The San Francisco 49ers have some questions at safety

Youth Brock Coyle Jersey , and there is a decent chance they dip back into the Seattle Seahawks waters to add depth. Free safety Earl Thomas is hitting the open market, and there has been some speculation the 49ers might take a look at him. There will be competition, with the Dallas Cowboys expected to be in the mix as well.The Cowboys were connected to him in trade rumors last year, but nothing ever worked out. The Cowboys could use the boost Youth Arik Armstead Jersey , and Thomas is a Texas native. On Tuesday, we learned that Thomas and his wife have enrolled their kids in Austin.I’m not a Texas geography expert, so I did a quick Google Map search of the drive from Arlington to Austin. It’s over three hours one-way. That seems far enough that we wouldn’t see Thomas living in Austin and driving to Arlington for work. It’s close enough he could go home on off days and weekends, but it doesn’t strike me as entirely predictive of Thomas’ free agency plans.The other thing is the tax value of having a residence in Texas. If Thomas signed with the 49ers Womens Jimmy Garoppolo Jersey , he would still have to pay a sizable state income tax for his time in Santa Clara. But there is still some tax value to having a part-time residence in Texas.Whatever the case, we’ll have to wait one more month for the start of the new league year.Report: 49ers were interested in signing Eric Reid to multi-year deal this week Fooch’s update No. 2: Trotter tweeted that the 49ers told him it was only a one-year offer.Fooch’s update: Matt Barrows a different piece of information. This arrived after Trotter reported the multi-year deal.The Carolina Panthers signed Eric Reid on Thursday, bringing in the safety on a one-year deal. He will slot in as Carolina’s starting strong safety following the decision to move Da’Norris Searcy to the injured reserve list.It turns out, they might not have been the only team interested in signing Reid. NFL Media reporter Jim Trotter tweeted that the 49ers made a run at Reid this week www.the49ersfootballauthentic.com/marqui...win-jersey-authentic , with hopes of signing him to a multi-year deal.This is intriguing, to say the least. Matt Maiocco is reporting that the 49ers told Eric Reid early on that Adrian Colbert and Jaquiski Tartt were their safeties for 2018 and it have to be a one-year deal at backup money if anything was done. This squares with what Kyle Shanahan said back in August when asked about the team reportedly wanting him back on a one-year minimum deal.Reid’s decision to take a one-year deal over a potential multi-year deal could fall under betting on himself to land a bigger deal next year. And give how multi-year deals actually work in the NFL, he might have decided that a 49ers deal (if offered) would lock him in without an opportunity to earn what he believes to be his true worth.What’s most interesting for 49ers fans is what this means of the safety position. Were the 49ers looking for someone to fill in while Jaquiski Tartt and/or Adrian Colbert are hurt, and then go back to the bench? Or is there something else in mind with that kind of potential offer?