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(AP) The San Francisco 49ers started free agency Wednesday by getting some needed help for quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, agreeing to a four-year contract with versatile running back Jerick McKinnon and a five-year deal with interior offensive lineman Weston Richburg just after the start of the new league year.The two deals fill holes on the roster with McKinnon expected to replace departing starter Carlos Hyde and Richburg able to step in immediately as the starter either at center or guard.The team also agreed to a three-year deal to keep linebacker Brock Coyle, who started 10 games last season before undergoing offseason shoulder surgery.General manager John Lynch said McKinnon and Richburg were both high on the team’s priority list in free agency and he was glad to be able to lock both of them up as soon as the new league year started.”We see Weston as one of the top young interior offensive linemen in the NFL,” Lynch said. ”His athleticism, intelligence and attitude are a perfect fit for our scheme. Jerick has proven to be an extremely versatile football player whose speed, elusiveness and tackle-breaking ability make him a very difficult matchup for defenses. We can’t wait to get them on the field with their teammates and coaches later this spring.”McKinnon spent four years in Minnesota, mostly as a backup, after being drafted in the third round in 2014 out of Georgia Southern. He has rushed for 1,918 yards with an average of 4.0 yards per carry, has 142 catches for 984 yards, and has scored 12 touchdowns.McKinnon had his most productive season last year, when he ran for a career-high 570 yards while setting personal bests with 51 catches for 421 yards.McKinnon replaces Carlos Hyde Terrell Owens Color Rush Jersey , who is leaving as a free agent for Cleveland. McKinnon has more speed and is a better receiving threat than Hyde and should fit well into coach Kyle Shanahan’s offense.Richburg spent the past four seasons with the New York Giants but played only four games last year because of a concussion. He began his career as a left guard before moving to center in 2015. He played there the past three seasons and is considered one of the top pass-blocking players at the position and has the athleticism to thrive in Shanahan’s zone-running scheme.Coyle had 62 tackles last season in his first year with the 49ers.”He’s a selfless guy that does everything the right way,” Shanahan said. ”We’ve always known Brock to be a guy we can count on and it was great to see him play the way he did when given the opportunity.”The 49ers had previously re-signed starting center Daniel Kilgore to a three-year contract last month but Kilgore also has experience at guard and could be asked to move.It’s been a busy offseason already for San Francisco. The Niners signed Garoppolo to a five-year deal last month before he even hit free agency, signed cornerback Richard Sherman after he was cut by Seattle, re-signed defensive lineman Cassius Marsh and offensive lineman Garry Gilliam and gave an extension to receiver Marquise Goodwin.These moves have addressed many of the team’s most glaring needs although San Francisco still could be in the market for another cornerback, a pass rusher, help at linebacker and a big receiving target.After losing their first nine games last year, the 49ers underwent a remarkable turnaround. They went 5-0 after Garoppolo took over as starting quarterback and finished the year with a 6-10 mark and plenty of optimism they hope to carry over into 2018.— It was just the 49ers Rodgers was mad at, or so we thought."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections 49ers Salary CapLevi’s Stadium Events49ers Transactions49ers Injury News49ers Press Conferences & Conference CallsThe Alex Smith/Aaron Rodgers draft decision may have had further consequencesNew,145commentsIt was just the 49ers Rodgers was mad at, or so we thought. PDTShareTweetShareShareThe Alex Smith/Aaron Rodgers draft decision may have had further consequencesOver the week you may have been fortunate enough to catch Tyler Dunne’s Bleacher Report article going over the rocky relationship between Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and head coach Mike McCarthy. It’s a long, but insightful read, and recommended if you have a few minutes given the 49ers had a hand in that relationship going bad from the start. Given the pedigree and slow spiral the Packers have been on since winning the Super Bowl in 2011 https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Joshua-Garnett-Jersey , it’s no wonder the entire dynamic of the team has been something making headlines. After the San Francisco 49ers beat the Packers at home to open 2012, more reportswere coming on Rodgers’ behavior as a teammate. In 2012,it was an anomaly. Fast forward to 2018 where it was all but certain he didn’t care much for McCarthy and his coach was on the way out. More players were speaking up to on playing with Rodgers and a lot of it wasn’t good.So how did all this happen? Well look no further than the 2005 draft. That draft left a big decision for the San Francisco 49ers: Alex Smith or Aaron Rodgers with the No. 1 pick. As everyone knows, the 49ers selected Smith and he was labeled as a bust for years until Jim Harbaugh arrived to turn his career around. Rodgers, on the other hand, went to Green Bay. Who had a hand in the decision? The then-offensive coordinator of the 49ers: Mike McCarthy. And from Dunne’s article, it looks like Rodgers resented McCarthy the moment he set foot in Green Bay for the decisions made in San Francisco: It sounds a bit bitter that Rodgers would hold that decision against McCarthy, but it’s also something where one can see where he’s coming from. There’s been interesting stories about being turned down for a job at a specific company, only to find the person you interviewed with turn up at the place you eventually accepted an offer at. It can be weird: the person who turned you down and went with someone else is now your boss. While we may say to Rodgers “get over it,” it’s hard to not at least sympathize with the situation. Here’s the guy who said someone was better than you.For the longest time, we’ve looked at and blamed Mike Nolan for the decision to take Smith over Rodgers. It’s obvious McCarthy had a hand in the situation, being the offensive coordinator George Kittle Jersey , but it’s always been the 49ers as the focus of Rodgers’ rage for not drafting him. The decision was one that may or may not have changed the fortunes of the 49ers. If Rodgers was the No. 1 pick that year, he may have struggled just as much as Smith had, maybe worse, we don’t know. The decision makers of that blunder are out of the building and all that’s left is us to laugh at the insanity of it all.It’s just interesting that it had even more consequences. It set McCarthy up to fail at his new destination. Before this article came out, there were reports that McCarthy worked extensively with Rodgers in developing him as a quarterback while Brett Favre was starting. For the longest time several (myself included) laid the praise of Rodgers’ immediate impact as a starter on the shoulders of McCarthy. For all intents and purposes, it was safe to assume the two had a fine relationship. I’ve even argued the reason it took the Packers so long to dump McCarthy was not because of the Super Bowl win, but putting Rodgers into an unfamiliar system. Dunne indicates that’s not the case. A lot of Rodgers’ success was just because he was that darn good. The branches of that one decision went further than just the 49ers, it impacted a lot of people and Rodgers seems set on making sure no one forgets.