Taking a season end look at the 49ers 2022 salary cap, along with a peak into 2023

The 2022 regular season has come to an end, and it’s time to take a look at the 49ers final 2022 salary cap numbers, along with a look at 2023.

The 49ers ended 2022 with $5,278,420 in salary cap room, plus the team should get back somewhere in the $6,613,848 in adjustments/credits, which means the 49ers will have over $11.891 million in extra cap room to spend.

Below are the teams’ pending free agents.

UFA:
QB Jimmy Garoppolo
QB Josh Johnson
TE Ross Dwelley
TE Tyler Kroft
TE Jordan Matthews
C Jake Brendel
RG Daniel Brunskill
RT Mike McGlinchey
DE Jordan Willis
DE Samson Ebukam
DE Kerry Hyder Jr.
DE Charles Omenihu
DT T.Y. McGill Jr.
DT Maurice Hurst Jr.
NT Hassan Ridgeway
SLB Azeez Al-Shaair
CB Emmanuel Moseley
CB Jason Verrett
FS Jimmie Ward
FS Tashaun Gipson Sr.
FS Tarvarius Moore
PK Robbie Gould
LS Taybor Pepper

RFA:
LT Colton McKivitz
DT Kevin Givens
SLB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles

ERFA:
WR Jauan Jennings

Practice Squad FA:
RB Tevin Coleman
WR Tay Martin
WR Willie Snead IV
WR Dazz Newsome
C Keith Ismael
RG Jason Poe
LT Leroy Watson
RT Alfredo Gutierrez
DE Alex Barrett
DE Kemoko Turay
DT Michael Dwumfour
DT Akeem Spence
WLB Curtis Robinson
SLB Marcelino McCrary-Ball
CB Dontae Johnson
CB Qwuantrezz Knight
CB Janoris Jenkins
FS Tayler Hawkins

As for 2023, the 49ers have 33 players signed, with a projected $8,987,195 in cap room, but that’s with just 33 players signed, so when they have enough players signed to get to the top 51 rule, they’d be $4,512,805 over a projected $225 million cap, so any amount will help greatly, but this also doesn’t include carryover, but when we add in carryover & adjustments/credits, the team would be $20,879,463 under a projected cap of $225 million, but again with just 33 players signed, but when they have 51 players signed, their cap room would be $8,189,463.

Below are the 33 players, plus their 2023 cap number.

1. QB 5 Trey Lance(2024)- $9,301,434
2. QB 13 Brock Purdy(2025)- $889,253
3. RB 23 Christian McCaffrey(2025)- $12,000,000
4. RB 25 Elijah Mitchell(2024)- $985,893
5. RB 32 Tyrion Davis-Price(2025)- $1,161,033
6. RB 24 Jordan Mason(2024)- $873,333
7. FB 44 Kyle Juszczyk(2025)- $6,565,221
8. WR 19 Deebo Samuel(2025)- $8,653,529
9. WR 11 Brandon Aiyuk(2023)- $3,987,248
10. WR/KR/PR 3 Ray-Ray McCloud III(2023)- $2,090,000
11. WR 6 Danny Gray(2025)- $1,146,569
12. TE 85 George Kittle(2025)- $18,033,751
13. TE 89 Charlie Woerner(2023)- $1,055,258
14. LG 65 Aaron Banks(2024)- $1,929,166
15. LG 63 Nick Zakelj(2025)- $917,590
16. RG 74 Spencer Burford(2025)- $1,038,014
17. LT 71 Trent Williams(2026)- $27,227,424
18. RT 76 Jaylon Moore(2024)- $1,020,759
19. DE 97 Nick Bosa(2023)- $17,859,000
20. DE 95 Drake Jackson(2025)- $1,339,180
21. DT 91 Arik Armstead(2024)- $23,993,059
22. DT/NT 99 Javon Kinlaw(2023)- $4,928,223
23. NT 93 Kalia Davis(2025)- $783,003
24. WLB 57 Dre Greenlaw(2024)- $5,648,558
25. MLB 54 Fred Warner(2026)- $18,525,000
26. MLB 48 Oren Burks(2023)- $2,773,000
27. CB 7 Charvarius Ward(2024)- $16,405,000
28. CB 20 Ambry Thomas(2024)- $1,305,232
29. CB 38 Deommodore Lenoir(2024)- $1,011,217
30. CB 26 Samuel Womack III(2025)- $940,831
31. SS 29 Talanoa Hufanga(2024)- $1,000,038
32. SS 30 George Odum(2024)- $1,840,000
33. P 18 Mitch Wishnowsky(2026)- $1,700,000

The team will most certainly tender their RFAs, & ERFAs, which will come in at around $2.629 million for defensive tackle Kevin Givens, & strongside linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, $2.745 million for left tackle Colton McKivitz, and $940,000 for wide receiver Jauan Jennings.

Obviously, the 49ers will have to decide on what players they will/would want to bring back, with the players I’d expect the 49ers to want to try & keep being, tight end Tyler Kroft, center Jake Brendel, right guard Daniel Brunskill, right tackle Mike McGlinchey, defensive ends Samson Ebukam, Charles Omenihu, Kerry Hyder Jr., & Jordan Willis, nose tackle Hassan Ridgeway, strongside linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair, cornerback Emmanuel Moseley, & free safeties Jimmie Ward, & Tashaun Gipson Sr.

Now, most of these players won’t cost much, with the higher salaried guys being McGlinchey, Ebukam, Omenihu, Al-Shaair, & Ward.

The 49ers also have to decide on both wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk, and defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw’s 5^th-year options, which would come in at $13.511 million for Aiyuk, and $9.652 million for Kinlaw, both which would be fully guaranteed.

If Kinlaw stays healthy the rest of the way, & plays well, I expect the 49ers to pick up his option, while Aiyuk is a no brainer, his option will be picked up.

The biggest extension candidate will be defensive end Nick Bosa, who will likely get somewhere in the $35 million a year range, $110 million guaranteed, with more than $80 million of it being fully guaranteed.

If the 49ers decide to extend Aiyuk, I’d expect a deal in the $24 million to $25 million a year range, but I expect them to wait till 2024 to extend him.

Finally the team will need salary cap room for any signing(s), with the following being the best candidates.

RB Christian McCaffrey – $8.576 million max, $7,146,666 minimum

TE George Kittle – $8.456 million max, $7,927,500 minimum

LT Trent Williams – $14.588 million max, $13,676,250 minimum

DT Arik Armstead – $11.78 million max, $11,043,750 minimum

MLB Fred Warner – $9.476 million max, $8,883,750 minimum

I fully believe the team will look into altering McCaffrey’s deal, maybe an extension, and also restructure Warner’s deal, which could save the team a total of $18.052 million.

If I’m the 49ers I don’t restructure George Kittle, or Arik Armstead’s deal, as they already redid their deals in 2022 to get under the cap, plus it’s not wise to restructure the same players each year, as it creates a ripple effect of potential dead money down the road.

As for Trent Williams, I’m 50/50 on what would happen with his deal, they will exercise his option for 2024-2026, but I don’t know if they will restructure his deal again, as they did so during the 2022 season.

And I will stop at there, as the team has business left to accomplish, as they are set to take on the Seahawks this coming Saturday, in hopes of making another deep playoff run, with the ultimate goal being the 49ers getting their 6^th Lombardi Trophy.

I, as always, thank you for reading, and you can follow me on Twitter @49erscap, for more salary cap information, & tidbits.

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