now reunites with his former club.<\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>Broncos free agency tracker: View all of the team’s moves<\/a> Linebacker quickly returns to old team after being cut by Broncos<\/a> Broncos bring back wide receiver on 1-year contract<\/a> 8 big-name wide receivers Broncos could target in a trade<\/a> Broncos signing tight end to 1-year contract<\/a> 9 notable free agents still available for Broncos<\/a> Broncos announce updated 2026 coaching staff after changes<\/a> Brian Baldinger says there’s mutual interest between Broncos and A.J. Brown<\/a> 2026 NFL mock draft: Broncos add wide receiver for Bo Nix<\/a> NFL awards Broncos two extra picks for 2026 NFL draft<\/a> Denver Broncos schedule: Full list of 2026 opponents<\/a> Broncos order of picks in 2026 NFL draft<\/a> All 32 starting NFL quarterbacks, ranked oldest to youngest<\/a> Meet the new Broncos ownership group<\/a> Peyton Manning’s new Denver sports team picks name, unveils amazing logo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated March 12, 2026, 3:54 p.m. MT That didn’t take long. After being officially released by the Denver…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[95878,232,231,258,2426,7,6,95879,95880,95882,97238,95893,95899,95906,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-809664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-broncos","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-denver-broncos","12":"tag-denverbroncos","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","16":"tag-sstsnbroncos","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagdre-greenlaw","19":"tag-tagfacebook","20":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","21":"tag-tagoverall-positive","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116220952541332448","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809664","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=809664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}