Jimmie Ward, who is being paid like a cornerback in 2018, will get a chance to play the position during the offseason. general manager John Lynch said Monday.
Ward was the 49ers' starting free safety last season and at multiple points last year team officials said they were leery of constantly moving him to a new spot, which had been the case since San Francisco drafted him in the first round in 2014.
“…I think if you ask Jimmie himself or most coaches who study him, we truly believe Jimmie is made to be a free safety," Kyle Shanahan said in October.