The 49ers are getting some edge help with their first big free agency move. NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport on Monday reported San Francisco is signing veteran defensive end Leonard Floyd to a two-year deal. Rapoport reported the contract is worth up to $24 million with $12 million guaranteed in 2024.
Floyd has been in the NFL for eight seasons and turns 32 at the start of the 2024 campaign.
In 121 games (120 starts) he has 58 sacks and 63 tackles for loss. Last season with Buffalo Floyd tied his career-high with 10.5 sacks. In the last four seasons he hasn’t posted fewer than 9.0 sacks.
He now enters a 49ers DE room that desperately needs help. Nick Bosa is the only major contributor returning with Drake Jackson coming off of injury and Robert Beal Jr. entering his second season after making sparse contributions as a rookie in 2023.
The Floyd addition shouldn’t mean the 49ers are done at DE, and they’ll probably want to add another starting-caliber player there. Last year for the Bills he played a career-low 54 percent of the defensive snaps.
With Arik Armstead set to exit in free agency though, the 49ers need as much pass rush help as they can get, and Floyd has a long track record of providing it.
