As Mooney Ward was jogging off the field on Sunday, there was a video that went viral of John Lynch embracing the 49ers’ prized free-agent signing and dropping a “worth every penny.”
It got me thinking back to the day that the 49ers signed Charvarius “Mooney” Ward, giving him a 3-year, $42M deal. At the same time, most had assumed that the 49ers would target either J.C. Jackson — the eye of everyone’s apples — or Stephon Gilmore — the aging veteran who was a former Defensive Player of the Year.
The 49ers shocked most, adding the former Chief for an expensive but not break-the-bank type deal.