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Why 49ers benefit by missing out on acquiring wide receiver Antonio Brown

The San Francisco 49ers should feel perfectly OK about not acquiring six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Antonio Brown.

Brown, of course, is now off to the Oakland Raiders. He announced the deal on his Twitter account, and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport confirmed the news and reported the Raiders were sending a third- and a fifth-round NFL Draft pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange.

As part of the deal, Brown gets a new contract — the details of which Rapoport laid out below:

Contract details for new #Steelers WR Antonio Brown: 3 years, $50.