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

Originally posted by JustinNiner:
AB, you think they will release Ford after June 1st to save $5M and possibly find a trade partner for McGlinchey to get his $10M off the books? The think the Ford release is likely but McGlinchey may be hard to get rid. Im thinking like a late round swap would do the trick or even a 2023 7th rounder. Potentially we could have $35M to sign outside FAs.

I don't know what they do with Dee, we'd only save $2.4M post june 1, as for McGlinchey, I doubt a team would give up much for him.

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Originally posted by NinerBuff:
1st off, AB you're the man.

2nd, I think I read it right that after restructures to AA and Trent, resigning our guys, extending Bosa, Deebo, and Dre, we'd be about $20M under. And then factor another $8M or so for draft picks puts us at $12M under, with other maneuvers we can do if needed.

So that's the number we head to in FA? $12M, and obviously back load contracts when available?

This all depends on what their adjustment number comes in at, last year they had over $11M, that was extra cap room to use, as of now I have them at just $618K, so they'd be $8,960,061 over, that assumes the 8 players that will fill in the 51 players(they have 43 signed) are making $705K, but that won't happen, as we have 5 ERFAs, & 3 RFAs.

The 5 ERFAs are RB JaMycal Hasty, WR Jauan Jennings, OL Colton McKivitz, DT Kevin Givens, & SLB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, those would add up to $4.405M, as Jennings gets the $825K tender, the other 4 the $895K tender, so that would give them 48 players, and be $9,840,061 over the cap.

Now the 3 RFAs are RG Daniel Brunskill, DT Kentavius Street, & SLB Azeez Al-Shaair, I doubt they tender Brunskill, as if they tender him at the lowest($2.443M) we'd get no pick back if he signed elsewhere, which I doubt anyone would sign him for that, and I don't think Street is worth the lowest tender for him($2.54M), as he was a 4th rd pick, which we could get if he signs elsewhere, but we should be able to get both to sign to 1yr deals, in the $1.265M-$1.3M area.

As for Al-Shaair, this depends on if they can get a multi-year deal done with him, with a low 2022 cap number, like $1.3M-$1.5M, $3.5M a yr I think is fair on a multi-year deal, Moseley signed a 2yr deal instead of being tendered, if they tendered Al-Shaair, I believe it'd be the 2nd-round tender($3.986M) because he was a UDFA, we get nothing, & someone will sign him IMO, but not at the 2nd rd tender.

So it's hard to say exactly what they'll be over before they must be cap compliant before 4PM EST/1PM PST on March 16th, plus the fact that they'll be able to negotiate with free agents who have agents on the 14th & 15th, up to the opening of the new league year, which is the 16th at 4pm est/1pm pst as I said above, they have to have Jimmy on the books when the league year opens, so they're either gonna need to redo some deals, or hope they get enough adjustments/credits like in 2021.

In my mock offseason, I have them signing Brunskill, & Street to 1yr $1.265M deals, & Al-Shaair to a 3yr deal worth $3.5M a yr, with a $1,298,333 cap number, I have it as the minimum base($965K), and a $1M signing bonus, no Per game RBs or Workout bonuses, this is what they did with Moseley for year 1, but in years 2 & 3, I have him with $250K per game RB, & $100K workout bonus.

So, if this were to happen, they'd end up being $11,553,394 over the cap, so that's why I chose to redo Armstead, as he has a void year already in 2025, so just add on 1 more, you save the max of $10.424M, and I went with Trent, as he has 5yrs left, $4.904M saved, total of $15.382M, which leaves them with $3,774,606, before trading Jimmy, which saves the team $25.55M, but he'd be replaced by someone on the team making at least $705K, so $24.845M savings, so they could start FA with $28,619,606 in cap room, this is depended on them having a deal agreed to with another team for Jimmy.

