Another deeper updated look at the 49ers 2022, & 2023 salary cap situations

Yesterday I went over my current projected roster, with a short update on the 49ers 2022 salary cap situation, so let’s take a deeper look into the 49ers current 2022 & 2023 salary cap situations.

Right now, the 49ers have 65 players signed or tendered for 2022, with a cap commitment of $217,149,720, along with $5,167,726 in dead money, for a total cap commitment of $222,317,446, but their top 51 rule comes to $210,861,515, leaving the 49ers $1,663,046 under their 2022 adjusted cap.

Below are the 65 players with their 2022 cap number.

1. QB 10 Jimmy Garoppolo(2022)- $26,950,000
2. QB 5 Trey Lance(2024)- $7,751,195
3. QB 7 Nate Sudfeld(2022)- $2,000,000
4. RB 25 Elijah Mitchell(2024)- $870,893
5. RB 28 Trey Sermon(2024)- $1,107,485
6. RB 22 Jeff Wilson Jr.(2022)- $1,085,000
7. RB/KR 23 JaMycal Hasty(2022)- $895,000
8. FB 44 Kyle Juszczyk(2025)- $2,958,750
9. FB 40 Josh Hokit(2022)- $705,000
10. WR/WR 19 Deebo Samuel(2022)- $4,890,519
11. WR/PR 11 Brandon Aiyuk(2023)- $3,417,641
12. WR 15 Jauan Jennings(2022)- $825,000
13. WR/KR/PR 14 Ray-Ray McCloud(2023)- $1,910,000
14. WR — KeeSean Johnson(2022)- $895,000
15. WR 86 Austin Mack(2022)- $825,000
16. WR 83 Connor Wedington(2022)- $705,000
17. TE 85 George Kittle(2025)- $7,769,765
18. TE 89 Charlie Woerner(2023)- $940,258
19. TE 82 Ross Dwelley(2022)- $895,000
20. TE 84 Tanner Hudson(2022)- $895,000
21. TE 88 Jordan Matthews(2022)- $895,000
22. C 50 Alex Mack(2023)- $6,725,000
23. C/LG/RG 64 Jake Brendel(2022)- $895,000
24. LG/RG 65 Aaron Banks(2024)- $1,607,638
25. LG/RG/LT 68 Colton McKivitz(2022)- $895,000
26. RG/C/RT 60 Daniel Brunskill(2022)- $2,433,000
27. RG — Keaton Sutherland(2022)- $895,000
28. LT 71 Trent Williams(2026)- $14,031,765
29. LT/RT/RG/LG 75 Jaylon Moore(2024)- $905,759
30. RT 69 Mike McGlinchey(2022)- $10,880,000
31. RT/LT/RG 67 Justin Skule(2022)- $939,887
32. RT 77 Alfredo Gutierrez(2022)- $705,000
33. DE/LEO 97 Nick Bosa(2022)- $10,805,564
34. DE 92 Charles Omenihu(2022)- $2,540,000
35. DE 94 Jordan Willis(2022)- $920,000
36. DE/DT — Kerry Hyder Jr.(2022)- $1,500,000
37. DE 55 Dee Ford(2022)- $6,949,997
38. LEO 56 Samson Ebukam(2022)- $8,250,000
39. LEO 58 Alex Barrett(2022)- $825,000
40. DT/DE 91 Arik Armstead(2024)- $9,576,000
41. DT/NT 99 Javon Kinlaw(2023)- $4,224,191
42. DT/NT 90 Kevin Givens(2022)- $895,000
43. DT 96 Maurice Hurst Jr.(2022)- $1,047,500
44. NT 98 Hassan Ridgeway(2022)- $1,800,000
45. NT 78 Chris Slayton(2022)- $705,000
46. WLB/SLB 57 Dre Greenlaw(2022)- $2,620,429
47. WLB/MLB 59 Curtis Robinson(2022)- $825,000
48. MLB 54 Fred Warner(2026)- $8,134,588
49. MLB/WLB — Oren Burks(2023)- $1,408,000
50. SLB/MLB 51 Azeez Al-Shaair(2022)- $3,986,000
51. SLB/WLB 45 Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles(2022)- $895,000
52. CB 35 Charvarius Ward(2024)- $3,800,000
53. CB 4 Emmanuel Moseley(2022)- $6,555,529
54. CB 20 Ambry Thomas(2024)- $1,087,693
55. CB 38 Deommodore Lenoir(2024)- $896,217
56. CB 27 Dontae Johnson(2022)- $1,047,500
57. CB 43 Darqueze Dennard(2022)- $895,000
58. CB — Ka’dar Hollman(2022)- $895,000
59. FS 1 Jimmie Ward(2022)- $12,935,588
60. FS 33 Tarvarius Moore(2022)- $965,000
61. SS 29 Talanoa Hufanga(2024)- $885,038
62. SS 30 George Odum(2024)- $1,435,000
63. PK 9 Robbie Gould(2022)- $5,509,313
64. P 18 Mitch Wishnowsky(2022)- $1,156,018
65. LS 46 Taybor Pepper(2022)- $1,120,000

