With week 3 behind us, and week 4 just a day away, I think it\u2019s now time to begin with my weekly deep look at the 49ers 2024, & 2025 salary cap situations, as it stands right now.<\/p>\n
Right now, the 49ers have 77 players signed for 2024, counting $216,252,160 against the salary cap, along with a dead money amount of $24,476,638, for a total commitment of $240,728,798, putting the 49ers $56,630,036 under their 2024 adjusted cap of $297,358,834.<\/p>\n
Below are the 77 players signed.<\/p>\n
53-Man Roster:<\/strong><\/p>\n Injured Reserve:<\/strong><\/p>\n PUP:<\/strong><\/p>\n NFI:<\/strong><\/p>\n Practice Squad:<\/strong><\/p>\n Now, let look at what the team needs in cap room for potential per game roster bonus paybacks.<\/p>\n QB Brandon Allen- $420,000<\/p>\n WR Jauan Jennings- $147,059<\/p>\n LT Trent Williams- $88,235<\/p>\n DE Yetur Gross-Matos- $120,000<\/p>\n DT Maliek Collins- $29,412<\/p>\n WLB De\u2019Vondre Campbell Sr.- $120,000<\/p>\n SS George Odum- $60,000<\/p>\n That\u2019s a total of $984,706 for 7 players.<\/p>\n Now, let\u2019s look at what players have LTBE incentives for 2024.<\/p>\n WR Deebo Samuel Sr. – $150,000, this if for Deebo rushing for 3 or more touchdowns.<\/p>\n C Jake Brendel – $500,000, this is for an undisclosed percentage of offensive snaps.<\/p>\n RT Colton McKivitz – $620,000, this is for an undisclosed percentage of offensive snaps.<\/p>\n CB Charvarius Ward – $500,000, this is divided into $250,000 for making last season\u2019s Pro Bowl, and $250,000 for being named an All-Pro last season.<\/p>\n Next, let\u2019s look at what players have incentives that are considered NLTBE, and what the player can earn in total.<\/p>\n WR Deebo Samuel Sr.<\/p>\n He can get $650,000 for 380 or more rushing yards<\/p>\n He can also get $150,000 for 3 or more rushing touchdowns.<\/p>\n In total he can earn a max of $650,000 in incentives, with $150,000 currently counting against the 2024 salary cap.<\/p>\n DE Leonard Floyd<\/p>\n He can earn as much as $2 million, this is broken down as follows.<\/p>\n $500,000 for having 8 or more sacks, plus unknown team achievements.<\/p>\n $1 million for having 10 or more sacks, plus unknown team achievements.<\/p>\n $2 million for having 12 or more sacks.<\/p>\n WLB Dre Greenlaw<\/p>\n He can earn $500,000 if he\u2019s named to the Pro Bowl.<\/p>\n SS George Odum<\/p>\n He has an undisclosed amount for various triggers, but we do know that $250,000 would be for him being named to the 1st or 2nd Team All-Pro.<\/p>\n P Mitch Wishnowsky<\/p>\n He can earn $450,000 for various different triggers, as described below.<\/p>\n $250,000 for making the Pro Bowl on the original ballot<\/p>\n $100,000 for net punting.<\/p>\n $100,000 for punt percentage inside the 20-yard line.<\/p>\n All in all, he can earn $450,000.<\/p>\n Next, let\u2019s look at what kind of adjustments\/credits the 49ers can get back in 2025.<\/p>\n First off, the 49ers are projected to be $8,247,949 under a projected 2025 salary cap of $280 million, but that\u2019s with just 37 players signed, so when they have enough to fill out the top 51 rule, they\u2019d be just $3,512,051 over that $280 million projected cap, but that\u2019s before any adjustments\/credits, or carryover.<\/p>\n Before I go over what the 49ers can get back in 2025, let\u2019s look at the 37 players signed for 2025, with their salary cap number.<\/p>\n Now, let\u2019s look at what the 49ers can get back in 2025.<\/p>\n First up are the veterans.