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What should 49ers do with free-agent WR who missed all of 2025?
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Super Bowl 60 has come and gone with the Seattle Seahawks defeating the New England Patriots at Levi's Stadium to hoist their secondary Lombardi Trophy in franchise history.
Now, all 32 teams across the NFL, including the San Francisco 49ers , are transitioning to the offseason and preparing for 2026. One of the first items on their agenda will be to decide what they're going to do with their pending free agents.
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Among those players set to hit the market is wide receiver Trent Taylor . Let's look at the decision that John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan will have to make regarding the wide receiver's future with the team.
Trent Taylor 2025 season recap
Taylor, who started his NFL career as a fifth-round pick of the 49ers in 2017 out of Louisiana Tech, returned to San Francisco in 2024 after two seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals and one with the Chicago Bears .
He spent the entire 2024 season on the practice squad, and before the 2025 season, he was placed on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury, ending his year before it even started.
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Potential replacements for Trent Taylor
San Francisco has plenty of depth wide receiver options on their roster already, including Jordan Watkins , Jacob Cowing , Junior Bergen and Malik Turner .
They could also decide to bring back Kendrick Bourne or Skyy Moore , who were on the roster last year and are hitting the market. Other depth wide receivers becoming free agents across the league include Noah Brown , Braxton Berrios , Tutu Atwell , Cedrick Wilson Jr. and more.
What contract could Trent Taylor receive as a free agent?
Taylor was on a one-year, $1.17 million deal last year, and without playing in 2025, he'll likely receive another veteran minimum deal if he's signed in 2026, which would be worth $1.26 million.
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Should the 49ers re-sign Trent Taylor?
Taylor is turning 32 this offseason and hasn't played a snap in the regular season in over two years now. It's probably smart for the 49ers to go a different direction with at wide receiver, as they could use better starters and depth.
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This article originally appeared on Niners Wire: NFL free agency: 49ers have to make decision on Trent Taylor's future
