90commentsWith word that the 49ers are looking to other kickers, maybe they can offload Gould

With word that the 49ers are looking to other kickers Earl Mitchell Jersey , maybe they can offload Gould to a team."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections 49ers Salary CapLevi’s Stadium Events49ers Transactions49ers Injury News49ers Press Conferences & Conference CallsNFL Trade RumorsWhat would you trade Robbie Gould for? New,to a team. PDTShareTweetShareShareWhat would you trade Robbie Gould for? The San Francisco 49ers were to get Robbie Gould for at least one more year. Then they weren’t. On Tuesday, reports surfaced that the 49ers were interested in New England Patriots free agent kicker Stephen Gostkowski. While Gostkowski would be signed back to the Patriots within hours, the whole act is weird considering the 49ers have issued the franchise tag to Gould, but it sounds as if he’s a bit miffed that he didn’t get a chance of testing the free agency waters.It’s understandable, considering his family is in Chicago, but the NFL is a business, I suppose. If the 49ers are looking to a new kicker, then Gould would be either traded, or the franchise tag (which hasn’t been signed by him) would be rescinded. Let’s go with that first scenario Malcolm Smith Color Rush Jersey , trading Gould. It’s time to play armchair GM. The Chicago Bears are the prime targets in a deal here. After that blunder of a field goal in the NFL playoffs, the biggest beneficiary in all of this was Gould. It’s only more interesting that the Bears released him a few years back which enabled the eventual arrival in San Francisco in the first place. This isn’t the first time the 49ers have made a trade with the Bears, and the same logic applies. If the Bears want Gould, he’s not going to be cheap. This isn’t just another kicker, it’s one of the best kickers in the league.I’d start negotiations at a fourth rounder. That’s a fair price. I’ve seen some say a third, but that’s far too much for a kicker, even Gould and a good way to get laughed off the phone. Fourth is respectable. If we have to start going back and forth I may be willing to take a fifth and some change when negotiations end, but nothing less. The Bears are picking in the back, so a fifth would be somewhat of a disappointment. A fourth and Gould gets to go back to Chicago, plus the Bears get the best kicker in the league, all provided the Bears can work out their extension and not release him early this time. What would you think is adequate compensation for Gould? Fooch’s update: Washington was the only team to claim Foster https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Robbie-Gould-Jersey , but it turns out the Philadelphia Eagles were the only team to call Tampa police about Foster, according to USA Today’s A.J. Perez.The San Francisco 49ers released Reuben Foster due to his third arrest in 11 months and he was claimed off waivers Monday by Washington. Turns out, no other team made a claim on the linebacker, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.At first, Schefter misspoke saying the Cleveland Browns had been the ones to claim Foster, but later updated the information to Washington, which means Cleveland would have made no claim based on their order on the waiver wire. Shortly after the claim was made, the NFL placed Foster on the Commissioner’s Exempt List keeps him from playing or practicing any time soon while the league investigates the latest domestic violence dispute.The league’s personal conduct policy states that a player placed on the list “may not practice or attend games, but with the club’s permission, he may be present at the club’s facility on a reasonable basis for meetings, individual workouts Reuben Foster Jersey , therapy and rehabilitation, and other permitted non-football activities.” So now Washington has a shiny new linebacker that isn’t allowed to play. There’s a lot of questions as to why Washington would take the headaches of Foster, especially when they claimed they were against domestic violence during the Ray Rice fiasco.They claimed to have done their due diligence in a statement and had his teammates speak up for him. Some speculation is this is a move to get back at Kyle Shanahan. Long story short, Shanahan and Washington owner Dan Snyder don’t play nice. It stems back from when Shanahan worked in Washington under his dad Mike Shanahan as the offensive coordinator. Since then, Snyder has been speculated to have slapped the franchise tag on Kirk Cousins in order to keep Shanahan from getting his mitts on on the quarterback in 2017. The Foster acquisition doesn’t carry anything right now, especially with the linebacker suspended, but should Washington turn his career—and life by extension—around, it’s just another chance to rub something in Kyle’s face.