Saints sign Chase Young to one-year deal
Defensive end Chase Young is headed to a third team in two years, signing with the New Orleans Saints this week.
According to multiple reports, Young landed a one-year, $13 million deal, with the money fully guaranteed.
The No. 2 overall pick in 2020 by Washington, Young was dealt by the Commanders to San Francisco for a third-round draft pick last October. He played nine regular-season games for the 49ers, recording 10 tackles and 21/2 sacks. Young added 11 tackles in the 49ers’ playoff run, including a sack in the Super Bowl.
Young, 24, was the Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2020 after registering 44 tackles, 71⁄2 sacks, four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries in 15 games.
A torn right anterior cruciate ligament limited him to nine games in 2021 and three games in 2022. He bounced back to appear in seven games for Washington last year.
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49ers: Veteran journeyman Joshua Dobbs signed with San Francisco to be a reserve quarterback. His one-year contract pays $2.25 million with another $750,000 in playing-time incentives, according to reports. He is projected to be the No. 2 behind Brock Purdy after Sam Darnold left for Minnesota in free agency. Last season, he was 1-7 filling in for Kyler Murray with Arizona and 2-2 filling in for Kirk Cousins and Jaren Hall with Minnesota . ...
The 49ers will pick a little later in the fourth round this year and will forfeit a fifth-round selection in the 2025 draft after being penalized by the NFL for payroll accounting errors at the close of the 2022 league year. The punishment amounts to a slap on the wrist for this year’s draft. Instead of picking at No. 131 overall, the 49ers were pushed to the end of the round following compensatory picks at No.
136. It gets a little more painful next year with the forfeiture of a fifth-round pick.
Lions: Detroit and
Pro Bowl guard Kevin Zeitler agreed to a oneyear contract, the Associated Press reported. Detroit needed a replacement for Jonah Jackson, who signed with the L.A. Rams. The 34-year-old Zeitler was a Pro Bowl player for the first time last season, in his third year as a starter with Baltimore. He was drafted out of Wisconsin by Cincinnati with the No. 27 overall pick in 2012
Titans: Defensive tackle Sebastian JosephDay agreed to terms on a one-year contract with Tennessee, NFL Network reported Tuesday. Financial terms were not disclosed. Joseph-Day, who will turn 29 on
Thursday, started all 14 games in which he appeared with the L.A. Chargers last season before being waived. He quickly signed with the 49ers and came off the bench in two games. He had 36 tackles and three sacks in 16 games last season.
Docuseries on receivers: Davante Adams of Las Vegas and Justin Jefferson of Minnesota are among the big-name pass catchers starring in a Netflix docuseries called “Receiver,” the streaming service announced. The others will be be Deebo Samuel and George Kittle of San Francisco and
Amon-Ra St. Brown of Detroit.
The eight-episode series is scheduled to start this summer. “Receiver” is a continuation of Netflix’s relationship with the NFL that began with “Quarterback” in 2023. The production is a joint endeavor with NFL Films, Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions and Patrick Mahomes’ 2PM Productions.