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- Since07
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- JTB1974
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Originally posted by 49ersRing:
ESPN sources: Two-time Pro-Bowl DT Vita Vea and the Buccaneers reached agreement today on a one-year extension for $30 million, tying him to Tampa Bay for two more seasons. He gets $6 million in new money this season.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 19, 2026
Talks between Vea's agent Collin Roberts of @excelfootball… pic.twitter.com/rEFcBvq8zQ
Good job, Lunch!
You do realize it takes two to tango right? He wasn't a free agent. The bucs said they were never trading him.
- _Goldblooded_
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- frenchmov
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Sources: #Commanders DT Johnny Newton underwent surgery for a torn pectoral muscle and is expected to miss significant time.
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) August 20, 2026
The former Illinois standout has 82 tackles, 7 sacks (5 last year), 2 forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery in 33 career games. pic.twitter.com/OVq4mvoxYT
Washington seems cursed this year
- DRCHOWDER
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Originally posted by Since07:
30m is a lot but wtf are we doing with all this cap space?
Most of it is going to be rolled over into next year, lots of player's cap hits are high next year so its to account for those.
- GoreGoreGore
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Originally posted by 49ersRing:
ESPN sources: Two-time Pro-Bowl DT Vita Vea and the Buccaneers reached agreement today on a one-year extension for $30 million, tying him to Tampa Bay for two more seasons. He gets $6 million in new money this season.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 19, 2026
Talks between Vea's agent Collin Roberts of @excelfootball… pic.twitter.com/rEFcBvq8zQ
Good job, Lunch!
- DRCHOWDER
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Originally posted by JTB1974:
Originally posted by 49ersRing:
ESPN sources: Two-time Pro-Bowl DT Vita Vea and the Buccaneers reached agreement today on a one-year extension for $30 million, tying him to Tampa Bay for two more seasons. He gets $6 million in new money this season.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 19, 2026
Talks between Vea's agent Collin Roberts of @excelfootball… pic.twitter.com/rEFcBvq8zQ
Good job, Lunch!
You do realize it takes two to tango right? He wasn't a free agent. The bucs said they were never trading him.
Vita Vea requested a trade at the start of training camp, but the Buccaneers never considered dealing him. https://t.co/8VL1eLoR11
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 19, 2026
- 49er-from-Yavin-IV
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Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:
Originally posted by Since07:
30m is a lot but wtf are we doing with all this cap space?
Most of it is going to be rolled over into next year, lots of player's cap hits are high next year so its to account for those.
If BA applies for reinstatement there goes a big portion of that cap space.
Outside of that, per 49erscap.com 49ers-2025-salary-cap-thread the 2026 cap situation is as follows:
(the link to the site where this information comes from is on the page I have linked to above)
Top 51 cap room: $67,566,405
Effective cap room: $23,191,405
I would concentrate on that second number because that seems more representative of what we actually have to work with.
- LifelongNiner
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Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
Originally posted by 49ersRing:
ESPN sources: Two-time Pro-Bowl DT Vita Vea and the Buccaneers reached agreement today on a one-year extension for $30 million, tying him to Tampa Bay for two more seasons. He gets $6 million in new money this season.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 19, 2026
Talks between Vea's agent Collin Roberts of @excelfootball… pic.twitter.com/rEFcBvq8zQ
Good job, Lunch!
vet player toward the end of his career and you want us to pay 30m aav, trade him in and put him next to the substation?
Gotta love it. Draft capital AND 30 million per year. But Lynch failed 😞
- LifelongNiner
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Originally posted by Since07:
30m is a lot but wtf are we doing with all this cap space?
Rolling over. I think we are over for 2027 already. I'd rather not restructure at this point with many of our older vets due to them being older and we haven't demonstrated we can refill the roster yet with talent. The last thing you want is more dead money on your cap for players no longer on the team and no young talent to replace the production.
- Since07
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Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Originally posted by Since07:
30m is a lot but wtf are we doing with all this cap space?
Rolling over. I think we are over for 2027 already. I'd rather not restructure at this point with many of our older vets due to them being older and we haven't demonstrated we can refill the roster yet with talent. The last thing you want is more dead money on your cap for players no longer on the team and no young talent to replace the production.
We are not that much over and it's looking like Aiyuk cap hit may be minimal if at all. I'm not opposed to rolling over cap but idk if that's the best move in a supposed Super Bowl window. Trent, Kittle, Juice and CMC are on the backend of their careers.
- Since07
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- 49ersRing
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Originally posted by Since07:
Adam Schefter is saying hundreds of players that are cut come the start of the season might opt to go back to play college football over being on a practice squad.
They'd make more in college than on an NFL practice squad, so it makes sense.
- 49ersRing
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Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
Originally posted by 49ersRing:
ESPN sources: Two-time Pro-Bowl DT Vita Vea and the Buccaneers reached agreement today on a one-year extension for $30 million, tying him to Tampa Bay for two more seasons. He gets $6 million in new money this season.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 19, 2026
Talks between Vea's agent Collin Roberts of @excelfootball… pic.twitter.com/rEFcBvq8zQ
Good job, Lunch!
vet player toward the end of his career and you want us to pay 30m aav, trade him in and put him next to the substation?
Gotta love it. Draft capital AND 30 million per year. But Lynch failed 😞
I thought the goal was to win the Super Bowl, not to save the most money. Maybe with the Yorks as our owners, it is. My bad, Lynch, it's not your fault we're operating with a lower salary cap than the rest of the league.
- maltz88
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Originally posted by Since07:
Adam Schefter is saying hundreds of players that are cut come the start of the season might opt to go back to play college football over being on a practice squad.
This whole thing is bizarre.
10 years ago, if you put together a group of people, granted them ultimate power and authority to make any changes to college football they wanted to, and gave them the sole direction of screwing college football up as bad as they possibly could.....there is no way they would do as good of a job as the NCAA, and the power 5 (4 now) have done over the last decade. It's insane.