{"id":489371,"date":"2026-02-21T06:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T06:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/489371\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T06:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T06:42:06","slug":"should-49ers-re-sign-lb-garret-wallow-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/489371\/","title":{"rendered":"Should 49ers re-sign LB Garret Wallow for 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 20, 2026, 8:00 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 2025 campaign has come to a close, with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/seattle-seahawks\/361\" data-autotag=\"91fb7995-f6cd-4aa3-adbc-98eb39d76a79\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a> hoisting their second Lombardi Trophy after beating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 60 at Levi&#8217;s Stadium earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Now, we&#8217;re onto the offseason where the <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, who call Levi&#8217;s Stadium their home, will look to put together a roster capable of winning it all next year at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">One of the first steps in that process for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/san-francisco-49ers\/359\" data-autotag=\"3d4aeb7f-6493-4c2a-8803-2439e4b64ee4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">49ers<\/a> will be deciding what to do with their pending free agents, including linebacker Garret Wallow. Let&#8217;s analyze the choice Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch will have to make regarding the linebacker&#8217;s future in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Garret Wallow 2025 season recap<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Wallow missed all of the 2024 season due to a pectoral injury and signed with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/denver-broncos\/332\" data-autotag=\"80ecb2c2-c4e3-4c9a-8c53-01c0a2da3542\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Denver Broncos<\/a> last August. He spent most of the year with the team before they waived after seven games played, and the 49ers claimed him.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In San Francisco, he appeared in four regular season games, mostly as a special teamer. However, due to injured, he started the team&#8217;s two playoff games and recorded 12 tackles and a pass defensed in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>Potential replacements for Garret Wallow<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With Fred Warner returning in 2025, San Francisco has a good mix at linebacker that includes Dee Winters, Tatum Bethune and 2025 third-round pick Nick Martin. However, they could use more depth, especially after what happened at the position last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">That means the 49ers could re-sign Curtis Robinson, Luke Gifford or Eric Kendricks to fill out the depth chart, or they could bring in another free agents like Amen Ogbongbemiga, Troy Reeder or Jack Sanborn.<\/p>\n<p>What contract could Garret Wallow receive as a free agent?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Wallow signed a one-year, $1.1 million deal coming off of a missed year last offseason. He might make a little more than the veteran minimum in 2026, but it won&#8217;t be more than $3 million.<\/p>\n<p>Should the 49ers re-sign Garret Wallow?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The top of San Francisco&#8217;s linebacker room is set, but they do need depth. It wouldn&#8217;t hurt to sign Wallow back a one-year deal without a ton of guaranteed money to compete for a spot on the 53-man roster or practice squad during training camp<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">More 49ers: <a href=\"http:\/\/ninerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/niners\/2026\/02\/19\/2026-nfl-win-totals-49ers-over-under\/88760342007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">49ers on list of 10 teams with massive over\/under win total in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 20, 2026, 8:00 p.m. PT The 2025 campaign has come to a close, with the Seattle Seahawks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[159202,49,48,514,82,172020,172021,160670,172022,172024,160701,172025,172027,160668,160683,159088,160700,160679,159795,159089,172026,159085],"class_list":{"0":"post-489371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-sstssportsnflniners","14":"tag-sstsnniners","15":"tag-tagamerican-football","16":"tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","17":"tag-tagdee-winters","18":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","19":"tag-tagfred-warner","20":"tag-taggarret-wallow","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagnfl-hub","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagsan-francisco-49ers","25":"tag-tagseattle-seahawks","26":"tag-tagsmg-listicle","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-tagtatum-bethune","29":"tag-typestory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}