As for my offseason plan, I have them $20,165,901 under after the restructures, & re-signing Laken, DJ, Willis, Key, Wilson, & K'Waun to multi-year deals(likely won't happen, but this is what I'd do if I was the 49ers), those 6 add up to $12,803,705, but they'd be replace 6 players on the top 51, which would be 2 guys making $825K(Jennings & Robinson or Austin Mack or Alex Barrett, doesn't matter, as they all will have a $825K cap hit), & 4 players making $705K(Alfredo Gutierrez, Josh Hokit, Chris Slayton, & Connor Wedington), that's a total of $4.47M, so those 6 players re-signed would actually count in the offseason $8,333,705.

I also have them re-signing RB Trenton Cannon, C Jake Brendel, WR Trent Sherfield, RT Tom Compton, & SS Jaquiski Tartt to 1yr deals, they add up to $5.005M, but after top 51 it should be just $880K as they'd replace 5 players making $825K.

They'd now be at $19,285,901 under the 2022 cap, next I have their extensions with Bosa, Deebo, & Dre, which takes up $1,694,775 for Bosa, $29K for Deebo, & we'd save $1.375M the Greenlaw extension, so just $348,775 used up in cap room, putting them at $18,937,126 under the cap, this would include the $1,204,059 in dead money if no deal with Laken is reached by Friday when his deal voids, but I have them re-signing him before then, so it would be $20,141,185 in cap room.

This includes 61 players signed.

QB(1): Trey Lance
RB(5): Elijah Mitchell, Trey Sermon, Jeff Wilson Jr., JaMycal Hasty, Trenton Cannon
FB(2): Kyle Juszczyk, Josh Hokit
WR(7): Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk, Jauan Jennings, Trent Sherfield, Connor Wedington, Austin Mack, KeeSean Johnson
TE(4): George Kittle, Charlie Woerner, Jordan Matthews, Tanner Hudson
C(2): Alex Mack, Jake Brendel
OG(4): Laken Tomlinson, Aaron Banks, Daniel Brunskill, Colton McKivitz
OT(6): Trent Williams, Mike McGlinchey, Tom Compton, Jaylon Moore, Justin Skule, Alfredo Gutierrez
DE(7): Nick Bosa, Samson Ebukam, Arden Key, Charles Omenihu, Jordan Willis, Dee Ford, Alex Barrett
IDL(6): Arik Armstead, Javon Kinlaw, Kentavius Street, Kevin Givens, D.J. Jones, Chris Slayton
LB(5): Fred Warner, Dre Greenlaw, Azeez Al-Shaair, Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, Curtis Robinson
CB(5): Emmanuel Moseley, Ambry Thomas, K'Waun Williams, Deommodore Lenoir, Ka'dar Hollman
S(4): Jimmie Ward, Tarvarius Moore, Jaquiski Tartt, Talanoa Hufanga
ST(3): Robbie Gould, Mitch Wishnowsky, Taybor Pepper

I didn't mock any outside FAs to the team, not that I don't see any signed, just so hard to mock who might be signed.

So, they'd have between $18M-$20M to sign FAs, & draft picks.

So they should have cap room to sign some outside FAs, just depends on the price tag, also no guarantee those 6 players I have signed to multi-year deals(UFAs), & 5 UFAs back on 1yr deals will happen, again, this is what I'd do, not what I think the 49ers will do.

What's ford doing there? Where's mostert?

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Why does the cap space as of 2/14 in the header reflect $8.6+ mil?

That's what they'd be over the cap by with 51 players signed, but they'll be under the cap by the 16th of March, then trading Jimmy will net them $24.845M to $24.725M depending on what player replaces him on the top 51, the number also includes(the money we'd be over the cap) with the 43 players signed, current dead money, & 8 players making $705K, but that won't be how it is, as they have 5 ERFAs, Hasty, Jennings, McKivitz, Givens, & DFF, they'll all get tendered, all but Jennings will get the $895K tender, Jauan will get $825K.

Ah misunderstood. Looked like 8mil in cap space .lol

Originally posted by NinerGM:
Yep.

And it's a 3-year window whether we want to admit or not. Either top talent or depth is going to wane considerably even as the cap grows and top end players demand more $ and mid-tier depth players are wooed by rebuilding teams who have a LOT of cash to throw around (Jets, Dolphins, in particular). Id rather we go all in for the short term than over-pay a depth player near starter $ and have this perennial play-off loser of a team.

