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Detroit Lions match the 49ers’ offer sheet for TE Brock Wright

Detroit Lions match the 49ers’ offer sheet for TE Brock Wright, ensuring Wright will be back in Detroit in 2024

The Lions have decided to keep one of their own by re-signing tight end Brock Wright to a three-year deal worth $12 million. It’s unclear what the terms were for the 49ers’ offer to Wright were, but the Lions were given five days to match or beat the offer, and they did just that.

Wright was undrafted in 2021 and has earned his way onto the Lions roster as a key member of the offense. In 2022, he had 18 receptions for 216 yards and four touchdowns. While there was regression in 2023 to only 13 receptions for 91 yards and a score, Wright is known to block in the Lions offense.

Last season he earned a 45.9 run-blocking grade on PFF (65th out of 76 tight ends) but his 64.0 pass-blocking grade was best on the team for the position. Wright may not be a needle mover with elite athleticism or highlight-reel catches, but he’s the type of player that this Lions regime is all about — a hardworking football player who grinds and gets after it every game. Can’t ask for much more than that as the team is all about competing for every opportunity.

Details emerge on offer sheet 49ers offered restricted free agent TE Brock Wright

Here’s the offer sheet the #49ers signed TE Brock Wright to:

The details on the 49ers’ offer sheet for Lions restricted free agent tight end Brock Wright emerged Saturday via ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Wright’s deal with San Francisco is for three years, and is worth up to $12 million with $6 million guaranteed. Detroit has five days to match the offer after tendering him at the right of first refusal level, which would have paid Wright $2,985,000 this season.

For the Lions, matching will simply be about value. They have more than $26 million in cap space according to Over the Cap, so adding Wright on a contract worth $4 million annually shouldn’t be an issue. It’ll simply be about whether they want to pay a backup TE that kind of money.

It would make sense for the Lions to try and bring him back, even with Sam LaPorta coming off a sensational rookie season. Wright has never been a regular starter in Detroit, but he never played fewer than 44 percent of their offensive snaps in the three seasons he was there.

That’s the same reason the 49ers are willing to pay him after letting TE Charlie Woerner walk in free agency. Wright is a multifaceted contributor in ways the 49ers haven’t really had behind TE George Kittle.

The best case scenario for the 49ers is Wright’s offer sheet isn’t matched by Detroit and they have their veteran TE. The worst case scenario is they match and the Lions have to pay a couple million dollars more for a TE they tried to get back on the cheap.

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