49ers 2026 Salary Cap Thread, 2026 Cap Room=$46,322,300 as of 1/26/26 on a $305M cap

Originally posted by richterkbelmont:

Originally posted by 49ERnation:

Originally posted by Niners99:
Saints just released Emmanuel Sanders. We could probably get him back for cheap.

He's got Seattle Seahawks written all over him as a free agent haha

lmao how many WR they need when their QB is whinning about their bad OL?

Originally posted by jonnydel:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:

Originally posted by richterkbelmont:

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Really dumb that there was a decrease. I understand they made less money due to pandemic, but these owners are billionaires. An extra $15 mil each to at least stay at same cap would be nothing to them. Especially considering a lot of teams don't even use the full cap, so you'd just be rolling it over to the next year.

Ah yes but we are talking about some greedy f**kers. Better f**k the veteran players than themselves

I agree but most of these teams are run independent of the owners money. They often have a board that makes some of the major financial decisions. It's not always up to just one guy. They have budgets like everyone else. If you own several businesses, you don't take profits from one to prop up another. That's a recipe for disaster. You also have to keep in mind that many of these guys are billionaires on paper but they are leveraged to the hilt. They don't have huge amounts of cash sitting around. They make money by re-investing and borrowing.

That's also the cost of players demanding a revenue based pay system. It was great when revenue streams were rocking, but each team just lost at least a couple hundred mil in revenue. We can say billionaire all we want, that doesn't mean these guys have billions at their disposal to use that way. That money would have to come from somewhere.

Could each owner afford 15 mil more? Sure. But why should they push more money in when they're already going way over what is contractually obligated when the players won't do the same? Why should Robert Kraft lose 60 million this year for football when Joe Thuney isn't going to take a cut of 1.5 mil? Doesn't make sense.

Originally posted by 49ERnation:

Originally posted by richterkbelmont:

Originally posted by 49ERnation:

Originally posted by Niners99:
Saints just released Emmanuel Sanders. We could probably get him back for cheap.

He's got Seattle Seahawks written all over him as a free agent haha

lmao how many WR they need when their QB is whinning about their bad OL?

That's the point, when have they ever addressed the offensive line? They stack skill positions and pray their QB is 80% healthy going into the playoffs I don't expect that to change with all parties still in the building

Originally posted by richterkbelmont:

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Really dumb that there was a decrease. I understand they made less money due to pandemic, but these owners are billionaires. An extra $15 mil each to at least stay at same cap would be nothing to them. Especially considering a lot of teams don't even use the full cap, so you'd just be rolling it over to the next year.

Ah yes but we are talking about some greedy f**kers. Better f**k the veteran players than themselves

Originally posted by Jeepzilla:
Lol
you guys have no idea the debt load these owners carry

Originally posted by frenchmov:

Originally posted by Jeepzilla:
Lol
you guys have no idea the debt load these owners carry

Those poor billionaires

Originally posted by Jeepzilla:

Originally posted by richterkbelmont:

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Really dumb that there was a decrease. I understand they made less money due to pandemic, but these owners are billionaires. An extra $15 mil each to at least stay at same cap would be nothing to them. Especially considering a lot of teams don't even use the full cap, so you'd just be rolling it over to the next year.

Ah yes but we are talking about some greedy f**kers. Better f**k the veteran players than themselves

Lol
you guys have no idea the debt load these owners carry

Originally posted by lamontb:

Originally posted by Jeepzilla:

Originally posted by richterkbelmont:

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Really dumb that there was a decrease. I understand they made less money due to pandemic, but these owners are billionaires. An extra $15 mil each to at least stay at same cap would be nothing to them. Especially considering a lot of teams don't even use the full cap, so you'd just be rolling it over to the next year.

Ah yes but we are talking about some greedy f**kers. Better f**k the veteran players than themselves

Lol
you guys have no idea the debt load these owners carry

I would imagine that having to keep the stadium open without any concessions, and parking money set certain owners back. That's the money they don't have to share. But they not hurting frfr

Originally posted by JTB1974:
Are those 3rd RD comp picks including the one they got for Saleh or on top of that pick?

Originally posted by JTB1974:
Are those 3rd RD comp picks including the one they got for Saleh or on top of that pick?

Originally posted by IGSXIII:

Originally posted by JTB1974:
Are those 3rd RD comp picks including the one they got for Saleh or on top of that pick?

The #49ers receive three compensatory picks, the NFL announces. They receive third-round selections (Nos. 102 & 103) for Robert Saleh and Martin Mayhew leaving for HC and GM jobs. And they receive a fifth-round pick (No. 181) for losing Emmanuel Sanders last year as a free agent.

— Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoNBCS) March 10, 2021

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by IGSXIII:

Originally posted by JTB1974:
Are those 3rd RD comp picks including the one they got for Saleh or on top of that pick?

The #49ers receive three compensatory picks, the NFL announces. They receive third-round selections (Nos. 102 & 103) for Robert Saleh and Martin Mayhew leaving for HC and GM jobs. And they receive a fifth-round pick (No. 181) for losing Emmanuel Sanders last year as a free agent.

— Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoNBCS) March 10, 2021

AND SF will receive that in the 2022 and 2023 draft as well.