<\/p>\n TE Eric Saubert \u2013 Saubert was given $300,000 of his 2024 base salary fully guaranteed, and since he was released after the final cuts, and brought back, the 49ers will get back, at the moment, $218,889 of the $300,000, but they will get back all of the $300,000, as his deal is guaranteed for making the week 1 53-man roster.<\/p>\n C Ben Bartch \u2013 Bartch was given $302,400 fully guaranteed in his 2024 base salary, but like with Saubert he was released at cut down, and brought back, so the 49ers will, as of now, get back $218,889, but they will indeed get back all of the $302,400, as his deal is guaranteed for making the week 1 53-man roster.<\/p>\n LT Chris Hubbard \u2013 Hubbard was given $300,000 of his 2024 base salary fully guaranteed, but he was released at the final cut down day, but we re-signed to the 49ers practice squad after week 1, as of now the 49ers will get back $63,900 of the $300,000, if he sticks on the practice squad, then the 49ers will get back all of the $300,000.<\/p>\n CB Rock Ya-Sin \u2013 Ya-Sin got $985,000 0f his 2024 base salary fully guaranteed, and like with Saubert, & Bartch, Ya-Sin was re-signed at cut down day, and because of making the 53-man roster, the 49ers will get back the entire $985,000, but as of now he\u2019s earned $218,889.<\/p>\n That\u2019s a total of $720,567 in money that the 49ers will for sure get back, and most definitely will get back $1,887,400.<\/p>\n Next are UDFAs that were given guarantees in their base salaries.<\/p>\n QB Tanner Mordecai \u2013 Mordecai received $100,000 fully guaranteed, and as of now the 49ers will get back $50,000 of it.<\/p>\n TE Mason Pline \u2013 Pline got $50,000 in fully guaranteed money in his base salary, and has made $50,000, so the 49ers will get back the full $40,000.<\/p>\n C Drake Nugent \u2013 Nugent got $175,000 of his base salary fully guaranteed, as of now he\u2019s earned $50,000, which the 49ers will get back.<\/p>\n NT Evan Anderson \u2013 Anderson got $250,000 of his 2024 base salary fully guaranteed, as of now he\u2019s made $81,667, which the 49ers will get back.<\/p>\n FS Jaylen Mahoney \u2013 Mahoney got $27,000 of his 2024 base salary fully guaranteed, and as of now he\u2019s earned $81,667, but since he\u2019s made enough, the 49ers will only get back the $27,000.<\/p>\n All 5 of the above players are on the 49ers\u2019 practice squad, so they would get back $248,667, for a total of $969,233 between veterans & UDFA base salary guarantee paybacks, as of now.<\/p>\n Finally we have per game roster bonuses that count against the cap, but haven\u2019t or won\u2019t be achieved.<\/p>\n RB Christian McCaffrey \u2013 $117,647 of his $500,000 per game roster bonus.<\/p>\n TE George Kittle \u2013 $29,412 of his $500,000 per game roster bonus.<\/p>\n C Jon Feliciano \u2013 $117,647 of his $500,000 per game roster bonus.<\/p>\n NT Javon Hargrave \u2013 $573,529 of his $750,000 per game roster bonus.<\/p>\n WLB Dre Greenlaw \u2013 $88,235 of his $500,000 per game roster bonus.<\/p>\n When we add in the UDFA credits, Veteran credits, & per game roster bonus credts, the 49ers will for sure get back $1,895,704, but if all goes as planned, and the teams 5 UDFAs on the practice squad, along with Chris Hubbard also on the practice squad, stay on the 49ers or another teams\u2019 roster, the 49ers should get back $3,405,871 in adjustments\/credits for 2025.<\/p>\n Now, let\u2019s look at the 49ers pending free agents for 2025.