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12m over the cap next year.
Key FAs over the next 2 seasons:
Gipson-S
Hufanga- S
Leonor -CB
Ward-CB
Kinlaw -DT
Armstead -DT
Greenlaw-LB
Oliver-NB
Jennings-WR
Aiyuk- WR
Mitchell- RB (backup)
Banks-G
They can’t Keep them all with the Dweebo, McCaffrey, Bozo, Kittle, TWilliams, Warner contracts. And while the do have Purdy on rookie contract if he continues to excel they’ll have to pay him more in 2025 for sure.
Unfortunately, I don't think the Niners are in that bad a shape in 2024.
That '$12M OVER the cap next year' reflects Randy Gregory's $14M cap hit. However, none of Gregory's 2024 comp is guaranteed. The 49ers can cut him and get $14M of cap relief ... and, that puts them under the cap.
Also took a quick look at their 2024 free agents. Some decent veteran starters and a few solid depth guys but don't see any top-tier starters up for significant deals.
They will need to create some cap space but most of the players with large cap numbers are young enough that there should be some opportunities to restructure contracts to create long-term cap space.
I did count eight current starters that will be unrestricted free agents in 2025.