{"id":24575,"date":"2017-03-18T05:30:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T05:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=24575"},"modified":"2017-03-18T05:30:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T05:30:08","slug":"49ers-sign-another-free-agent-linebacker-dekoda-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/49ers-sign-another-free-agent-linebacker-dekoda-watson.html","title":{"rendered":"49ers sign another free-agent linebacker, Dekoda Watson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">49ers sign another free-agent linebacker, Dekoda Watson<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">49ers sign another free-agent linebacker, Dekoda Watson:- The 49ers signed free-agent linebacker and special teams player Dekoda Watson, who is familiar to defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, to a three-year deal, the team announced Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Watson, 29, has started seven games since being a seventh-round pick by Tampa Bay in 2010, though he has no defensive starts since 2014 when he was a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Saleh was the Jaguars linebackers coach that season, meaning that the 49ers now have three inside linebackers &#8212; free-agent additions Malcolm Smith and Brock Coyle are the others &#8212; who are familiar with the defense Saleh will run this season.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Like Watson, Coyle mostly has been known for his play on special teams. Smith is the frontrunner for the weak-side linebacker position for the upcoming season<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Watson (6-2, 245) was released on Nov. 11 of 2014 and picked up by the Cowboys. He spent 2015 with the Patriots and last season in Denver where he had a team-high 11 tackles on special teams.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The 49ers have signed 15 free agents in the last four weeks and traded for interior offensive lineman Jeremy Zuttah.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/sports\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\/article139325828.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/49ers-sign-another-free-agent-linebacker-dekoda-watson.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>49ers sign another free-agent linebacker, Dekoda Watson 49ers sign another free-agent linebacker, Dekoda Watson:- The 49ers signed free-agent linebacker and special teams player Dekoda Watson, who is familiar to defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, to a three-year deal, the team announced Friday. 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