US Edition49ers Strike Pricey Deal with Kicker Eddy Piñeiro to Keep Him Off Market
Eddy Piñeiro signed a four-year, $17 million extension with $10 million guaranteed after leading the 49ers with a 96.6% field goal success rate last season.
- On Saturday, the San Francisco 49ers agreed to a four-year, $17 million extension for kicker Eddy Piñeiro that includes $10 million guaranteed, agents Drew Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey confirmed to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
- Niners general manager John Lynch said retaining Eddy Piñeiro was a top offseason priority last month, and the extension keeps Piñeiro, who signed in Week 2 last season, off the early free-agent negotiating window opening Monday.
- Piñeiro's season numbers show he led the NFL with a 96.6% field-goal rate, making 28 of 29 attempts with his lone miss a Dec. 22, 64-yard attempt.
- The 49ers re-signed long snapper Jon Weeks on Tuesday, while punter Thomas Morstead remains a free agent among their three specialists; ESPN reports the Piñeiro contract ranks 13th in AAV as 19 players enter Monday's free agency talks.
- John Lynch, Niners general manager, praised Piñeiro, `Eddy was obviously fantastic` and `I don't know if a guy could have come in and done any better`, while Piñeiro thanked family, faith and the 49ers in an Instagram post after five prior NFL seasons.
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Kicker Piñeiro lands 4-year extension from 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers agreed to a four-year contract extension with kicker Eddy Piñeiro, a deal that is worth a total of $17 million with $10 million in guarantees, Piñeiro's agents, Drew Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey, told ESPN's Adam Schefter Saturday.
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49ers strike pricey deal with kicker Eddy Piñeiro to keep him off market
SANTA CLARA – Eddy Piñeiro’s encore as the 49ers’ kicker is coming with a reported $10 million guaranteed. Piñeiro has agreed to a four-year, $17 million deal, a league source confirmed. That deal keeps him off the free agent market, which is where the 49ers found him in Week 2 last season. ”Signing this contract means the world to me and my family,” Piñeiro wrote in an Instagram post in which he gave thanks to his faith as well as the 49ers’ co…
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