{"id":41638,"date":"2025-03-17T00:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T00:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=41638"},"modified":"2025-03-17T00:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T00:38:13","slug":"49ers-news-49ers-kyle-juszczyk-passed-on-more-money-to-stay-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=41638","title":{"rendered":"49ERS NEWS: 49ers Kyle Juszczyk passed on more money to stay in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.49erswebzone.com\/v\/D5P02n\/content\/media\/cache\/article-770x433-f53c00b465dff860c5da75cca3d815bb.jpg\" alt=\"Source: 49ers Kyle Juszczyk passed on more money to stay in San Francisco\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday morning, it was reported that\u00a0the San Francisco 49ers are re-signing fullback Kyle Juszczyk\u00a0after releasing him on Tuesday. Juszczyk, 33, agreed to a two-year, $8 million deal and is the 49ers&#8217; longest-tenured player. He joined the team as a free agent in 2017 and was one of the first signings by Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the 49ers asked the Pro Bowl fullback to take a pay cut. Juszczyk agreed to take less money to stay in San Francisco. According to one source, the 49ers again asked the nine-time Pro Bowler to take a pay cut this offseason. Juszczyk declined, but left with the understanding that the offer would stay on the table if he didn&#8217;t find what he was looking for.<\/p>\n<p>Juszczyk, who was originally drafted by the Baltimore Ravens, visited the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday. According to Matt Barrows of\u00a0<em>The Athletic<\/em>, the Steelers weren&#8217;t the only team interested in the fullback. Barrows posted on X, &#8220;Pete Carroll and Mike Tomlin were interested in\u00a0Kyle Juszczyk. But the fact that the 49ers won out underscores how much they still value the fullback position&#8230;and Juszczyk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pete Carroll and Mike Tomlin were interested in Kyle Juszczyk. But the fact that the 49ers won out underscores how much they still value the fullback position &#8230; and Juszczyk.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z4Pe6jo7ZB\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z4Pe6jo7ZB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbarrows\/status\/1900942995803041917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Barrows followed that post with another that read, &#8220;Notable that two defensive-minded head coaches who have faced Juszczyk a lot (Tomlin when Juszczyk was with Baltimore) were interested\/saw the value in him.&#8221; Carroll, of course, faced Juszczyk twice each year while coaching the Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Notable that two defensive-minded head coaches who have faced Juszczyk a lot (Tomlin when Juszczyk was with Baltimore) were interested\/saw the value in him. &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hOHtBec1a1\">https:\/\/t.co\/hOHtBec1a1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbarrows\/status\/1900947538816999882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the end, Juszczyk chose to return to the 49ers to accept the deal San Francisco reportedly offered before they cut him. Per Nick Wagoner of ESPN, a source said, &#8220;Juszczyk took less than what the Pittsburgh Steelers were offering to return to San Francisco.&#8221; Clearly, Juszczyk and his wife, Kristin, decided that staying with the 49ers was more important than being paid more to play elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Juszczyk is close with his teammates, especially All-Pro tight end\u00a0George Kittle. And the players&#8217; wives are close, as well. So it&#8217;s understandable that the Juszczyks would choose to stay put. As Juszczyk&#8217;s wife wrote on Instagram, &#8220;We turned friends into family here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, relationships are more valuable than money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Juszczyk passed on a bigger payday with the Steelers to rejoin the 49ers on a two-year, $8M deal, valuing loyalty and relationships over money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":41639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[100,241,14,9,12],"class_list":["post-41638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-george-kittle","tag-john-lynch","tag-kyle-shanahan","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco-49ers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>49ERS NEWS: 49ers Kyle Juszczyk passed on more money to stay in San Francisco - 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