Originally posted by Bobdawg78:
Sadly, I agree that e can't pay everyone, and Deebo is only locked up for 2 more years. I will cross that road when it comes, but if after this season we try to work out a long term deal with Deebo, and he wants ridiculous money, I would start looking at a replacement for him in next years draft. I am always down for keeping who we can when we can, but we're paying top dollar to quite a few positions, and Bosa is gonna cost a lot of $$$ to keep. WR might be a position that we draft 1-2 every year, and just kind of recycle out the bad ones, and let the guys who want top dollar walk in FA.
This is basically what we need to do at RB, we can find good ones as UDFA's. I would draft a RB every year in the mid to late rounds, and recycle them as they become FA's, because Shanahan has proven he can find contributions from next man up mentality.
Once Jimmy's contract is gone the team will have to needed room to pay Warner, Deebo & Dre in 2022, then in 2023 Bosa, 2024 Aiyuk & Kinlaw, remember the cap is going to explode by 2024, some think it will in 2023. The team has 23 players signed for 2022(really 22 when Richburg retires, we gain $9.15M), after factoring in the top 51 rule, we'd be at $18.333M, but you need to subtract the 2021 draft class, so closer to $4M, then you save $25.6M when you move on from Jimmy, you can save over $9M by restructuring Kittle's deal, over $10M redoing Armstead's deal, $7.5M by cutting Ward. The 49ers have, besides Warner, literally no big FAs next offseason, if Verrett, K'Waun, Jones, Wilson, Mostert, Laken, McGlinchey, Tartt, Moore can prove themselves then they can easily bring them back, I'm nowhere near as worried about 2022 as I was about 2021, despite saying that we could bring back most of our own FAs, I was still expecting to see K'Waun and even Juice bolt, didn't happen. All in all, the 49ers could have around $50M in cap room next offseason, less with a Warner extension, which I'd expect to cost just $5.5M like Kittle's does, so let's say close to $44.5M in cap room, they can use cap room to extend Deebo & Dre, even Bosa may get extended next offseason.
Originally posted by jimmy3233:
i'd pay to keep him even if we have to overpay a little. team looked completely different without him in the lineup. Aiyuk and Deebo should be kept at all costs IMO. Cuts/trades can be made with overpaid players like Ward/Armstead.
Agreed, you pay Aiyuk & Deebo, Aiyuk will/should get more, I think Aiyuk will come in around the $15M a yr range, Deebo $12M a yr, and I'd do that in a heart beat, if Curtis Samuel can get $11.5M a yr, then Deebo and Aiyuk should too. I don't buy anything about the 49ers not wanting to give a new deal to Deebo, besides they can't yet anyway. If this is all from Cohn, f**k him, he's stiring s**t up, that's all he does, clickbait, to get views, only reason he has a job is cause of his Daddy.
Originally posted by TheGore49er:
Originally posted by Bobdawg78:
Sadly, I agree that e can't pay everyone, and Deebo is only locked up for 2 more years. I will cross that road when it comes, but if after this season we try to work out a long term deal with Deebo, and he wants ridiculous money, I would start looking at a replacement for him in next years draft. I am always down for keeping who we can when we can, but we're paying top dollar to quite a few positions, and Bosa is gonna cost a lot of $$$ to keep. WR might be a position that we draft 1-2 every year, and just kind of recycle out the bad ones, and let the guys who want top dollar walk in FA.
This is basically what we need to do at RB, we can find good ones as UDFA's. I would draft a RB every year in the mid to late rounds, and recycle them as they become FA's, because Shanahan has proven he can find contributions from next man up mentality.
He's got two more years to prove if he can play at an elite level. If he does, he's obviously going to get paid, and if BA also looks great, I doubt we can afford to keep both. But at his current pace, he's playing good, but not enough to command a lot of money. If we can get for somewhere between that 8-10 mil range, that would be great.
I think Deebo's price tag is $12M a yr, if Curtis Samuel got $11.5M and Agholor too, then so should Deebo, Curtis is good, while Agholor hasn't done much of anything, had one good year last yr, then got overpaid by the Pats of all teams, a team who never spends or overpays for FAs, they usually let their own leave, they did with Thuney, I didn't expect them to go on a spending spree, Henry, Smith, Judon, Agholor, Bourne, Mills, Trent Brown trade, etc...
) totally opens things up, until 2026 lol. Keep those cornerstone guys and then we'd only have to focus on drafting role players and not necessarily guys we have to depend on.