SANTA CLARA — Overpaying for a free agent or two or three is the price of business in NFL free agency, and business better be picking up this week for the 49ers.
With negotiations officially beginning at 9 a.m. Monday (PT) and contracts getting signed as early as 1 p.m. Wednesday, here are some early answers to your questions via our Twitter mailbag:
Do you expect the 49ers to shell out top money for Earl Thomas or, now that the market is much more saturated, will SF look for a cheaper option? (@JakeMcKoy85)
It will take top money to get the top free safety for their scheme, and the 49ers haven’t been shy in depicting Thomas as their scheme’s ideal “eraser.