Projected 2020 53-Man Roster, Injured Lists, Practice Squad, with notes

53-Man Roster + Injured List:

1. QB 10 Jimmy Garoppolo(2022) – $26.6 million cap hit
2. QB 4 Nick Mullens(2020) – $750,000 cap hit
3. RB 31 Raheem Mostert(2021) – $3,158,333 cap hit
4. RB 26 Tevin Coleman(2020) – $4,868,750 cap hit
5. RB 28 Jerick McKinnon(2020) – $2.91 million cap hit
6. RB 30 Jeff Wilson Jr.(2020) – $750,000 cap hit
7. FB 44 Kyle Juszczyk(2020) – $6.7 million cap hit
8. WR 19 Deebo Samuel(2022) – $1,749,339 cap hit
9. WR 11 Brandon Aiyuk(2023) – $2,278,427 cap hit
10. WR 84 Kendrick Bourne(2020) – $3.259 million cap hit
11. WR 15 Trent Taylor(2020) – $875,487 cap hit
12. WR 7 J.J. Nelson(2020)- $750,000 cap hit
13. WR 14 Jalen Hurd(2022) – $972,655 cap hit
14. WR 5 Tavon Austin(2020)- $750,000 cap hit
15. WR 13 Richie James Jr.(2021)- $769,143 cap hit (NFI)
16. TE 85 George Kittle(2025) – $5,807,574 cap hit
17. TE 81 Jordan Reed(2020)- $1.05 million cap hit
18. TE 89 Charlie Woerner(2023) – $655,258 cap hit
19. C 58 Weston Richburg(2022) – $4,390,141 cap hit
20. C 63 Ben Garland(2020) – $2 million cap hit
21. C 61 Spencer Long(2020) – $750,000 cap hit
22. LG 75 Laken Tomlinson(2021) – $5.75 million cap hit
23. RG 60 Daniel Brunskill(2020) – $675,000 cap hit
24. RG 66 Tom Compton(2020)- $2.7 million cap hit
25. RG 68 Colton McKivitz(2023) – $692,445 cap hit
26. LT 71 Trent Williams(2020) – $12.5 million cap hit
27. RT 69 Mike McGlinchey(2021) – $5,092,330 cap hit
28. DE 91 Arik Armstead(2024) – $6 million cap hit
29. DE 97 Nick Bosa(2022) – $7,715,424 cap hit
30. DE 92 Kerry Hyder Jr.(2020) – $1.5 million cap hit
31. DE 95 Dion Jordan(2020)- $750,000 cap hit
32. LEO 55 Dee Ford(2023) – $15,865,625 cap hit
33. LEO 98 Ronald Blair III(2020) – $1,047,500 cap hit (PUP)
34. DT 99 Javon Kinlaw(2023) – $2,816,127 cap hit
35. DT 94 Solomon Thomas(2020) – $7,715,424 cap hit
36. DT 90 Kevin Givens(2021) – $610,000 cap hit
37. NT 93 D.J. Jones(2020) – $861,967 cap hit
38. NT 77 Jullian Taylor(2021) – $774,511 cap hit (PUP)
39. SAM 57 Dre Greenlaw(2022) – $755,429 cap hit
40. MIKE 54 Fred Warner(2021) – $1,096,547 cap hit
41. MIKE 51 Azeez Al-Shaair(2021) – $680,000 cap hit
42. WILL 56 Kwon Alexander(2022) – $4,572,769 cap hit
43. WILL 59 Joe Walker(2020) – $900,000 cap hit
44. CB 25 Richard Sherman(2020) – $13,987,500 cap hit
45. CB 41 Emmanuel Moseley(2020) – $675,000 cap hit
46. CB 24 K’Waun Williams(2020) – $3,184,375 cap hit
47. CB 23 Ahkello Witherspoon(2020) – $2,376,393 cap hit
48. CB 22 Jason Verrett(2020)- $887,500 cap hit
49. CB 32 Jamar Taylor(2020)- $750,000 cap hit
50. FS 20 Jimmie Ward(2022) – $3,906,250 cap hit
51. FS 33 Tarvarius Moore(2021) – $946,093 cap hit
52. SS 29 Jaquiski Tartt(2020) – $6.275 million cap hit
53. SS 36 Marcell Harris(2020)- $750,000 cap hit
54. PK 9 Robbie Gould(2022) – $5.1 million cap hit
55. P 6 Mitch Wishnowsky(2022) – $866,018 cap hit
56. LS 86 Kyle Nelson(2022) – $1.05 million cap hit

Practice Squad:

1. QB 3 C.J. Beathard (Protected)
2. RB 35 Salvon Ahmed
3. RB 38 JaMycal Hasty
4. FB 49 Josh Hokit
5. WR 17 Jauan Jennings (Protected)
6. TE 83 Chase Harrell
7. TE 82 Ross Dwelley (Protected)
8. LT 67 Justin Skule (Protected)
9. LG 76 Ross Reynolds
10. NT 65 Darrion Daniels
11. LEO 61 Jonathan Kongbo
12. SAM 45 Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
13. SAM 47 Jonas Griffith
14. CB 49 DeMarkus Acy
15. CB 35 Tim Harris Jr.
16. SS 43 Jared Mayden

2020 Opt-Outs:

1. WR 17 Travis Benjamin
2. C 64 Jake Brendel
3. LT 78 Shon Coleman

Notes:

I have them keeping 7 WRs with Deebo on the 53 so he doesn’t have to miss 6 games, I have finally decided to trade or cut Pettis, which would save $961,870 in cap room.