Quite frankly I'm greedy when it comes to the 49ers getting that next championship. If a FQB or a top 10 QB is available via trade or acquisition and Lance has the sit one more year and we go all in, I'm for making that move of course with the caveat we at minimum upgrade the right side of he OL. I don't think Tomlinson is a absolute must but if we're going to let him walk, we need to already know who the targeted replacement(s) will be. If we're starting over with Lance anyway I don't think you lose anything if he sits another year. OR take the cap savings from Jimmy's contract and super charge the talent on this team where you or I and stand behind center and win a championship. The shelf life on that team is probably shorter, think 2 years max.

Interesting thoughts. Yeah, at some point you'll need to pay Trey what, $45-50M+ IF he's good. Trent Williams isn't getting any younger, Kittle still won't get surgery and is constantly beat up, etc. After you pay Bosa, Deebo, Aiyuk, Tomlinson, etc. you're kind of going all-in on your core players. You've got the young rookie QB on a rookie contract for 3 more years. You'll have 10+ draft picks.

Is the time to strike now IF the FA's are there? "Overpay" is a relative term for market value of free agents in 2022.

The key is getting the right hits in the draft and free agency.

At the end of this off season, I'm hoping ShanaLynch will comfortably be able to say, they truly have a top 2-3 roster now esp. at the key positions.

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Originally posted by NCommand:
Did the Rams overpay?

The goal is to win a Superbowl. Not to be in healthy cap space annually.

Right now we're a top 4-8 team in talent (probably #1 in depth) BUT we have a rookie QB so he's going to need some extra help around him.

Of the teams ahead of us in talent, what are they going to do? You gotta figure the Bengals will go all-in on pass protection (ironically) like the Chiefs did after their Superbowl loss. Rams? Packers? Bills? Chiefs? Cowboys? How about the Chargers?

Every team has their own big ticket in-house players to sign. Like us.

The key will be making up on the talent gap with the top teams via the draft and free agency to get within true striking distance.

This team could be within striking distance after just a few great moves so I can't wait to see what they do!

Cap wise, I mean kinda with past deals, there's a reason why they're over the 2022 cap, but draft wise, hell yeah they overpaid, but it worked, kudos to them.

I agree that we're a top 4-8 roster, I believe both starters & depth, we need to keep some key FAs or find suitable replacements, I'm all for adding impact players, as long as we don't use future cap room to do so, or overpay in a way that will clearly hurt the cap, which is why I trust this regime, Paraag is the best in the business, so we'll have the best deals structure wise, so if we can have a impact CB for a reasonable price, you do it, but if the top 2(JC Jackson & Carlton Davis) get tagged, that means those next tier(Charvarius Ward, Donte Jackson, Levi Wallace, Darious Williams, Stephon Gilmore, etc...) will get overpaid with Jackson & Davis off the market.

If we let Laken walk, then maybe they look to move Banks to LG, and sign a James Daniels or Alex Cappa to play RG.

I hear you. I'm liking the head start you got on the reasonable free agents too!

Originally posted by NCommand:
I hear you. I'm liking the head start you got on the reasonable free agents too!

Yeah I tried to look at potential FAs that would be on reasonable deals, so no JC Jackson, Carlton Davis, Brandon Scherff, etc... We can't win a bidding war, now should we try IMO.

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Any thoughts on not extending Bosa this year? Franchise Tag in the future? He's going to set the market at $30M+ right out of the gate and I don't know if anyone will break that over the next 2 years. What is the average of the top 5 right now? Since it's a player who will reset the market, is it smarter to not extend him right now?

As to D.J. Jones, I have a feeling they'll let him test the market. The dude is constantly injured/dinged and barely made it through this year, checking in and out of the lineup. I also think they are hoping Kinlaw can be worth something and move him to 1T with AA remaining at 3T.

Plus DT's are pretty easy to collect for cheap in an oversaturated market. I'd love to keep him but I could see them letting him test the market and getting paid more elsewhere.

