Free-agent special teams ace/defensive back Siran Neal is finalizing an undisclosed two-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night, a source tells NFL Network's Cameron Wolfe. Neal will head to the NFC for the first time in his career after spending the 2024 campaign with the Miami Dolphins, where he had just 11 tackles (nine solo) and two pass breakups in 17 games (no starts). The 30-year-old veteran defensive back was a fifth-round pick (154th overall) by the Buffalo Bills in 2018 out of Jacksonville State, and he spent the first six years of his NFL career in Buffalo. He has mostly been a special-teamer in his career and has only 126 tackles (94 solo), one sack, seven pass breakups, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in 114 career games (one start). Neal is unlikely to have a big role for the Niners on defense in 2025.
The Buffalo Bills agreed to a three-year deal with a maximum value of $10.9 million to re-sign cornerback Siran Neal on Wednesday, according to a source. Aside from playing 82% of the defensive snaps in Week 8 against the Jacksonville Jaguars last year, Neal didn't play more than 38% of the defensive snaps in any other game. The 27-year-old former fifth-round pick of the Bills in 2018 is mostly a special teams ace for Buffalo. Neal has a combined 83 tackles (63 solo), four tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and one sack in 64 games (one start) in his four seasons with the Bills. He had 23 tackles (16 solo) in 17 regular season contests in 2021.
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