2020 Team Information (Needs)

Originally posted by NCommand:
2020 In-house off season plan before free agency/draft:

Current Salary Cap Space: $11.58M
Remaining Salary Cap Space Needed: $36M (includes -$11.58M and Kittle/Buckner extension differences in 2020 APY and outlined deals below; does not include rookie cap pool)

Per AB (Jason Hurley) at 49erscap , we could save $36M with contract restructures:

The 49ers will likely look into restructures, namely Jimmy Garoppolo, Joe Staley, and Dee Ford. They'd save over $19 million with a Garoppolo restructure, over $10 million with a Ford restructure, and over $7 million with a Staley restructure.

49ers Salary Cap: A look at cap space going into the off season

Team Gains: 2/15/2020
CB Quinten Rollins - Signed to a 1-year deal
CB Jordan Holland - Signed to a 3-year deal
LB Joey Alfieri, OL Kofi Amichia, S Chris Edwards, LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, DL Willie Henry Jr., S Derrick Kindred, CB Jermaine Kelly, ER Jonathan Kongbo, G Ross Reynolds, DL Ray Smith, CB Teez Tabor, S Jacob Thieneman, WR Chris Thompson & T Leonard Wester - Signed to a 1-year deal
C Jake Brendel - Signed to a 1-year deal
ER Alex Barrett & G Jaryd Jones-Smith - Signed to a 1-year deal

Released/Traded or Restructured Candidates:
Jimmy Garoppolo (Restructure) - $26.6M cap for 2020 / per AB, could free up [$19M]
Richard Sherman (Restructure/Release) - $1M cap / $12.9M savings. Convert base salary into bonus money [$11.9M]
Dee Ford (Restructure/Release) - $6.4M cap / $9.7M savings if cut / per AB, could free up [$10M]
Joe Staley (Restructure) - $11.75M cap for 2020 / per AB, could free up [$7M]
Tevin Coleman (Restructure/Release) - $0 cap/ $4.9M savings. Convert base salary into bonus money [$4.9M]
Kyle Juszczyk (Restructure) - $1.25M cap / $5.5M savings. Convert base salary into bonus money [$4.25M]
Solomon Thomas (Trade) - $8.9M cap / $0 savings [$4M]
Jaquiski Tartt (Extend/Release) - $1.5M cap / $4.9M savings. Convert base salary into bonus money [$3.4M]
Mike Person (Release) - $0 cap/ $2.5M savings [$2.5M]
Marquise Goodwin (Release) - $1.2M cap / $3.6M savings [$2.4M]
Ahkello Witherspoon (Release) - $243K cap / $2.1M savings [$1.86M]
Mark Nzeocha (Release) - $0 cap/ $1.5M savings [$1.5M]
C.J. BeatHard (Trade/Release) - $176K cap / $946K savings [$770K]
Jerick McKinnon (Restructure) - $4M cap/ $4.5M savings [$500K]
Total Possible Cap Savings (Release/Trade/Restructure): [$74M]

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Unrestricted FAs:
DE Arik Armstead - Offer 4-year, $14.5M deal (currently, $9M; this would be 9th highest behind Everson Griffen on the 4-3 DE's salaries). It would be roughly $18M for the Non-Exclusive tag and $21M for the Exclusive tag. The numbers suggest we just won't be able to afford him though without some serious restructuring and releases.
C Ben Garland - Offer 2-year, $3M deal (currently, $805K)
TE Levine Toilolo - Offer 2-year, $2M deal (currently, $735K)
DE Damontre Moore - Offer 2-year, $2M deal (currently, $235K)
DE Ronald Blair III - Offer 2-year, $5M deal (currently, $787K)
OT Shon Coleman - Test free agency first
WR Emmanuel Sanders - Test free agency first (Expected to sign an $8-9M contract)
FS Jimmie Ward - Test free agency first (Expected to sign an $8-9M contract)
NT Sheldon Day - Do not resign
SS Antone Exum Jr. - Do not resign
Total APY: $20.5M