On the O-Line, I have us keeping 9, including Long and Compton, with McKivitz as the swing T. If we were to say cut Compton, we’d save $1.95 million. If Richburg starts on PUPm then either Ross Reynolds or Justin Skule make the 53.

On the D-Line, I have us keeping 9, I have Blair and Taylor on PUP, I think it’s possible they may keep 10 if Blair is ready, with 9 active on game days. If we were to cut Hyder we’d only save $950,000. If we cut Jordan we save $750,000.

At LB, I have 5, with Mark Nzeocha being cut, saving $1.45M, leaving just his workout bonus of $50,000 as dead money.

At DB, I have 10, with both Verrett and Taylor making it, which would also guarantee their contracts for 2020, as they’re both vested veterans. I see Taylor making it due to him being a good Slot CB, and no one else has experience at the slot behind Williams.

As for the salary cap, the 49ers, with 72 players signed(53 active, 3 injured, and 16 PS), they only have $3,936,947 in cap room. Again they can save $1.95M by cutting Compton, but that savings would actually only be $1.34M due to a player making at least $610K taking his spot, so don’t expect any more roster moves above the league minimum.

My cap numbers include Kittle’s $3.6M in prorated bonus, but I’m not sure his exact structure, so they could have lowered his base salary from $2.133M to $825K, which would save $1.308M in cap room.

To those who may not be aware, practice squad salaries do count against the cap.

As for 2021, before knowing Kittle’s 2021 cap number, I have the 49ers at $20,141,957 in cap room with just 30 players signed, so they’ll still need to restructure some deals in 2021 to have enough room to retain the likes of Trent Williams, Kyle Juszcyzk, Richard Sherman, K’Waun Williams, Jaquiski Tartt, D.J. Jones, and others.

Here are potential savings:

Jimmy Garoppolo:

2020: $18,312,000
2021: $18,420,000 without 2020 restructure, $13,842,000 with 2020 restructure

Dee Ford:

2020: $10,192,000
2021: $11,425,000 without 2020 restructure, $8,877,000 with 2020 restructure

Kwon Alexander:

2021: $9,180,000 restructure, $6,102,377 Pre June 1 cut/trade, $13,400,000 Post June 1 cut/trade

Weston Richburg:

2021: $5,420,000 restructure, $1,709,436 Pre June 1 cut/trade, $8,350,000 Post June 1 cut/trade

Arik Armstead:

2021: $4,460,000 restructure

Jimmie Ward:

2021: $5,860,000 restructure, $3,500,000 Pre June 1 cut/trade, $5,500,000 Post June 1 cut/trade

Total Savings:

2021 restructures: $54,765,000 without Garoppolo/Ford 2020 restructures, $76,143,000 with Garoppolo/Ford 2020 restructures

2021 Free Agents with my projected roster.

1. QB 4 Nick Mullens (RFA)
2. RB 26 Tevin Coleman (UFA)
3. RB 28 Jerick McKinnon (UFA)
4. RB 30 Jeff Wilson Jr. (RFA)
5. FB 44 Kyle Juszcyzk (UFA)
6. WR 5 Tavon Austin (UFA)
7. WR 7 J.J. Nelson (UFA)
8. WR 84 Kendrick Bourne (UFA)
9. WR 15 Trent Taylor (UFA)
10. TE 81 Jordan Reed (UFA)
11. C 63 Ben Garland (UFA)
12. C 61 Spencer Long (UFA)
13. RG 60 Daniel Brunskill (ERFA)
14. RG 66 Tom Compton (UFA)
15. LT 71 Trent Williams (UFA)
16. DE 92 Kerry Hyder Jr. (UFA)
17. DE 96 Dion Jordan (UFA)
18. LEO 98 Ronald Blair III (UFA)
19. DT 94 Solomon Thomas (UFA)
20. NT 93 D.J. Jones (UFA)
21. WLB 59 Joe Walker (UFA)
22. CB 25 Richard Sherman (UFA)
23. CB 41 Emmanuel Moseley (ERFA)
24. CB 24 K’Waun Williams (UFA)
25. CB 23 Ahkello Witherspoon (UFA)
26. CB 22 Jason Verrett (UFA)
27. CB 32 Jamar Taylor (UFA)
28. SS 29 Jaquiski Tartt (UFA)
29. SS 36 Marcell Harris (RFA)

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