<\/p>\n UFA:<\/strong><\/p>\n QB Joshua Dobbs RFA:<\/strong><\/p>\n RB Jordan Mason<\/p>\n ERFA:<\/strong><\/p>\n TE Jake Tonges SFA:<\/strong><\/p>\n QB Tanner Mordecai As of now, the 49ers have $56,630,036 in salary cap room for 2024, if the 49er are able to carryover that amount, which is unlikely, plus the adjustments\/credits I mentioned that they\u2019re guaranteed to get back, the 49ers as of now would be $66,773,690 under a projected 2025 adjusted salary cap of $338,525,740, but with just 37 players signed, so when they sign enough, if all 14 players are making the 2025 rookie minimum of $840,000, the 49ers would be $55,013,690 under that adjusted salary cap, with 51 players signed.<\/p>\n The 49ers have some options in 2025 for savings salary cap room, but not many, as they already restructured Deebo Samuel Sr., Jake Brendel, & Maliek Collins\u2019 deals that included adjustments to their 2025 cap numbers, lowering them significantly, while Trent Williams new revised 3-year, $82.66 million lowered his 2025 cap number by over $10 million, & Christian McCaffrey\u2019s extension also lowered his 2025 cap number significantly, but the other options are below.<\/p>\n TE George Kittle – $10.516 million ($13.145 million signing bonus, prorated at $2.629 million from 2025-2029) with a Restructure or Extension.<\/p>\n NT Javon Hargrave – $14.916 million savings ($18.645 million signing bonus, prorated at $3.729 million from 2025-2029) with a Restructure.<\/p>\n MLB Fred Warner – $13.184 million savings ($16.48 million signing bonus, prorated at $3.296 million from 2025-2029) with a Restructure or Extension.<\/p>\n Of the above 3 players, I\u2019d expect the 49ers to look to extend both Kittle, & Warner, while they would be able to release Hargrave pre June 1, but they\u2019d only save $2,747,353, while a post June 1 cut saves the team $20,032,353, but the money wouldn\u2019t be available to them until June 2nd<\/sup>, 2025.<\/p>\n As for players who restructured their deals, or signed new deals this offseason, that affected the 2025 salary cap, the 49ers won\u2019t be able to offload Samuel before June 1, as they\u2019d lose $29.229 million in 2025 cap room, while Brendel losses the team $2.093 million with a pre June 1 cut, and Collins would lose the team $670,000 with a pre June 1 cut.<\/p>\n If the 49ers wanted to offload these players after June 1, they\u2019d save just $750,000 from Samuel, $1.765 million from Brendel, and $3.404 million from Collins, but that would also mean that they\u2019d have significant dead money in 2026, whch as of now, Samuel, & Collins do have pending 2026 dead money.<\/p>\n As for Williams, & McCaffrey, the team would lose $34,854,781 if they cut Williams pre June 1, while only saving $750,000 with a post June 1 cut, as for McCaffrey, they\u2019d lose $23,705,059 with a pre June 1 cut, and only save $352,941 with a post June 1 cut.<\/p>\n So basically, those 5 players are, in my eyes, guaranteed to be here in 2025, as team losses cap room on all 5 players, while only saving a total of $7,021,941, while losing 4 either great or good players, and a serviceable interior offensive lineman, and would be settled with a ton of dead money in 2026.<\/p>\n Going back to the 49ers potential carryover + adjustments\/credits, I expect the 49ers to be able to carryover at least $50 million into 2025, while also getting back $3,405,871 in adjustments\/credits, which could increase, depending on injuries, players missing games, etc\u2026<\/p>\n So, the 49ers should be looking at somewhere in the $55 million salary cap room heading into the 2025 offseason, which would go a long ways in keeping their core together, with guys like left guard Aaron Banks, weakside linebacker Dre Greenlaw, cornerbacks Charvarius Ward, & Deommodore Lenoir, & strong safety Talanoa Hufanga all scheduled to be UFAs, with the 49ers potentially being able to bring back 3 of these 5, with the most likely being Greenlaw, Lenoir, and either Ward or Hufanga, depending on whether or not the 49ers want to go over $20 million a year on Ward, or if they want to go over $15 million a year on Hufanga.