The irony is that we're looking good with free agency so far this year, and what a joy it is to have Brett Veach in there taking care of business. The future is now, and the best news so far is we snapped up premier safety Tyrann Mathieu to shore up the defense. I was really surprised, not even knowing this guy was available in the mix. I mean I'd heard rumblings of Landon Collins, Earl Thomas, and a handful of other players, but this pick-up -- extraordinarily sweet.
Just a couple days ago we got Carlos Hyde, and wow, that was a very nice surprise too. I'd known he'd been the main back for the 49ers for a while, and it seemed like Veach was fastidiously looking around at the release wire and thrilled to see Hyde there, he jumped all over that. I really like what we've got at running back, especially looking for more good things from Darrel Williams. Now with Hyde in the mix we should be set.
Very sad to see Justin Houston go. It'd be nice if the Chiefs could get him back for way less money, but it's likely another team will take him. Here's to seeing if we can get something good for Dee Ford, or if not to see if Ford can find his place in our new defense. It'll be even better to see Veach masterfully fill out that defense in the draft.
It is awesome to watch Veach do his thing up there.
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