Report This Morning: The Veteran, Agree to four-year contract deal with The 49ers was Agreed
The 49ers made another free-agent addition to their stout defense.
San Francisco agreed to terms with former Arizona Cardinals linebacker Ezekiel Turner on a one-year contract, KPRC’s Aaron Wilson reported on Saturday, citing Turner’s agents Ray Haija and Zeke Sandhu.
Turner spent his entire six-year NFL career with the Cardinals, signing with Arizona as an undrafted free agent in 2018. He’s recorded 83 combined tackles and three tackles for loss across 80 appearances since entering the league.
The 27-year-old has made a name for himself as a special teams ace, logging over 1,700 career snaps in the third phase of the game. That includes 342 special team snaps in the 2023 NFL season where Turner logged an impressive 78.6 grade, per Pro Football Focus.
With Oren Burks reportedly heading to the Philadelphia Eagles, Turner’s signing could fill the massive void left behind on both special teams and in the 49ers’ linebackers room, particularly with Dre Greenlaw recovering from an Achilles injury suffered in San Francisco’s Super Bowl LVIII loss.
Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers could have a different kind of running mate this year. Via Rich Cimini of ESPN.com, it would be prudent to “keep an eye on” the possibility of the Jets adding receiver Odell Beckham, Jr.
The Packers, in 2021, made a half-hearted effort to pair Rodgers and Beckham, after he was released by the Browns. Last year, he nearly signed with the Jets before taking Baltimore’s massive (and ill-advised) $15 million offer for one year. (He added another $1 million in incentives.)
Beckham is a free agent, again. He has drawn little interest through the first week of free agency. The time to go value shopping has arrived.
The Jets currently have Garrett Wilson, Jason Brownlee, Allen Lazard, and Xavier Gipson atop the receiver depth chart. Lazard was a major disappointment in 2023; he has $10 million in fully-guaranteed salary for 2024.
During Super Bowl week, Beckham said on SiriusXM that he plans to play four more years, max. He was taken 12th overall by the Giants in 2014, one pick before Aaron Donald, who retired on Friday.
De’Vondre Campbell reportedly is signing with the 49ers, but the veteran linebacker had some things to say about the coaching staff on his former team, the Green Bay Packers.
In a string of posts on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, Campbell cited issues with how some of Green Bay’s coaches decided to use him, explaining his disagreements with the way he was utilized within the scheme.
