The San Francisco 49ers may be kicking themselves even harder for not pursuing star wide receiver Davante Adams more aggressively when he was a free agent during the offseason.
Adams said the Niners courted him after his tenure with the New York Jets, although the six-time Pro Bowler felt lowballed and disrespected by the offer made by general manager John Lynch and Co., which paralleled San Francisco's high-profile cost-cutting and age-reducing efforts entering 2025.
"I was entertaining the Niners, but they were like, 'We’re paying wholesale. We ain’t paying retail,'" Adams told The Athletic's Mike Silver last spring.