Tashaun Gipson signs $2.9M deal with 49ers just 20 days before the 2022 season and he never relinquished it after he started a free safety job when Jimmie Ward’s training camp injury lost him.
He has now agreed to a one-year deal worth up to $2.9 million on Sunday and is ready to hold it for another season at least as per multiple reports.
Gipson started all 20 games with the San Francisco 49ers in 2022 and finished with 61 tackles half-sack and eight passes defended along with posting five interceptions tied for second most in the NFL.
As said earlier he was previously signed after Ward suffered an injury in 2022. Ward suffered a Hamstring injury back then and now Gipson is set to play for another season.
Already a 10-year veteran Gipson has played with Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Houston Texans, and Chicago Bears. He is also familiar with coach Kyle Shanahan during 2014 with the Browns. He had six interceptions.
Along with Gipson’s return 49ers need to add more safeties to the team. Gipson returned before the start of the NFL’s early window for free agency negotiation. There will be a few unrestricted free agents including Ward and Tarvairus Moore after the opening of the league year on Wednesday. The negotiation window opens on Monday at 12 p.m.
It is also expected that Ohio’s worker’s compensation laws will be altered as per Cincinnati Bengals as warned by NFL Players Association.
The Bengals are set to limit professional athletes who have been under contract for five or more years from obtaining permanent partial disability compensation as per communication on Saturday.
As per Ohio worker’s compensation laws athletes would pay for their medical care at normal rates that reduced rates. In the Ohio General Assembly’s current session, the NF LPA’s legislation shall be proposed and shall be alerted.
Article 41 of the collective bargaining agreement states guaranteed equivalent benefits to the players if the team declines workers’ compensation. Ohio’s two NFL teams Bengals and the Cleveland Browns shall stipulate guidelines for workers’ compensation with private and public statutes.
The Bengals who are self-insured and do not draw from the workers’ compensation fund distributed by the state are now having workers who are associated with the Bengals seeking workers’ compensation in 2023 from nine claims filed in 2021. But, after alteration, the permanent partial disability with workplace injuries shall also be limited to the team.
