49ers GM John Lynch told reporters on Monday that they’re still in communication with free agent S Eric Reid and haven’t closed the door on possibly re-signing him.
“It’s just the safety market has been incredibly slow and Eric’s been a victim of that,” Lynch said, per Cam Inman. “Some of that is Eric’s discretion of where he wants to be. We won’t close the door on that.”
Reid has visited with the Bengals since becoming a free agent last month, but let Cincinnati without a deal.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the Seahawks “briefly considered” Reid this offseason, but apparently decided to not get involved in the market for him.
Reid, 26, is a former first-round pick of the 49ers back in 2013. He played out the final year of his four-year, $8,480,736 contract with the 49ers and is currently testing the open market as an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his NFL career.
In 2017, Reid appeared in 13 games for the 49ers and recorded 67 tackles, two interceptions, a fumble recovery and four pass defenses. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 30 safety out of 87 qualifying players.
We have him featured in our Top 50 Available 2018 NFL Free Agents list.
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