Now, the 49ers can create cap room to sign more players, with the following options.

They could restructure left tackle Trent Williams’s deal, which saves the team $4.904 million, they could also restructure Fred Warner’s deal, which saves the team $1,223,200.

They could also look to extend the likes of defensive end Samson Ebukam($3.892 million saved), cornerback Emmanuel Moseley($2.692 million saved), and free safety Jimmie Ward($6.224 million saved), now those numbers are the maximum that they can save, which requires them to either sign these players to 4-year extensions through 2026, or add on enough void years to get the maximum savings.

Besides cutting or trading quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, these are the 49ers really only options to create cap room, and it’d be stupid to cut Jimmy right now, when he’s due $7.5 million if he’s cut, due to his injury guarantee, which he only gets if he is cut while hurt, which, of course, he is right now.

Now, let’s look at the 49ers 2023 salary cap situation.

As of now, the 49ers have 21 players signed for 2022, with a cap commitment of $150,149,200, plus $14,984,999 in dead money, for a total cap commitment of $165,134,199, leaving them $59,865,801 under a projected 2023 cap of $225 million, and if you factor in enough players for the top 51 rule, they’d be $37,365,801 under the 2023 cap.

Below are the 21 players, with their cap number.

1. QB Trey Lance(2024)- $9,301,434
2. RB Trey Sermon(2024)- $1,328,982
3. RB Elijah Mitchell(2024)- $985,893
4. FB Kyle Juszcyzk(2025)- $6,588,750
5. WR Brandon Aiyuk(2023)- $3,987,248
6. WR/KR/PR Ray-Ray McCloud(2023)- $2,090,000
7. TE George Kittle(2025)- $18,383,000
8. TE Charlie Woerner(2023)- $1,055,258
9. C Alex Mack(2023)- $5,075,000
10. LG Aaron Banks(2024)- $1,929,166
11. LT Trtent Williams(2026)- $26,270,000
12. LT Jaylon Moore(2024)- $1,020,759
13. DT Arik Armstead(2024)- $24,346,000
14. DT Javon Kinlaw(2023)- $4,928,223
15. MLB Fred Warner(2026)- $18,525,000
16. MLB Oren Burks(2023)- $2,773,000
17. CB Charvarius Ward(2024)- $16,405,000
18. CB Ambry Thomas(2024)- $1,305,232
19. CB Deommodore Lenoir(2024)- $1,011,217
20. SS George Odum(2024)- $1,840,000
21. SS Talanoa Hufanga(2024)- $1,000,038

Currently the 49ers have 9 draft picks for the 2022 draft, with those being, a 2^nd-rounder(#61^st-overall), 2 3^rd-rounders(#93^rd-overall, & #105^th-overall, comp pick for losing Mike McDaniel), a 4^th-rounder(#134^th-overall), a 5^th-rounder(#172^nd-overall), 3 6^th-rounders(#187^th-overall, #220^th-overall, & #221^st-overall, comp picks for losing Solomon Thomas & Kerry Hyder Jr.), and a 7^th-rounder(#262^nd-overall, comp pick for losing C.J. Beathard), with these picks set to count $9,428,256 in 2023.

