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USAT: Niners Wire

Jan 31, 2022

The 49ers’ 2021 season has added a little extra intrigue to an offseason that is all but guaranteed to be headlined by Trey Lance’s elevation to the top of the depth chart and Jimmy Garoppolo’s departure. - San Francisco is on track to finish about .500 and squeeze into the postseason. While the door is always open for them to make a surprise run, this season hasn’t gone the way they envisioned. - A potentially disappointing 2021 campaign, followed by not having a first-round pick in the 2022 NFL draft makes the 49ers’ free agency extra important this year. They’ll have a slew of issues to address and choices to make on where they want to shell out the cap space they’ll have at their disposal. Last offseason was all about retaining key players. This offseason we could see an injection of new talent with some familiar faces leaving San Francisco. - Here’s every player set to hit free agency for the 49ers this offseason:

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