The San Francisco 49ers have introduced in a veteran substitute at security, a place of want after dropping All-Pro Talanoa Hufanga and George Odom to season-ending accidents.
Logan Ryan, a two-time Super Bowl champion, has signed with the Niners to bolster their secondary, per NFL Media.
Though particular phrases of the settlement weren’t disclosed, Ryan is on board for not less than this playoff push the crew hopes to make.
Logan Ryan #26 of the Tennessee Titans celebrates their 20-13 win over the New England Patriots within the AFC Wild Card Playoff sport at Gillette Stadium on January 04, 2020 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)
With Hufanga tearing his ACL towards the Tampa Bay Buccaners and Odom tearing his biceps, Ryan’s arrival comes at an ideal time for the 49ers.
They are the No. 2 seed within the NFC after taking down the No. 1-seeded Philadelphia Eagles, the reigning NFC champions who beat San Fran again in January to make it to the Super Bowl.
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But clearly that seeding can change over the subsequent few weeks, which means San Fran wants all the assistance they will get, plugging up holes on the depth chart to make sure a robust Super Bowl roster is in place.
Ryan, 32, has the playoff expertise that GM John Lynch can respect as a former security himself. Ryan gained his Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, the crew he spent his first 4 NFL seasons with from 2013-2016.
Logan Ryan #23 of the New York Giants reacts as he runs off the sector after the Giants defeated the Washington Football Team 23-20 at FedExField on November 08, 2020 in Landover, Maryland. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
Ryan collected 13 interceptions, one returned for a landing, 2.5 sacks and 243 mixed tackles over 64 video games in New England previous to his time with the Tennessee Titans. He, then, moved on to the New York Giants for 2 seasons, beginning in 2020, earlier than final 12 months’s run with the Buccaneers.
His versatility was a motive why each crew he performed for liked his manufacturing on the sector. While Ryan appears to flourish at security, he can play wherever within the secondary, which will probably be instrument within the bag for 49ers defensive coordinator Steve Wilks.
Ryan has been within the sports activities media discipline since he hasn’t been on the sector, with “Good Morning Football’s” Peter Schrager declaring that he was on the panel a couple of weeks in the past. However, he has been “steadfast” that he can nonetheless play at a excessive degree, and the 49ers will give him the prospect to take action on a crew that sits as frontrunner for the NFC title.
Logan Ryan #26 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defends throughout an NFL soccer sport between the San Francisco 49ers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Levi’s Stadium on December 11, 2022 in Santa Clara, California. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)
For his profession, Ryan has totaled 742 mixed tackles, 15 pressured fumbles, 19 interceptions, and 13 sacks over 149 video games.
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