<\/p>\n As for Banks, the 49ers have shown that they value other positions more, money wise, than interior offensive lineman, so giving Banks anywhere near or over $10 million to $15 million a year is unlikely, especially with the way the offensive guard market has exploded, similar to the wide receiver, & cornerback markets have as well.<\/p>\n Next up, we have the projected RFA tenders for 2025, if the 2025 salary cap does come in at $280 million, which would be a 9.63195% increase over the 2024 salary cap of $255.4 million.<\/p>\n 1st<\/sup>-Round RFA Tender: $7.479 million<\/p>\n 2nd<\/sup>-Round RFA Tender: $5.361 million<\/p>\n Original Round RFA Tender: $3.471 million<\/p>\n Right of First Refusal Tender: $3.273 million<\/p>\n The team has 1 pending RFA, running back Jordan Mason, and with the way he\u2019s played through 3 weeks, there\u2019s no way the 49ers don\u2019t at least tender him at the 2nd<\/sup>-round level, as if they don\u2019t, they\u2019d lose him for nothing, as he was a UDFA.<\/p>\n As for their ERFAs, they have 3 potential players, tight end Jake Tonges, defensive end Sam Okuayinonu, & middle linebacker Curtis Robinson, although it\u2019s possible that Robinson might be a UFA, I\u2019m unsure of this at the moment, as well as if Robinson\u2019s contract has a split in it, meaning he\u2019d only count $630,000 out of the $1.055 million that he currently counts against the cap.<\/p>\n When it comes to Tonges, & Okuayinonu, they both have base salaries of just $915,000, with Okuayinonu counting just $762,500 against the 2024 cap, as he\u2019s getting 15 weeks worth of a $915,000 base salary, and in 2025 the ERFA tender for both would be $1.03 million.<\/p>\n If Robinson is indeed a ERFA, his tender would be $1.1 million, so that would be a total of $3.16 million between the three potential ERFAs, so I\u2019d expect the 49ers to tender all 3 players, along with Jordan Mason at the 2nd<\/sup>-round RFA tender, which again would be $5.361 million on a $280 million base salary cap for 2025.<\/p>\n If we deduct these numbers from a potential of $55 million in cap room, after carryover & adjustments\/credits, plus when we add in Purdy, & Burford\u2019s base salaries escalating, the 49ers would have $37.845 million in 2025 salary cap room, more than enough to get 3 of the 5 players I mentioned earlier re-signed.<\/p>\n\n
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\nQB Brandon Allen
\nRB Elijah Mitchell
\nRB Patrick Taylor Jr.
\nWR Chris Conley
\nTE Eric Saubert
\nC Ben Bartch
\nLG Aaron Banks
\nRG Jon Feliciano
\nLT Jaylon Moore
\nRT Brandon Parker
\nDT Kevin Givens
\nSLB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
\nWLB Dre Greenlaw
\nWLB De\u2019Vondre Campbell
\nCB Charvarius Ward
\nCB Deommodore Lenoir
\nCB Isaac Yiadom
\nCB Rock Ya-Sin
\nCB Ambry Thomas
\nSS Talanoa Hufanga<\/p>\n
\nDE Sam Okuayinonu
\nMLB Curtis Robinson<\/p>\n
\nRB Ke\u2019Shawn Vaughn
\nWR Trent Taylor
\nWR Terrace Marshall Jr.
\nTE Mason Pline
\nTE Brayden Willis
\nC Drake Nugent
\nLT Chris Hubbard
\nRT Isaac Alacron
\nDE Alex Barrett
\nDT T.Y. McGill Jr.
\nDT Shakel Brown
\nNT Evan Anderson
\nSLB DaShaun White
\nCB Chase Lucas
\nFS Jaylen Mahoney<\/p>\n