Originally posted by NCommand:
Any thoughts on not extending Bosa this year? Franchise Tag in the future? He's going to set the market at $30M+ right out of the gate and I don't know if anyone will break that over the next 2 years. What is the average of the top 5 right now? Since it's a player who will reset the market, is it smarter to not extend him right now?

As to D.J. Jones, I have a feeling they'll let him test the market. The dude is constantly injured/dinged and barely made it through this year, checking in and out of the lineup. I also think they are hoping Kinlaw can be worth something and move him to 1T with AA remaining at 3T.

Plus DT's are pretty easy to collect for cheap in an oversaturated market. I'd love to keep him but I could see them letting him test the market and getting paid more elsewhere.

You extend Bosa ASAP, if you wait, same with Deebo, their value will only go up higher, doesn't matter if no one gets $30M+ on defense, he'll end up wanting more due to production, I'm against the tag, it sucks for both sides, just sign a long term deal, or let the guy walk. Also Nick has the same agent as Joey does, and I think he'll be advised to holdout as long as possible if not deal is made, Joey did it.

I don't know if I'd call DJ constantly injured, but I can see them letting him test the open market.

Originally posted by AB81Rules:
You extend Bosa ASAP, if you wait, same with Deebo, their value will only go up higher, doesn't matter if no one gets $30M+ on defense, he'll end up wanting more due to production, I'm against the tag, it sucks for both sides, just sign a long term deal, or let the guy walk. Also Nick has the same agent as Joey does, and I think he'll be advised to holdout as long as possible if not deal is made, Joey did it.

I don't know if I'd call DJ constantly injured, but I can see them letting him test the open market.

Yeah, I can understand the rational for both sides of the coin. And great point about his agent. He's going to be a delight. No doubt he'll make sure Bosa resets the market. And he will.

I hope we can resign DJ too.

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Originally posted by NCommand:
Interesting thoughts. Yeah, at some point you'll need to pay Trey what, $45-50M+ IF he's good. Trent Williams isn't getting any younger, Kittle still won't get surgery and is constantly beat up, etc. After you pay Bosa, Deebo, Aiyuk, Tomlinson, etc. you're kind of going all-in on your core players. You've got the young rookie QB on a rookie contract for 3 more years. You'll have 10+ draft picks.

Is the time to strike now IF the FA's are there? "Overpay" is a relative term for market value of free agents in 2022.

The key is getting the right hits in the draft and free agency.

At the end of this off season, I'm hoping ShanaLynch will comfortably be able to say, they truly have a top 2-3 roster now esp. at the key positions.

I'd put our top 5 players up against any other team.

Originally posted by Bellaleo:

Originally posted by NCommand:
Interesting thoughts. Yeah, at some point you'll need to pay Trey what, $45-50M+ IF he's good. Trent Williams isn't getting any younger, Kittle still won't get surgery and is constantly beat up, etc. After you pay Bosa, Deebo, Aiyuk, Tomlinson, etc. you're kind of going all-in on your core players. You've got the young rookie QB on a rookie contract for 3 more years. You'll have 10+ draft picks.

Is the time to strike now IF the FA's are there? "Overpay" is a relative term for market value of free agents in 2022.

The key is getting the right hits in the draft and free agency.

At the end of this off season, I'm hoping ShanaLynch will comfortably be able to say, they truly have a top 2-3 roster now esp. at the key positions.

I'd put our top 5 players up against any other team.

Same here. As for overpaying, I think I've shown how overpaying ruins the cap, look at NO, 2 yrs they were more than $75m over the cap. They'll just be in the same problem a few years down the road, don't overpay for FAs that aren't worth that money.

As for our top players, I'll take these guys over a lot of supposed top 3 rosters.

FB Juice
WR Deebo
WR Aiyuk
TE Kittle
LT Trent
DE Bosa
DT Armstead
MLB Warner
FS Ward

Originally posted by AB81Rules:
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Awesome work as always. Love the moves made here and would be stoked if it happened and we add some contributors in the draft.

well done