DONE DEAL: 49ers signed defensive tackle Jordan Elliott to a two-year, $10 million contract

Jordan Elliott, Defensive Tackle, Signs with the 49ers

The 49ers marked protective handle Jordan Elliott to a two-year, $10 million contract, concurring to The NFL Organize. Elliott is the third cautious lineman the 49ers have included this offseason together with Leonard Floyd and Yatur Gross-Matos. In the interim, the 49ers haven’t however added any offensive players. Go figure.

Elliott, 26, may be a previous third-round choose who went through the primary four seasons of his career with the Browns, where he recorded 5 sacks. So he’s not a pass rusher. But the past two seasons, he was a starter. And final season, he played within the Wide 9, which suggests he fits the 49ers protective conspire. That’s why the 49ers marked him.
The 49ers certainly require cautious handles after discharging Arik Armstead and letting Javon Kinlaw sign with the Unused York Planes, but I do not see Elliott as a substitution for Armstead. I see Elliott as a substitution for Kinlaw — a reinforcement cautious handle who can begin in the event that vital, but not somebody who would play on passing downs. A rotational run shield as it were.

Armstead was a three-down protective handle who was a key portion of the 49ers third-down weight bundles. Elliott can’t supplant Armstead in those circumstances. So anticipate the 49ers to draft a cautious handle moderately tall following month. Meanwhile , their base cautious line most likely comprises of Nick Bosa, Javon Hargrave, Jordan Elliott and Yatur Gross-Matos, whereas their nickel protective line likely is made up of Bosa, Hargrave, Gross-Matos and Leonard Floyd.

In spite of all these moves, it doesn’t appear that the cautious line has progressed.