49ers 2025 Salary Cap Thread, 2025 Cap Room=$26,988,068 as of 8/29/25

Originally posted by 49erfanatic:

Originally posted by Kolohe:

Originally posted by 49erfanatic:
So how is taking an additional $20M cap hit for a measley 5th round pick instead of releasing Deebo effective June 1 a good thing? We could have signed a couple of pretty good FA's with that money. The Commanders taking on Deebo's salary doesn't give us any more cap space, right? I think Lynch and Shanahan have lost their marbles!!!

Because they gained $33 mil in cap space next season. They can always free up more cap space by extending Fred Warner and George Kittl, which I heard gets the 9ers $20 mil back in cap space.

Ssems like they are sacrificing this season for 2026, which makes no sense if they are in "win now" mode with their older core group. If they are throwing in the towel, and in rebuild mode, then it makes sense, but not for making a Super Bowl run this season.

They can increase the salary cap this season just by extending Purdy, Warner, and Kittle.

Looks like the current cap will be 39M. Is this before the increase?

Originally posted by Alfienator:
Looks like the current cap will be 39M. Is this before the increase?

Yes, from what I've seen the roll over was close to 50, now 39

so, 39+ new increase = x

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by Alfienator:
Looks like the current cap will be 39M. Is this before the increase?

Yes, from what I've seen the roll over was close to 50, now 39

so, 39+ new increase = x

That's not a lot of money when you look at our issues.

Brock's contract could eat up a lot of that depending on how it structured. we are getting to the point where we will just be a regular team moving forward.

Originally posted by Alfienator:
Looks like the current cap will be 39M. Is this before the increase?

$34 based on the article on the front page.

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by Alfienator:
Looks like the current cap will be 39M. Is this before the increase?

Yes, from what I've seen the roll over was close to 50, now 39

so, 39+ new increase = x

That's not a lot of money when you look at our issues.

Brock's contract could eat up a lot of that depending on how it structured. we are getting to the point where we will just be a regular team moving forward.

Brocks contract won't hit until a couple of years.. by then the cap increases and Brock's contract looks like a bargain towards other QB signings.

We added what 4 rookie starters and potentially more this year. Restructure Kittle and possibly warner and we can free up more cash for this year or to roll over

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by Alfienator:
Looks like the current cap will be 39M. Is this before the increase?

Yes, from what I've seen the roll over was close to 50, now 39

so, 39+ new increase = x

That's not a lot of money when you look at our issues.

Brock's contract could eat up a lot of that depending on how it structured. we are getting to the point where we will just be a regular team moving forward.

Brocks contract won't hit until a couple of years.. by then the cap increases and Brock's contract looks like a bargain towards other QB signings.

We added what 4 rookie starters and potentially more this year. Restructure Kittle and possibly warner and we can free up more cash for this year or to roll over

we won six games this year.

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by Alfienator:
Looks like the current cap will be 39M. Is this before the increase?

Yes, from what I've seen the roll over was close to 50, now 39

so, 39+ new increase = x

That's not a lot of money when you look at our issues.

Brock's contract could eat up a lot of that depending on how it structured. we are getting to the point where we will just be a regular team moving forward.

Brocks contract won't hit until a couple of years.. by then the cap increases and Brock's contract looks like a bargain towards other QB signings.

We added what 4 rookie starters and potentially more this year. Restructure Kittle and possibly warner and we can free up more cash for this year or to roll over

we won six games this year.

Yeah, definitely injuries and personal issues had nothing to do with it.

Originally posted by Alfienator:

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by Alfienator:
Looks like the current cap will be 39M. Is this before the increase?

Yes, from what I've seen the roll over was close to 50, now 39

so, 39+ new increase = x

That's not a lot of money when you look at our issues.

Brock's contract could eat up a lot of that depending on how it structured. we are getting to the point where we will just be a regular team moving forward.

Brocks contract won't hit until a couple of years.. by then the cap increases and Brock's contract looks like a bargain towards other QB signings.

We added what 4 rookie starters and potentially more this year. Restructure Kittle and possibly warner and we can free up more cash for this year or to roll over

we won six games this year.

Yeah, definitely injuries and personal issues had nothing to do with it.

Not at all, remember, we have the best roster in the NFL according to a lot of folks.

so next man up

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by Alfienator:

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by Alfienator:
Looks like the current cap will be 39M. Is this before the increase?

Yes, from what I've seen the roll over was close to 50, now 39

so, 39+ new increase = x

That's not a lot of money when you look at our issues.

Brock's contract could eat up a lot of that depending on how it structured. we are getting to the point where we will just be a regular team moving forward.

Brocks contract won't hit until a couple of years.. by then the cap increases and Brock's contract looks like a bargain towards other QB signings.

We added what 4 rookie starters and potentially more this year. Restructure Kittle and possibly warner and we can free up more cash for this year or to roll over

we won six games this year.

Yeah, definitely injuries and personal issues had nothing to do with it.

