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The 49ers are Signing Rams WR Demarcus Robinson for 2 Years, $9.5 Mil

The 49ers just added depth to their wide receiver room.
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Oct 24, 2024; Inglewood, California, USA; Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Demarcus Robinson (15) celebrates after catching a 10-yard touchdown pass against the Minnesota Vikings in the second half at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Oct 24, 2024; Inglewood, California, USA; Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Demarcus Robinson (15) celebrates after catching a 10-yard touchdown pass against the Minnesota Vikings in the second half at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

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The 49ers just added depth to their wide receiver room.

They're signing Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Demarcus Robinson to a two-year, $9.5 million deal according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Robinson will be 31 in September, so he doesn't exactly make the 49ers younger, but he certainly is cost-effective for a productive wide receiver. Last season, he set career highs in receiving yards (505) and touchdown catches (7), so he's a quality No. 3 receiver who fits the 49ers system considering he just played for the Rams.

Robinson gives the 49ers a veteran receiver who can fill in while Brandon Aiyuk recovers from a torn ACL and MCL. Aiyuk could miss some or most of the upcoming season. And while he's out, the starters most likely will be Jauan Jennings and Ricky Pearsall with Robinson joining them on the field for three-wide-receiver formations.

Robinson also gives the 49ers the ability to trade Aiyuk if they find a trade partner. The 49ers probably would love to trade Aiyuk before his $22,855,000 option bonus becomes official on April 1. But they could have a difficult time finding a team that's willing to take on Aiyuk's large salary before he can run or pass a physical.

Regardless of what happens to Aiyuk, Robinson allows the 49ers to not draft a wide receiver for a change. Instead, they can focus on the trenches for the first time in years.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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