Restricted FA's: $2.1M
Kendrick Bourne - Original-Round Tender; Resign, 2-year, $5M deal
Matt Breida - Original-Round Tender; $2.1M
Elijah Lee - Original-Round Tender; $735K
Total APY: $5.3M

Exclusive Rights FA's:
First-Round Tenders - Valued at $5M
Second-Round Tenders - Valued at $3.5M
Original-Round & Low-Level Tenders - Valued at $2.3M
QB Nick Mullens - Original-Round Tender; Open for trade talks
CB Emmanuel Moseley - Original-Round Tender; Consider resigning long-term
OG Daniel Brunskill - Original-Round Tender; Consider resigning long-term
TE Ross Dwelley - Original-Round Tender; Consider resigning long-term
OG Andrew Lauderdale - Original-Round Tender
RB Jeff Wilson Jr. - Let the market play out; bring back later if needed
Total APY: $9.2M

Exclusive Rights FA's: Already Resigned
WR Chris Thompson
OG Ross Reynolds
OG Kofi Amichia
OT Jaryd Jones-Smith
DE Alex Barrett
DT Ray Smith
SLB Demtrius Flannigan-Fowles
LB Joey Alfieri
CB Jermaine Kelly Jr.
CB Teez Tabor
S Jacob Thieneman

Priority Targets for Extensions:
TE George Kittle - Offer 4-year, $12M APY deal (currently scheduled to make $2.2M in 2020. Highest paid TE by $2M)
3T DeForest Buckner - Offer 4-year, $16M APY deal (currently scheduled to make $14.3M in 2020. 3rd highest behind Grady Jarrett for 4-3 DT's)
Total APY: $12.5

Total 2020 Contracts APY: $47.5M

Tough decisions ahead...()

53-man Roster:
Offensive Personnel: --- 34
QB: Jimmy Garoppolo; Nick Mullens & C.J. BeatHard (we need to get BeatHard's contract off the books and certainly need to restructure Garoppolo's contract)
RB: Raheem Mostert; Tevin Coleman, Matt Breida, Jeff Wilson Jr. & Jerick McKinnon (McKinnon needs to rework his deal down, Coleman & Wilson should be gone)
FB: Kyle Juszczyk
TE/F: George Kittle; Ross Dwelley, Jalen Hurd & Daniel Helm (only room for 3 here this year)
XWR: Marquise Goodwin; Chris Thompson (need to cut Goodwin)
SWR: Kendrick Bourne; Trent Taylor & Richie James Jr. (might need to move on from James)
ZWR/F: Deebo Samuel; Dante Pettis (might need to move on from Pettis' contract)
LT: Joe Staley; Justin Skule (consider restructuring Staley's contract?)
LG: Laken Tomlinson; Ross Reynolds
C: Weston Richburg; Jake Brendel (already restructured Richburg)
RG: Mike Person; Daniel Brunskill, Kofi Amichia & Jaryd Jones-Smith
RT: Mike McGlinchey; Leonard Wester

Defensive Personnel: --- 37
LDE/W9: Dee Ford; Anthony Zettel & Alex Barrett (Ford's contract may need restructuring; rip cord?)
2i: D.J. Jones; Solomon Thomas, Kentavius Street & Kevin Givens (Thomas' contract is killing us)
3T: DeForest Buckner; Jullian Taylor, Willie Henry Jr. & Ray Smith
RDE/W9: Nick Bosa; Jonathan Kongbo
SAM: Kwon Alexander; Azeez Al-Shaair & Mark Nzeocha (already restructured Alexander's contract)
MIKE: Fred Warner; Elijah Lee & Joey Alfieri
WILL: Dre Greenlaw; Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
RCB: Emmanuel Moseley; Ahkello Witherspoon & Tim Harris
SCB: K'Waun Williams; D.J. Reed & Jordan Holland
LCB: Richard Sherman; Quinten Rollins & Teez Tabor (consider restructuring Sherman's contract)
FS: Tarvarius Moore; Derrick Kindred & Jacob Thieneman
SS: Jaquiski Tartt; Marcell Harris, Chris Edwards & Jermaine Kelly Jr.