Not at all, remember, we have the best roster in the NFL according to a lot of folks.

so next man up

lol what are you talking about?

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by Alfienator:

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by Alfienator:
Looks like the current cap will be 39M. Is this before the increase?

Yes, from what I've seen the roll over was close to 50, now 39

so, 39+ new increase = x

That's not a lot of money when you look at our issues.

Brock's contract could eat up a lot of that depending on how it structured. we are getting to the point where we will just be a regular team moving forward.

Brocks contract won't hit until a couple of years.. by then the cap increases and Brock's contract looks like a bargain towards other QB signings.

We added what 4 rookie starters and potentially more this year. Restructure Kittle and possibly warner and we can free up more cash for this year or to roll over

we won six games this year.

Yeah, definitely injuries and personal issues had nothing to do with it.

Not at all, remember, we have the best roster in the NFL according to a lot of folks.

so next man up

lol what are you talking about?

I'm talking about this old thing called "no excuses"!

This was a necessary move for short-term pain to mitigate long-term cap considerations.

Dead cap breakdown courtesy of Jason / AB81Rules (full details here):

2025: $66M (Deebo, Armstead, and C. Ward are the majority of contributors)
2026: $49M (Kittle, Collins, Jennings, Matos, Floyd mainly)
2027: $52M (Trent, Hargrave, Warner mainly)
2028: $15M (CMC)

Had we used the June 1st designation on Deebo, we would have seen >30% of our '26 projected salary cap allocated to void years. Maybe worth it if we had won a SB, but...we didn't.

We may be able to reduce those dead cap totals by extending Warner and Kittle, but it's still a material amount. That's essentially what Purdy's average salary will be once he signs his extension.

Kyle and Lynch need to be prudent moving forward. Tough cut decisions for the likes of Juice and Odum, push for salary reductions for the likes of Matos, focus on budget / cap casualties in free agency to net future draft comp picks.

And stop playing with house money in the draft. I want to see this team trade down in the first round, and select a slew of day 2 picks to develop. Essentially, we need to take a page out of the LA Rams to restock the pantry and still compete.

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by Alfienator:

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by Alfienator:
Looks like the current cap will be 39M. Is this before the increase?

Yes, from what I've seen the roll over was close to 50, now 39

so, 39+ new increase = x

That's not a lot of money when you look at our issues.

Brock's contract could eat up a lot of that depending on how it structured. we are getting to the point where we will just be a regular team moving forward.

Brocks contract won't hit until a couple of years.. by then the cap increases and Brock's contract looks like a bargain towards other QB signings.

We added what 4 rookie starters and potentially more this year. Restructure Kittle and possibly warner and we can free up more cash for this year or to roll over

we won six games this year.

Yeah, definitely injuries and personal issues had nothing to do with it.

Not at all, remember, we have the best roster in the NFL according to a lot of folks.

so next man up

lol what are you talking about?

I'm talking about this old thing called "no excuses"!

Who's making excuses? It was the reality of the situation

The $34M number is before adjustments are known, that's extra cap room, I have them right now at $38M with about $5M in adjustments, my numbers are off a bit from OTCs not sure where, but I'm off by a bit, but they can also save max of $23.5M by extending Kittle & Warner, some by extending Jauan, none from Brock, his new base salary is like $5M for 2025, so that will be lowered back down to $1.1M, so some offset in what we lose cap wise, so won't be like $12M if $60M signing bonus, more like $6M-$8M taken away, plus Burford's new base is over $3.4M due to the PPE, playing enough time to get an increase, right now Ji'Ayir Brown is the only one who will get that in 2026 from the 2023 draft class.

Originally posted by GEEK:
This was a necessary move for short-term pain to mitigate long-term cap considerations.

Dead cap breakdown courtesy of Jason / AB81Rules (full details here):

2025: $66M (Deebo, Armstead, and C. Ward are the majority of contributors)
2026: $49M (Kittle, Collins, Jennings, Matos, Floyd mainly)
2027: $52M (Trent, Hargrave, Warner mainly)
2028: $15M (CMC)

Had we used the June 1st designation on Deebo, we would have seen >30% of our '26 projected salary cap allocated to void years. Maybe worth it if we had won a SB, but...we didn't.

We may be able to reduce those dead cap totals by extending Warner and Kittle, but it's still a material amount. That's essentially what Purdy's average salary will be once he signs his extension.

Kyle and Lynch need to be prudent moving forward. Tough cut decisions for the likes of Juice and Odum, push for salary reductions for the likes of Matos, focus on budget / cap casualties in free agency to net future draft comp picks.

And stop playing with house money in the draft. I want to see this team trade down in the first round, and select a slew of day 2 picks to develop. Essentially, we need to take a page out of the LA Rams to restock the pantry and still compete.

I'm ok right now with it, just cause it clears the $33M in 2026 that would have been dead money if kept or post June 1 cut, well would have been more like $31M, but they save a ton for 2026, they'll still carryover a lot into 2026 IMO, most of their deals will be minimum, and low cap numbers the first 2yrs for long term deals.