Report: The 49ers have signed Ben Bartch to a one-year contract.
Ben Bartch, an offensive guard, will remain in San Francisco for a single season, according to Matt Barrows of TheAthletic.com.
This week was Bartch’s scheduled free agent signing day.
After being signed off the practice squad of the Jaguars in November, he played in five games for the 49ers in 2023, providing depth in case of injuries to starters Aaron Banks and Spencer Burford.
Bartch was drafted by the Jaguars in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. He has played in 46 games.
Bobby Wagner, a linebacker, once left Seattle. It seems like he’s heading off once more, perhaps permanently.
Wagner, 33, has expressed his intention to carry on with his career in 2024.
Wagner is a free agent who will start talks with teams on Monday. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, it seems unlikely that Wagner would rejoin the Seahawks.
Wagner signed a one-year contract to return to the Seahawks in 2023 after leaving for the Rams in 2022.
After recording a career-high 183 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 11 tackles for loss, three passes defensed, and a fumble recovery in his 12th season, he was selected for his ninth Pro Bowl.
1,706 tackles, 33 sacks, 13 interceptions, 68 passes defensed, and six forced fumbles have all been recorded by Wagner in hisMac Jones’s time in New England is drawing to a close. And in Jacksonville, Trevor Lawrence will have a new backup.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Patriots are closing close on a trade that would send Jones to the Jaguars. The teams were talking about Jacksonville sending a sixth-round draft pick to New England in order to get Jones, though the exact parameters of the deal are still being worked out.
It seems that following Jones’ incredibly underwhelming performance in the previous season, Eliot Wolf and Jerod Mayo, the new decision-makers in New England, don’t think there is anything they can do to put him back on track. The quarterback, who had great potential as a rookie but has subsequently fallen off, is being abandoned by the Patriots.
Jones will now return.bringing up Lawrence, a fellow first-round pick in 2021. Jones won’t get the chance to compete for a starting position, but he will probably make the squad as the number two.
Trades are not finalized until Wednesday, when the league season kicks off. To finish the trade, Jones must also pass a physical examination.