After a long and action-packed week, the 2026 NFL free agency period is finally coming to a close, and it brought a variety of high-profile moves for teams across the league.
Now, NFL analysts and experts are grading each team’s moves and judging the effectiveness of those roster changes. These mark the final big moves that are being made before the 2026 NFL draft, which takes place in April in Pittsburgh.
In a Friday, February 13 feature for NBC Sports, Kyle Dvorchak grades each NFL team’s free agency moves.
“With the legal tampering period giving teams free rein to start free agency early, most of the big names have found new homes,” he states in the feature. “Now that the first few waves are behind us, this is how each team grades out from free agency and any recent trades.”
For the San Francisco 49ers, he digs their choices and gives them a glowing A- grade.
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One of his favorite deals was Mike Evans, with Dvorchak stating, “I know that Mike Evans is old and couldn’t stay healthy in 2025 en route to the worst year of his career. I hear you. On the other hand, no player was more consistent over the decade before 2025 than Evans, with his 1,000-yard season streak ending at 11.”
He adds that Evans “also had double-digit touchdown totals in four of his previous five seasons heading into last year. Before incentives, the 49ers are paying him less than Seattle is paying two of their wide receivers, neither of whom is Jaxon Smith-Njigba.” So, the 49ers got Evans as $14.1 million per year, which he calls a “steal.”
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Looking at other moves, Dvorchak adds, “San Francisco also brought back linebacker Dre Greenlaw. His elite play toward the end of his first 49ers stint earned him a three-year deal in Denver. Injuries chopped up his 2025 season and the Broncos cut bait after one year. It worked the first time in SF. For $7.5 million over one year, why not run it back?”
So, all in all, it’s a very positive take on the 49ers free agency changes.
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