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The Saints Sign Former 49ers Cornerback to 3-Year Deal

Another veteran cornerback hits the road.
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Jan 5, 2025; Glendale, Arizona, USA; San Francisco 49ers cornerback Isaac Yiadom (22) against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
Jan 5, 2025; Glendale, Arizona, USA; San Francisco 49ers cornerback Isaac Yiadom (22) against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

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The 49ers just lost another veteran cornerback.

Isaac Yiadom has agreed to a three-year deal with the New Orleans Saints according to his agency. Yiadom played for the Saints in 2022 and 2023 before signing a one-year deal with the 49ers in 2024.

The 49ers brought in Yiadom when their defensive coordinator was Nick Sorensen and their assistant head coach was Brandon Staley. They've both been fired and replaced by Robert Saleh and Gus Bradley, respectively. And those two have no ties to Yiadom.

During his one season with the 49ers, Yiadom played 46 percent of the defensive snaps, broke up six passes, intercepted one, gave up two touchdown catches and allowed a passer rating of 88.7 when targeted.

Yiadom was the 49ers' No. 3 cornerback to start the season, and he eventually got surpassed on the depth chart by rookie Renardo Green, who will start for the 49ers next season. But Charvarius Ward missed five games which allowed Yiadom to get back on the field.

Overall, Yiadom wasn't a complete liability in coverage, and he was pretty good against the run. But he's 29 and the 49ers are rebuilding to a degree, so giving him a three-year deal wouldn't have made sense.

Instead, the 49ers signed former Seattle Seahawks cornerback Tre Brown essentially to replace Yiadom. Brown was drafted and developed by Pete Carroll who is the mentor of Saleh and Bradley.

Don't be surprised if the 49ers draft a cornerback as well.

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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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