If we add those 9 picks to the 49ers 2023 cap commitment, they’d have $159,631,332 in cap commitment for 30 players, the aforementioned $14,984,999 in dead money, for a total cap commitment of $174,616,331, leaving the team, on a projected 2023 cap of $225 million, with $50,383,669 in 2023 cap room, but that’s with 30 players, so when we add enough for the top 51 rule, they’d have $34,633,669 in cap room.

Of course, these numbers don’t include pending extensions for wide receiver Deebo Samuel, & defensive end Nick Bosa, with those deals looking like they’ll come in at around $25 million for Deebo, & $32 million for Bosa.

If we add in a $8 million cap hit for Deebo, & a $14 million cap hit for Bosa, that would give the 49ers a cap commitment of for 32 players, plus the $14,939,999 in dead money, a total of $200,616,331 in cap commitment, leaving them with $28,383,669 on a $225 million cap, but that’s with 32 players signed, when we add in enough for the top 51, they’d have $14,133,669.

Also, I’m willing to bet that center Alex Mack will retire in 2023, which, after the top 51 rule, saves the team $3.1 million, putting those numbers at $31,483,669, with 31 players, & $19,233,669 with 51 players.

Of course, the 49ers have some players that will most definitely be here in 2023 that are either RFAs or ERFAs, those being wide receiver Jauan Jennings, left guard Colton McKivitz, & defensive tackle Kevin Givens, with Jennings tender being for $940,000, McKivitz’s for $2.736 million, & Givens’ for $2.629 million, putting their cap commitment to $187,936,332, with Mack, or $182,861,332 without Mack, plus the $14,939,999 in dead money with Mack, giving them a cap commitment of $202,291,331, They’d have $16,209,999 in dead money without Mack, a total cap commitment of $199,071,331 without Mack, giving them $22,078,669 with Mack, $25,928,669 without Mack, but that’s without enough players for the top 51, with those being $10,078,669 with Mack, & $13,178,669 without Mack.

Now, if the 49ers do let Jimmy Garoppolo go, either via trade or release when he’s healthy, they save that $25.55 million, which, in my opinion, they could carryover as much as $15 million of it, the reason why they wouldn’t rollover all of it is due to the fact that the team needs to have between $6 million to $8 million for in season roster moves.

In yesterday’s article, I had two projected rosters, with cap implications, the cap room for the 1st roster, after factoring in $8 million fort in seas roster moves, they’d be able to carryover $15,841,495, and with the 2nd roster, they’d be able to carryover $15,661,694, which would give the 49ers between $37,920,164 to $37,730,363 with Alex Mack on the team, or between $41,020,164 to $40,830,363 with Mack retiring, but that’s with just the 35 players, or 34 players, depending on if the Mack retires.

Now, when we add in enough players to get to the team’s top 51 rule, they’d have between $25,920,164 to $25,740,363, with Mack on the team, so without Mack, they’d have between $29,020,164 to $28,840,363 for the 2023 offseason, which would go a long way towards extending, re-signing their own, or adding outside vets.

The 49ers would have the following pending free agents.

