5 Biggest Keys to San Francisco 49ers’ 2012 NFL Free-Agency Strategy

With the NFL free-agency market set to open in a week, the 49ers have the comfortable position of proving they are willing to step forward with the team.

General manager Trent Baalke has said that taking care of “our own” is the first priority, and seeing the signing of C.J. Spillman and then Ahmad Brooks suggests that the Niners are doing just that. Brooks' signing, a $45 million contract extension, was the boldest statement.

With other players pending, the 49ers' strategy is still unfolding. At the same time, their strategy right after the end of the lockout last summer worked really well when Dashon Goldson, who turned down a five-year, $25 million contrac...

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