Special Teams: --- 3
LS: Kyle Nelson
PK: Robbie Gould
P: Mitch Wishnowsky

Team Needs: LEO (Speed), IOL (C & RG), XWR (Speed), RCB, FS, LT (Future), TE2, SWR, ST (Returner)

Looks good except Holland and Rollins were 2019 signings.

As for reserve/future deals, most got 2 yr deals, only Kongbo got a 3yr deal, all minimum deals. Willie Henry Jr. got a 1yr $770K deal wth $35K in bonus money.

Leonard Wester, Teez Tabor, Derrick KIndred, Jake Brendel are the only reserve.future deals to get 1yr deals besides Henry.

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Looks good except Holland and Rollins were 2019 signings.

As for reserve/future deals, most got 2 yr deals, only Kongbo got a 3yr deal, all minimum deals. Willie Henry Jr. got a 1yr $770K deal wth $35K in bonus money.

Leonard Wester, Teez Tabor, Derrick KIndred, Jake Brendel are the only reserve.future deals to get 1yr deals besides Henry.

Edit: never mind, got it!

I'll make those other corrections to the OP. Thanks!

Originally posted by NCommand:

Extending Buckner, Juice & Sherman before FA could all improve the 49ers' cap situation. The Richburg & Kwon contract re-structures show the team's willingness to take bigger hits down the line to open up 2020. Can open it up a little more with some extensions

— Scott Geelan (@Scott_Geelan) February 18, 2020

I'd add in extending Tartt also opens up some cap room, could save up to $12M with extensions for all 4, maybe more, depending on structure. I didn't take that into account on my offseason plan, could also make it so the team doesn't need to redo deals each year, just carry it over into 2021-Beyond.

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

I'd add in extending Tartt also opens up some cap room, could save up to $12M with extensions for all 4, maybe more, depending on structure. I didn't take that into account on my offseason plan, could also make it so the team doesn't need to redo deals each year, just carry it over into 2021-Beyond.

Tartt was certainly in my list above for possible extensions as well. When I was going through your site, there's quite a few you could extend now and lower that cap or restructure into bonuses to lower the cap. They've already done two. If they don't plan on signing AA, there's not much more they need to do. If so, Sanders and Ward might walk. Or serious restructures will be needed to keep everyone, like you outlined.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by AB81Rules:
I'd add in extending Tartt also opens up some cap room, could save up to $12M with extensions for all 4, maybe more, depending on structure. I didn't take that into account on my offseason plan, could also make it so the team doesn't need to redo deals each year, just carry it over into 2021-Beyond.

Tartt was certainly in my list above for possible extensions as well. When I was going through your site, there's quite a few you could extend now and lower that cap or restructure into bonuses to lower the cap. They've already done two. If they don't plan on signing AA, there's not much more they need to do. If so, Sanders and Ward might walk. Or serious restructures will be needed to keep everyone, like you outlined.

When Tartt was in at SS, the defense looked so much better, I hope they keep him around, I wouldn't mind a Moore/Tartt combo.

A guy I'd love to trade for is Darius Slay, they could then move Sherm to FS at some point as speeds not his game, and Slay is a young #1 CB, would cost a lot of money, but a 2021 2nd could do it for compensation.

I hope they keep AA, but I get it, can't keep everyone, but AA looked so much better and improved in 2019, had like 2 or 3 sacks in post seasons I believe to go with his 10 reg season sacks.

If there is one group to invest in it's the DL, keep them around as long as possible, and keep Kwon, Dre, and Warner, Dre won't cost nearly as much as the other 2 long term IMO.

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by AB81Rules:
I'd add in extending Tartt also opens up some cap room, could save up to $12M with extensions for all 4, maybe more, depending on structure. I didn't take that into account on my offseason plan, could also make it so the team doesn't need to redo deals each year, just carry it over into 2021-Beyond.

