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49ers sign OT Hubbard to reported one-year, $1.375M deal originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The 49ers on Tuesday added veteran depth to their offensive line.

San Francisco signed free-agent offensive tackle Chris Hubbard to a one-year contract, the team announced.

The one-year deal is worth $1.375 million contract, NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday morning, citing a source.

The #49ers have signed FA OT Chris Hubbard to a 1-year, $1.375M deal, source said. Added veteran depth.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 14, 2024

The 49ers also announced that they have signed defensive lineman Shakel Brown to a one-year contract.

In corresponding moves to make room on the roster, defensive lineman Earnest Brown IV and offensive lineman Corey Luciano were waived

Hubbard started all nine of his games with the Tennessee Titans during the 2023 NFL season before sustaining a season-ending biceps injury last November.

The 10-year NFL vet has played with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, and most recently, the Titans.

Hubbard has logged 94 appearances and 58 starts over the course of his decade-long career. In a shortened season last year with Tennessee, he allowed four sacks and 18 pressures in 473 offensive snaps and 292 pass-blocking snaps.

In his 11th NFL season, the versatile swing tackle will hope to make an impact to help the 49ers return to the Super Bowl next season.

 

49ers to host Jets in 2024 NFL season opener on Monday Night Football originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The 49ers do not have to wait long for one of their marquee games of the 2024 NFL season, as they will kick off the campaign with a contest against quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets at 5:20 p.m. PT on Sept. 9 on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” at Levi’s Stadium, the NFL announced Tuesday morning.

Primetime at our place

We’ll kick off the 2024 season vs the Jets on Monday Night Football. @ESPNNFL x @NFL

— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) May 14, 2024

The NFL is announcing several of the best matchups ahead of the complete unveiling of the regular-season schedule on Wednesday at 5 p.m. PT.

The 49ers’ schedule includes high-profile home games against the Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys, as well as intriguing games at the Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins.

Rodgers, who grew up in Chico and played at Cal, will make his Northern California return in Week 1 to face his old nemesis. His 20th NFL season will begin against the organization that ended his season four times in the postseason while he played for the Packers.

In nine regular-season games, Green Bay went 6-3 against the 49ers with Rodgers at quarterback. But Rodgers is 0-4 against the 49ers in the postseason. Most recently, the 49ers beat Rodgers, 37-20, in the NFC Championship Game in January 2020. Two years later, the 49ers upset the top-seeded Packers, 13-10, on a frigid night at Lambeau Field in the divisional round of the playoffs.

Rodgers, a 10-time Pro Bowl selection and four-time NFL Most Valuable Player, will get another crack at the 49ers with his new team.

Rodgers was traded to the Jets last offseason, but he took just four snaps before sustaining a torn left Achilles in the season opener against the Buffalo Bills — also on “Monday Night Football.”

Tight end George Kittle hinted at a 49ers-Jets matchup on Instagram on Monday.

Does George know something we don’t know?

[via @gkittle46 / IG] pic.twitter.com/8cSx1N1pyr

— 49ers on NBCS (@NBCS49ers) May 13, 2024

The 49ers have opened the season only once before against the Jets, and it was a memorable game. On Sept. 6, 1998, the teams went to overtime before Garrison Hearst ended it with a 96-yard touchdown run for a 36-30 victory at Candlestick Park.

There is a large 49ers flavor on the Jets. Head coach Robert Saleh served four seasons on Kyle Shanahan’s staff as defensive coordinator. In three seasons with New York, his teams are 18-33, including back-to-back years of 7-10.

Former 49ers linebacker Jeff Ulbrich is the Jets’ defensive coordinator. And among the former San Francisco players on New York’s roster are defensive linemen and past first-round draft draft picks Solomon Thomas and Javon Kinlaw.

The defending NFC champions ended the 2023 season under the prime time lights, and that’s exactly where they will begin the 2024 season.

Martavis Bryant has a workout scheduled with the Commanders for Wednesday, Aaron Wilson of KPRC reports.

The Cowboys released Bryant last week.

Bryant, 32, was reinstated to the league last year after his indefinite suspension began in 2018. He signed with Dallas’ practice squad late in the season but did not appear in a regular-season game. The Cowboys released him from the practice squad in January, but he later signed a futures deal with the team.

Bryant has not appeared in an NFL game since 2018, when he caught 19 passes for 266 yards in eight games for the Raiders. The Steelers drafted Bryant with a fourth-round pick in 2014.