The San Francisco 49ers weren’t exactly big players when NFL free agency officially opened on Mar. 14. They signed some guys, sure. But general manager John Lynch came nowhere near to the sheer number of moves he made a year ago at this time.
Some fans and pundits were upset by this. After all, the Niners entered the offseason with more cap space than anybody else and still had roughly $70 million available after inking quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to the largest contract in NFL history.
This prompted Niner Noise’s Aaron Tan to ask 49ers fans to “relax.