With the 49ers set to open their season a week from tomorrow in Chicago, I think it\u2019s time to take a quick look at the 49ers current 2022 & 2023 salary cap situations.<\/p>\n
Right now, the 49ers have 73 players signed for 2022, & once they add 3 more players to their practice squad, they\u2019ll be sitting at $4,789,854 in cap room for 2022, while they have other ways of adding cap room, whether they restructure the likes of Trent Williams($4.904 million saved), or Fred Warner($1,223,200 saved), or if they extend someone like a Jimmie Ward($6.224 million saved), the team will have cap room for the season, and hopefully to carryover into 2023.<\/p>\n
Now, when it comes to 2023, the 49ers have 30 players signed, accounting for $179,212,599, along with $17,085,988 in dead money, for a total cap commitment of $196,298,587, leaving them $28,701,413 under a projected $225 million salary cap, but with just 30 players signed, so when they have 51 signed, they\u2019ll be down to just $12,951,413, but don\u2019t worry, because they\u2019ll have a good amount of credits\/adjustments, and I\u2019ll explain below.<\/p>\n
If Jimmy Garoppolo doesn\u2019t play a down, the 49ers will get back the $5.65 million in incentives that count against the 2022 cap, plus they\u2019ll be getting back around $1 million from Nate Sudfeld, as well as some good amount from Malik Turner, Kemoko Turay, & Dontae Johnson, as well as money from their UDFAs that were guaranteed part of their base salary, all in all, they could be looking at well into the $7 million range, which would put their projected cap room in the $20 million range, which should be enough to bring back the likes of Emmanuel Moseley Jimmie Ward, and 1 of Dre Greenlaw, or Azeez Al-Shaair.<\/p>\n
Of course, we might see some extensions before or in season, as GM John Lynch mentioned that they\u2019re talking to a few players about extensions, but no names were mentioned.<\/p>\n
So, rest assure, the 49ers are in a great place cap wise for 2023, and beyond, expect them to bring back their own, and\/or add to the current roster in 2023.<\/p>\n
As the season goes along, I will go even deeper in to the 49ers 2023 salary cap situation, so check back later on in the season.<\/p>\n