{"id":70750,"date":"2025-07-23T23:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T23:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=70750"},"modified":"2025-07-23T23:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T23:58:15","slug":"san-francisco-49ers-make-an-important-free-agent-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=70750","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco 49ers Make An Important Free Agent Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/e-st-brown-e1753214498462.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/e-st-brown-e1753214498462.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/e-st-brown-e1753214498462.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/e-st-brown-e1753214498462.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"San Francisco 49ers Make An Important Free Agent Signing\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Equanimeous St. Brown reacts after making a big play against the Minnesota Vikings on November 21, 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was clear that the San Francisco 49ers were going to make an addition to their wide receiver room after insider Matt Maiocco reported that they had a tryout with six wide receivers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"e81f6abf559851fee860ecbff9377826\">\n<div data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaioccoNBCS\/status\/1947412544215306627\">\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The 49ers today had tryouts with six wide receivers: Equanimeous St. Brown, Quintez Cephus, Grant DuBose, Ramel Keyton, Stanley Morgan and Brandon Powell. QB Spencer Petras, also on a tryout, threw them passes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoNBCS) July 21, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And they certainly needed one after injuries, suspensions, and contract drama have completely depleted their wide receiver room.<\/p>\n<p>Well, just ahead of the start of training camp on Tuesday July 22, 2025, the 49ers signed one of those receivers, Equanimeous St. Brown, to their 90-man roster.<\/p>\n<div id=\"7b71e8a466b2a32ebcd2d3a1bc3760be\">\n<div data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaioccoNBCS\/status\/1947720594650501539\">\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The 49ers signed WR Equanimeous St. Brown to their 90-man roster at the opening of training camp. He is a six-year NFL veteran who appeared in two games with no catches for the Saints last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoNBCS) July 22, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>St. Brown, the brother of Detroit Lions superstar wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown is set to immediately compete for playing time in a very depleted 49ers wide receiver room.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>St. Brown Gives the 49ers Veteran Stability<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The 49ers likely chose St. Brown because he is a six-year NFL veteran who has experience being a starter.<\/p>\n<p>Several of the other receivers that the 49ers worked out are younger and theoretically have higher ceilings, but the 49ers have plenty of youth in their receiver room currently and don\u2019t need to take any more risks.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Cowing and Jordan Watkins are two young 49ers receivers that have both shown promise. Ricky Pearsall is also a young receiver in a prove-it year. The 49ers don\u2019t need any more projects. They need veteran stability to fall back on if their rookie receivers don\u2019t pan out or if Pearsall or Brandon Aiyuk\u2018s injuries are worse than the Niners fear.<\/p>\n<p>They went after the most proven receiver given who was available and cheap this late into the offseason. I personally said they should sign Brandon Powell, who is more proven than St. Brown, but that was just based on St. Brown\u2019s body of work.<\/p>\n<p>Evidently, St. Brown impressed at the workout, and that coupled with his body of work, similar to Powell\u2019s, inspired them to give him a chance.<\/p>\n<p>NFL fans are happy to see the St. Brown brothers back together in the NFL again, and hope to see them match up once again, potentially in an NFC playoff rematch between the Lions and 49ers in 2025.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Jauan Jennings Encouraging Update<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>One reason that 49ers fans felt they needed another receiver was because of the Jauan Jennings contract drama.<\/p>\n<p>Jennings is requesting a new contract for the 49ers ahead of this season or a trade. He broke out with the 49ers last season, recording 975 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>But fortunately for 49ers fans, Jennings appears willing to play for the 49ers regardless of how the negotiations go.<\/p>\n<p>49ers insider Nick Wagoner reported that Jauan Jennings reported to camp and is set to\u00a0 participate in practice.<\/p>\n<div id=\"4d85af43628c46236951e993908c65a9\">\n<div data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nwagoner\/status\/1947719701825786122\">\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">#49ers WR Jauan Jennings reported to camp on Monday. He&#8217;s expected to be at practice and participate on Wednesday when practice begins.<\/p>\n<p>Lynch declines to say whether there are contract discussions, repeating &#8220;We love him and he&#8217;s here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) July 22, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWR Jauan Jennings reported to camp on Monday,\u201d Wagoner wrote in a post on X. \u201cHe\u2019s expected to be at practice and participate on Wednesday when practice begins. Lynch declines to say whether there are contract discussions, repeating \u2018We love him and he\u2019s here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers seem likely to extend Jennings eventually based on their rhetoric that they have no plans to trade him. But it\u2019s comforting to know that the guy who is their incumbent No. 1 wide receiver heading into the season is gearing up for 2025 despite the contract dispute.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the Equanimeous St. Brown signing, 49ers fans? Will he be an impact player for San Francisco in 2025?<\/p>\n<p>Ethan Inman is a sports journalist covering the San Francisco 49ers and Las Vegas Raiders for heavy.com. He also co-hosts a college football podcast for The Voice of College Football, and writes about the NBA and MLB. He has previously covered the USC Trojans, the NHL, college baseball, and the intersection of sports and popular culture for other publications. He is based in the greater Los Angeles area. 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