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Will the 49ers Re-Sign Jon Feliciano?

Feliciano outperformed his contract, as opposed to Javon Hargrave, whom the 49ers paid almost $25 million for 7 sacks last season.

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One of the 49ers' best signings last year was Jon Feliciano. Should they bring him back?

They gave him a one-year, $3.25 million contract in 2023 to be a backup interior offensive lineman, but he eventually took the starting right guard job away from Spencer Burford and played reasonably well until he got injured in the Super Bowl. Which means Feliciano outperformed his contract, as opposed to Javon Hargrave, whom the 49ers paid almost $25 million for 7 sacks last season.

Feliciano is 32, so there probably isn't a big market for him. The 49ers probably could give him another relatively affordable one-year deal if they want him back, and there's something to be said for bringing all five starting offensive linemen back and creating continuity at that position.

But the 49ers offensive line isn't good. In fact, it's one of the main reasons they lost the Super Bowl. They should upgrade it this offseason, and right guard is the only position on the line that doesn't have an entrenched starter.

Re-signing Feliciano wouldn't upgrade the offensive line.

Feliciano was a fine one-year stop gap, but the 49ers can do better. Feliciano is only attractive to them because he's cheap. But he's cheap for a reason.

The 49ers don't currently have the cap space to sign a guard who's better than Feliciano, but they do have 11 draft picks, and they could spend one on a plug-and-play right guard. That would be a much better move than throwing more money at an aging journeyman.

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Grant Cohn
GRANT COHN

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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