A look towards the 49ers 2024 salary cap situation, plus my thoughts on the 49ers 2023 season

With the 49ers losing the Super Bowl to the Chiefs, and having taken some time to not necessarily get over it, but get passed it, it’s time for my early look at the 49ers 2024 salary cap situation.

Right now, the 49ers have 57 players signed for 2024 after signing a bunch of players to reserve/future deals, with them accounting for $294,906,903, along with $7,681,613 in dead money, for a total cap commitment of $302,588,516.

Since the top 51 rule will become into effect, and with the salary cap projected to be around $242.5 million, including players’ base salaries escalating, and new LTBE incentives counting, I have the 49ers $14,843,234 over their projected adjusted cap, which would be $282,855,281, which includes a $242.5 million base cap, plus $36,395,265 in carryover, and as of now a projected $3,960,016 in adjustments.

Let’s take a look at the 57 players signed, and their 2024 salary cap numbers.

1. LT 71 Trent Williams(2026)- $31,568,542
2. WR 19 Deebo Samuel(2025)- $28,633,765
3. DT 91 Arik Armstead(2024)- $28,353,236
4. MLB 54 Fred Warner(2026)- $24,469,000
5. TE 85 George Kittle(2025)- $21,986,575
6. CB 7 Charvarius Ward(2024)- $18,401,000
7. NT 98 Javon Hargrave(2026)- $15,430,882
8. DE 97 Nick Bosa(2028)- $14,671,000
9. RB 23 Christian McCaffrey(2025)- $14,144,000
10. WR 11 Brandon Aiyuk(2024)- $14,124,000
11. WLB 57 Dre Greenlaw(2024)- $9,602,970
12. FB 44 Kyle Juszczyk(2025)- $7,588,750
13. SS 29 Talanoa Hufanga(2024)- $4,703,038
14. C 64 Jake Brendel(2026)- $4,692,000
15. CB 26 Isaiah Oliver(2024)- $3,866,000
16. RT 68 Colton McKivitz(2024)- $3,641,000
17. LG 65 Aaron Banks(2024)- $3,635,110
18. CB 2 Deommodore Lenoir(2024)- $3,030,217
19. P 18 Mitch Wishnowsky(2026)- $2,825,000
20. SS 30 George Odum(2024)- $1,625,000
21. DE 95 Drake Jackson(2025)- $1,607,016
22. CB 20 Ambry Thomas(2024)- $1,425,154
23. WR 6 Danny Gray(2025)- $1,375,883
24. LS 46 Taybor Pepper(2025)- $1,300,000
25. FS 27 Ji’Ayir Brown(2026)- $1,226,319
26. PK 4 Jake Moody(2026)- $1,205,473
27. TE 81 Cameron Latu(2026)- $1,205,473
28. RG 74 Spencer Burford(2025)- $1,153,014
29. RT 76 Jaylon Moore(2024)- $1,135,759
30. RB 25 Elijah Mitchell(2024)- $1,100,893
31. CB 0 Samuel Womack III(2025)- $1,055,831
32. LG 63 Nick Zakelj(2025)- $1,032,590
33. NT 93 Kalia Davis(2025)- $1,018,003
34. QB 13 Brock Purdy(2025)- $1,004,253
35. CB 28 Darrell Luter Jr.(2026)- $993,378
36. RB 24 Jordan Mason(2024)- $988,334
37. CB 38 Kemon Hall(2024)- $985,000
38. SS 35 Erik Harris(2024)- $985,000
39. WLB 59 Curtis Robinson(2024)- $985,000
40. DT 96 T.Y. McGill Jr.(2024)- $985,000
41. DE 56 Austin Bryant(2024)- $985,000
42. DE 51 Robert Beal Jr.(2026)- $976,245
43. SLB 53 Dee Winters(2026)- $948,333
44. TE 9 Brayden Willis(2026)- $934,975
45. WR 10 Ronnie Bell(2026)- $934,446
46. MLB 50 Jalen Graham(2026)- $934,446
47. DE — Sam Okuayinonu(2024)- $915,000
48. DE 58 Alex Barrett(2024)- $915,000
49. DE — Earnest Brown IV(2024)- $915,000
50. DT — Raymond Johnson III(2024)- $915,000
51. LT — Sebastian Gutierrez(2024)- $915,000
52. TE 88 Jake Tonges(2024)- $915,000
53. DT 69 Spencer Waege(2024)- $795,000
54. WR 86 Tay Martin(2024)- $795,000
55. FS 41 Tayler Hawkins(2024)- $795,000
56. C 61 Corey Luciano(2024)- $795,000
57. LT — Isaac Alarcón(2024)- $795,000

Now, the 49ers will need to create salary cap room in order to be able to sign any free agents, and their draft class, with the options below.

RB Christian McCaffrey – $8,472,000 (Restructure)

WR Deebo Samuel – $15,877,600 (Restructure)

TE George Kittle – $9,752,000 (Restructure)

LT Trent Williams – $15,072,000 (Restructure)

DT Arik Armstead – $12,960,000 (Extension or Restructure)

MLB Fred Warner – $11,340,000 (Restructure)

WLB Dre Greenlaw – $5,580,000 (Extension or Restructure)

CB Charvarius Ward – $9,148,000 (Extension or Restructure)

The 49ers will most likely restructure Deebo Samuel’s deal, which saves the team $15,877,600, plus some other deals, most likely Trent Williams if they want to make a splash move, if not, then I’d expect them to restructure Fred Warner’s deal to save the $11.34 million.

Now, the 49ers could save a ton of cap room by extending the likes of defensive tackle Arik Armstead, weakside linebacker Dre Greenlaw, and cornerback Charvarius Ward, which combines for $27.668 million, but with Greenlaw’s achilles injury, it’s unlikely the team extends him until they see him back in action, at least practicing.

I wouldn’t expect the 49ers to make a huge splash in free agency, something more along the lines of a Charvarius Ward level player, someone up-and-coming, & also younger.

We should find out more over the next few weeks as to what the 49ers official adjusted salary cap will be, but the last matter of business is the 49ers extending wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk.

Now, as for my thoughts on the 49ers season, I’m feeling dejected, as I felt this was the 49ers year, but it didn’t happen, hopefully the 49ers can come back stronger, draft better, cause the 2023 class wasn’t exciting, mainly because the team lacked a 1st or 2nd round pick.

When it comes to the Super Bowl, I feel what was the downfall was the Dre Greenlaw injury, which allowed the Chiefs to exploit Oren Burks, who is a good linebacker, but not at the quality of Greenlaw, or former 49er Azeez Al-Shaair.

I feel like the team made the right move to fire defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, as the defense was horrible down the stretch, the offense had to carry them in most game, I thought the defense was a top defense the first 5 games, but they got exposed in weeks 6-8, which was the beginning of the downfall, plus not being able to stop the run, they did make some good adjustments in the Super Bowl, but not enough for Wilks to keep his job.

With that said, thank you for reading, and follow me on X/Twitter @49erscap.

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Jason Hurley

Die Hard 49ers fan from New York, been covering the 49ers salary cap since 2005, with several different websites, including NinersNation.com, & the now defunct NinerCapHell, I have a track record of being as accurate as possible, & I try to be as thorough as possible.

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