UFA:

QB Nate Sudfeld
RB Jeff Wilson Jr.
TE Ross Dwelley
TE Tanner Hudson
TE Jordan Matthews
C Jake Brendel
RG Daniel Brunskill
RT Mike McGlinchey
RT Justin Skule
DE Samson Ebukam
DE Jordan Willis
DE Kerry Hyder Jr.
DT Mauirce Hurst Jr.
NT Hassan Ridgeway
WLB Dre Greenlaw
SLB Azeez Al-Shaair
CB Emmanuel Moseley
CB Dontae Johnson
CB Darqueze Dennard
FS Jimmie Ward
FS Tarvarius Moore
PK Robbie Gould
P Mitch Wishnowsky
LS Taybor Pepper

RFA:

RB JaMycal Hasty
WR KeeSean Johnson
LG Colton McKivitz
RG Keaton Sutherland
DT Kevin Givens
SLB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
CB Ka’dar Hollman

ERFA:

FB Josh Hokit
WR Jauan Jennings
WR Austin Mack
WR Connor Wedington
RT Alfredo Gutierrez
DE Alex Barrett
NT Chris Slayton
WLB Curtis Robinson

Now, of the 49ers pending UFAs, there a few who seem like guys the 49ers would consider extending, or re-signing, those being, defensive end Samson Ebukam, cornerback Emmanuel Moseley, & free safety Jimmie Ward, who counts $6.395 million already in 2023, so by extending him now, not only would the 49ers save $6.224 million for 2022, but they could also get his 2023 cap number in that $6.395 million to $8 million range, only using up less than $2 million in cap room.

The team will likely want weakside linebacker Dre Greenlaw, and/or strongside linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair back, but they could decide to choose between the two, and if they extend Al-Shaair, who’s a RFA right now, to a multi-year deal, that might mean Greenlaw’s chances of returning in 2023 being 50/50 at best.

The team is going to also need to decide on right tackle Mike McGlinchey, who is set to make a fully guaranteed $10.88 million, and if he plays well, the 49ers will have to decide whether to extend him, or not, as he could potentially play so well, that he’s no longer affordable, plus I’m not sure if the 49ers want to pay two Tackle big money.

The 49ers might have a completely new special teams’ trio in 2023, as placekicker Robbie Gould, punter Mitch Wishnowsky, & long snapper Taybor Pepper are all scheduled to be UFAs, and I’d have to think Gould might retire, and the 49ers may want to go younger.

If players like running back Jeff Wilson Jr., right guard Daniel Brunskill, defensive ends Jordan Willis, & Kerry Hyder Jr., nose tackle Hassan Ridgeway, & free safety Tarvraius Moore play well, they could be back on either low money 1-year deals, or lower-ish money on multi-year deals.

As for the 2023 draft, the 49ers will have the following picks, their 2^nd-rounder, their 3^rd-rounder, 2 compensatory 3^rd-rounders for losing Robert Saleh/Martin Mayhew, & Mike McDaniel in the last 2 offseasons, their 4^th-rounder, their 5^th-rounder, their 7^th-rounder, & Denver’s 7^th-rounder, plus they are, as of writing of this article, projected by OverTheCap.com, to get a 5^th-round comp pick for losing D.J. Jones, and 3 7^th-round comp picks for losing Arden Key, Raheem Mostert, & K’Waun Williams, so they’ll have a lot of draft capital to use both this offseason & next offseason, 13 picks in total for 2023, projected of course, with the Mostert & Williams 7^th-rounders not guaranteed, due to them being so close to the bottom of the comp pick projection by OverTheCap’s Nick Korte.

So, as I’ve been saying for months, the 49ers will be able to extend not just Nick Bosa, & Deebo Samuel this offseason, but also Brandon Aiyuk next offseason, while having the likes of George Kittle, Trent Williams, Arik Armstead, Fred Warner, & Charvarius Ward signed to big money deals.

Finally, when it comes to Jimmy Garoppolo, I do believe he’ll be elsewhere by the time the season begins, as it’s Trey Lance’s time to start at quarterback, which could save as much as $25.55 million, which the 49ers could carry most of it over into 2023.

And with that said, I thank you for reading, as always, leave a comment, or follow me on Twitter @49erscap.

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