Tartt was certainly in my list above for possible extensions as well. When I was going through your site, there's quite a few you could extend now and lower that cap or restructure into bonuses to lower the cap. They've already done two. If they don't plan on signing AA, there's not much more they need to do. If so, Sanders and Ward might walk. Or serious restructures will be needed to keep everyone, like you outlined.

When Tartt was in at SS, the defense looked so much better, I hope they keep him around, I wouldn't mind a Moore/Tartt combo.

A guy I'd love to trade for is Darius Slay, they could then move Sherm to FS at some point as speeds not his game, and Slay is a young #1 CB, would cost a lot of money, but a 2021 2nd could do it for compensation.

I hope they keep AA, but I get it, can't keep everyone, but AA looked so much better and improved in 2019, had like 2 or 3 sacks in post seasons I believe to go with his 10 reg season sacks.

If there is one group to invest in it's the DL, keep them around as long as possible, and keep Kwon, Dre, and Warner, Dre won't cost nearly as much as the other 2 long term IMO.

I'd cream my pants if we got Slay.

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

When Tartt was in at SS, the defense looked so much better, I hope they keep him around, I wouldn't mind a Moore/Tartt combo.

A guy I'd love to trade for is Darius Slay, they could then move Sherm to FS at some point as speeds not his game, and Slay is a young #1 CB, would cost a lot of money, but a 2021 2nd could do it for compensation.

I hope they keep AA, but I get it, can't keep everyone, but AA looked so much better and improved in 2019, had like 2 or 3 sacks in post seasons I believe to go with his 10 reg season sacks.

If there is one group to invest in it's the DL, keep them around as long as possible, and keep Kwon, Dre, and Warner, Dre won't cost nearly as much as the other 2 long term IMO.

Interesting. I was listening to Eric Davis' podcast and he also mentioned Sherman moving to S...this year. That said, no way in hell could he play FS. He's way way too slow to be an Eraser in C3 and like you noted, Tartt is a quality SS.

I'd love to keep AA and the rest of the clan...gonna be tight. It's gonna be interesting in that office with ShanaLynch and Paraag.

Sherman is too slow to play safety - he's just lost too much speed.

Hey, it could happen.

Originally posted by NCommand:
Interesting. I was listening to Eric Davis' podcast and he also mentioned Sherman moving to S...this year. That said, no way in hell could he play FS. He's way way too slow to be an Eraser in C3 and like you noted, Tartt is a quality SS.

I'd love to keep AA and the rest of the clan...gonna be tight. It's gonna be interesting in that office with ShanaLynch and Paraag.

Yeah, I'm not seeing Sherman as being fast enough to be really effective as a free safety. His smarts would help him get in the right position a fair amount in spite of his lack of speed, but there'd still be quite a lot of times where there's no substitute for speed.

Originally posted by 49erphan:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Interesting. I was listening to Eric Davis' podcast and he also mentioned Sherman moving to S...this year. That said, no way in hell could he play FS. He's way way too slow to be an Eraser in C3 and like you noted, Tartt is a quality SS.

I'd love to keep AA and the rest of the clan...gonna be tight. It's gonna be interesting in that office with ShanaLynch and Paraag.

Yeah, I'm not seeing Sherman as being fast enough to be really effective as a free safety. His smarts would help him get in the right position a fair amount in spite of his lack of speed, but there'd still be quite a lot of times where there's no substitute for speed.

Even with C2, I'm not really seeing it. But who knows.

Originally posted by mayo49:
Sherman is too slow to play safety - he's just lost too much speed.

So that makes him too slow to play corner as well since corners are usually faster than safety's. So what do we do with Sherman? Keep him at corner and hope the other team doesn't put a 4.35 receiver against him? Give him help by doubling?

Safety's don't need to be fast. They need to be smart and have good ball skills They need to be good tacklers since they're often the last line of defense. Sherman is all of those things. Merton Hanks was a great FS and only ran 4.74 at the combine. Dashon Goldson only ran 4.6. Even Ronnie Lott wasn't really fast which is one of the reasons he moved to FS. I think moving to FS would prolong Sherman's career but from what I hear he doesn't want to move.

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