Before the Robbie Gould contract extension, it wasn’t a bad thought to think the San Francisco 49ers may look at bringing back Phil Dawson to help kicking duties. It’s good the Gould extension worked out because Dawson announced his retirement on Thursday. Dawson will retire as a Cleveland Brown.
Dawson will best be remembered as one of the shining moments of some bad Cleveland Browns teams, but the 49ers also got Dawson to give the placekicking unit a shot in the arm.