The San Francisco 49ers were a bad team a season ago and enough of a mess in the front office that big changes were obviously coming in the offseason. Not everyone thought general manager Trent Baalke was out of a job, but many did. Some thought that it might not be the case when Baalke’s front office offered up two significant contract extensions in December 2016.
Those players extended: linebacker Ray-Ray Armstrong and tight end Vance McDonald.
McDonald was given a five-year contract worth $35 million despite extremely pedestrian play characterized by stone-handed drops.