It’s time to take an updated look at the key offseason dates for the 49ers, both when free agency begins, when contracts void, and contract guarantees.
March 13th-March 15th: Between noon eastern/9am pacific, teams may enter into contract negotiations with scheduled unrestricted free agents, but no deals can be made official until the new league year.
March 15th: At 4pm eastern/1pm pacific, the NFL’s new league year begins, allowing free agent signings, and trades to become official.
March 19th: Deebo Samuel is due to a $9.215 million protected option bonus, if not exercised, then the $9.125 million gets added to Samuel’s current 2023 base salary.
April 1st: The following players will have either all, or part of their 2023 base salary guaranteed, or future years base salaries.
- WR Deebo Samuel- $16.217 million of 2024 base salary becomes fully guaranteed, along with his $750,000 2024 per game roster bonus becomes fully guaranteed
- WR/KR/PR Ray-Ray McCloud III- $1.08 million for 2023
- LT Trent Williams- $10 million for 2023 if 2024-2026 option years are exercised
- WLB Dre Greenlaw- $3 million for 2023
- CB Charvarius Ward- $8.56 million for 2023
- SS George Odum- $665,000 for 2023
- P Mitch Wishnowsky- $1.1 million for 2023
April 27th-April 29th: The 2023 NFL Draft, live from Kansas City, Missouri will take place over 3 days.
May 2nd: The 49ers must decide on Brandon Aiyuk, & Javon Kinlaw’s 5th-year options for the 2024 season, with the amounts listed below.
- WR Brandon Aiyuk – $14.124 million
- DT Javon Kinlaw – $10.455 million
July-August: Early in training camp Trey Lance is due a $2,820,478 roster bonus, which is already fully guaranteed.
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