Should the 49ers have spent more money on reasonably-priced free agents?
Much was said about the ample cap space the San Francisco 49ers carried into this offseason and what could be done with it. For a struggling franchise with little prospects of turning things around sooner rather than later, the notion was always a strange one.
Why spend a whole bunch of money on a free agent in his prime only to watch it waste away and die? It was a sobering thought, but it made sense and whether Trent Baalke and the 49ers front office felt the same way or simply did not plan to spend big for other reasons, they didn’t spend big.