{"id":817057,"date":"2026-03-17T12:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/817057\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:59:18","slug":"49ers-news-welcome-to-the-bay-christian-kirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/817057\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers News: Welcome to the Bay, Christian Kirk!"},"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\/199753-49ers-signing-christian-one-year-million\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49ers signing WR Christian Kirk to a one-year, $6 million deal<\/a><br \/>\u201cOver eight NFL seasons, Kirk has appeared in 106 games, totaling 432 receptions for 5,415 yards and 30 touchdowns. He has also contributed 22 rushing attempts for 159 yards and returned 57 punts for 382 yards. Kirk was named to the Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team following his debut season in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He could also make up to $18 million in incentives over the life of his three-year deal. The 49ers are not on the hook for that money unless the future Hall of Fame wideout can return to form and stay healthy \u2014 in which case, he\u2019s doing big things on the field that might propel the team into serious Super Bowl contenders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7120772\/2026\/03\/16\/49ers-free-agency-not-finished-wr-dl-evans-osa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49ers aren\u2019t finished at WR and DL despite adding Mike Evans and Osa Odighizuwa (paywall)<\/a><br \/>\u201cThe missing piece appears to be the fleet-footed edge rusher new defensive coordinator Raheem Morris has had at previous jobs. The draft has a lot of prospects who fit that description, including Texas A&amp;M\u2019s Cashius Howell, Texas Tech\u2019s Romello Height, Central Florida\u2019s Malachi Lawrence and Oklahoma\u2019s R. Mason Thomas. Height is scheduled to visit team headquarters before the draft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s true that the two sides are working with a deadline, which can ratchet up the intensity on contract talks: Williams is due a $10 million bonus on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Still, there appears to be a reasonable solution. The 49ers could comfortably carry Williams\u2019 salary on their 2026 books because they aren\u2019t facing a salary cap crunch: Last week, they received a cap adjustment and restructured pass rusher Nick Bosa\u2019s contract, transactions that gave them more than $38 million of additional space. They could have Williams play out his contract this season and use a high-end pick in the 2026 or 2027 draft to select his replacement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"49ers signing WR Christian Kirk to a one-year, $6 million deal\u201cOver eight NFL seasons, Kirk has appeared in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817058,"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-817057","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\/116244642019754191","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817057","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=817057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}