According to veteran defensive back Jimmie Ward, the San Francisco 49ers already have a would-be replacement for him if he eventually leaves in NFL free agency this offseason.
Third-year defensive back Tarvarius Moore.
Ward made the suggestion Friday on his Instagram account:
If you draft a safety in the first round, the two names y’all keep throwing up every other day .. just know you can’t use them how our [defensive coordinator] used me this past season,” Ward wrote. “Best bet is to draft a coverage safety in the later rounds to get a steal.