Editor's note: Catch Matt Maiocco's full interview with Deommodore Lenoir on the upcoming "49ers Talk" episode, dropping Sunday night. SANTA CLARA — Cornerback Deommodore Lenoir no longer is one of the NFL's best-kept secrets. For the better parts of three seasons, Lenoir has been a reliable starter in the 49ers' secondary. He is in the midst of a 2024 NFL season in which he might be the team's most consistent defensive player. And that is saying something on a team that features edge rusher Nick Bosa and linebacker Fred Warner. Lenoir's reputation received a major boost this week when the 49ers signed him to a big-money contract extension. Lenoir said he realizes everybody will be watching him more closely now. "Everyone sees it," Lenoir told NBC Sports Bay Area. "Everybody is going to be looking at the next game: 'Let's see what he does. Let's see how he lives up to the contract.' " The 49ers and Lenoir agreed this week to a five-year contract extension that is worth $88.8 million, per Pro Football Talk, with $15.4 million in fully guaranteed money. Lenoir played at a high level in order to earn the contract extension. And he says it is not in his nature to take it easy now....
Lenoir vows he’ll ‘never’ change after lucrative new 49ers contract
Nov 17, 2024 at 8:40 AM
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