Brandon Aiyuk is a 49er! Pick #25, 2020 NFL Draft

Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by Hysterikal:
Gonna be some b***hing when we have to let Demo go

and Deebo, Kittle, CMC... but wait the CAP ain't real

I think Kittle and CMC are lifers. But Law, Huf, Ward and Demo are probably gone.

I think we can keep Demo. He should still be under 20 million. Huf won't get big money unless he balls out so we have a chance of getting him on a one year deal. Safety market also is very cool. But Ward will command 20 million and Greenlaw will be around that number, so yes they are gone.

Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by jds_49ers:

The 49ers will enter the 2024 NFL season with eight players earning an average annual salary of $15 million or more:

🏈Brandon Aiyuk: $30M
🏈Nick Bosa: $34M
🏈Deebo Samuel: $23.85M
🏈Trent Williams: $23.01M
🏈Javon Hargrave: $21M
🏈Fred Warner: $19.045M
🏈Christian McCaffrey:…

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 29, 2024

That's not sustainable

In a perfect world, we win back to back Super Bowls, Trent retires with no dead money hotting our cap, Deebo has an All Pro season and signs elsewhere, and we have a DT ready to take over, so we can let Hargrave walk. It's going to be tough juggling this.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
I think we can keep Demo. He should still be under 20 million. Huf won't get big money unless he balls out so we have a chance of getting him on a one year deal. Safety market also is very cool. But Ward will command 20 million and Greenlaw will be around that number, so yes they are gone.

I think Huf is out and they'll elevate Mustapha to starting SS. With Ward being insistent on wanting to test free agency, his accelerated dead money from the void years makes resigning him in March very difficult to do. I think they'll try to reup Lenoir if Ward doesn't extend before his contract expires. Greenlaw is a wait-and-see to see how he bounces back from the achilles. We just got like 8.4M in cap space this year from the Aiyuk extension. We can get maybe another 15M extending Trent. Roll that over into next year with the 44M we already had (49M in 2024 cap space - 5M reserved for additional 2024 adjustments/spending). We could realistically be sitting at 25-30M in cap space entering the 2025 league year.

BA's contract details are in, may have been posted, just got done updating my site, https://49erscap.com/index.php/2024/08/30/contract-details-for-brandon-aiyuks-4-year-extension-are-in/

Cap numbers are below.

2024: $5.725 million ($1.125 million base salary, & $4.6 million signing bonus proration)

2025: $11.191 million ($1.17 million base salary, $4.6 million signing bonus proration, $4.571 million 2025 option bonus proration, $750,000 per game roster bonus, & $100,000 workout bonus)

2026: $16.223 million ($1.215 million base salary, $4.6 million signing bonus proration, $4.571 million 2025 option bonus proration, $4.987 million 2026 option bonus proration $750,000 per game roster bonus, & $100,000 workout bonus)

2027: $42.255 million ($27.247 million base salary, $4.6 million signing bonus proration, $4.571 million 2025 option bonus proration, $4.987 million 2026 option bonus proration $750,000 per game roster bonus, & $100,000 workout bonus)

2028: $44.158 million ($29.15 million base salary, $4.6 million signing bonus proration, $4.571 million 2025 option bonus proration, $4.987 million 2026 option bonus proration $750,000 per game roster bonus, & $100,000 workout bonus)

49ers, as I said, saved cap room, $8.4M to be exact, and as I've said for MONTHS, any Aiyuk deal would have low cap numbers in the first 3-years of the deal, same will happen next year with Brock Purdy.

Originally posted by jds_49ers:
My only complaint about this is we are a run first team paying 50 mil a year to our starting WR's. Seems odd.

We are an explosive offense. We are run first, but we aren't the Titans with Henry or Seahawks with Lynch. Run first teams typically aren't dropping 30 at a regular clip.

I haven't seen a lot of people or posters claim this but I'm going to go ahead and say that Deebo isn't going anywhere next year or in the near future. It's been assumed that we can't afford him beyond this year but I'm here to tell you I don't believe that. That's my opinion.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by jds_49ers:
My only complaint about this is we are a run first team paying 50 mil a year to our starting WR's. Seems odd.

We are an explosive offense. We are run first, but we aren't the Titans with Henry or Seahawks with Lynch. Run first teams typically aren't dropping 30 at a regular clip.

Yeah. We're the best. For real. No sarcasm.

Originally posted by Howlett49:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by jds_49ers:
My only complaint about this is we are a run first team paying 50 mil a year to our starting WR's. Seems odd.

We are an explosive offense. We are run first, but we aren't the Titans with Henry or Seahawks with Lynch. Run first teams typically aren't dropping 30 at a regular clip.

Yeah. We're the best. For real. No sarcasm.

That's exactly why Deeb will be gone next year and I bet a beer that has always been the plan. The first round pick tells you that and I'm sure Brandon has always been the one they wanted next year. Deeb and CMC cross each other out to a point. Those trade picks can go OL reboot.

Originally posted by Howlett49:
I haven't seen a lot of people or posters claim this but I'm going to go ahead and say that Deebo isn't going anywhere next year or in the near future. It's been assumed that we can't afford him beyond this year but I'm here to tell you I don't believe that. That's my opinion.

Deebo was more valuable on a Jimmy G led offense. With Brock, it's BA all the way. Of course in a perfect world with no cap, you'd love to have both but between the two the choice was clear.

Originally posted by AB81Rules:
BA's contract details are in, may have been posted, just got done updating my site, https://49erscap.com/index.php/2024/08/30/contract-details-for-brandon-aiyuks-4-year-extension-are-in/

Cap numbers are below.

2024: $5.725 million ($1.125 million base salary, & $4.6 million signing bonus proration)

2025: $11.191 million ($1.17 million base salary, $4.6 million signing bonus proration, $4.571 million 2025 option bonus proration, $750,000 per game roster bonus, & $100,000 workout bonus)

2026: $16.223 million ($1.215 million base salary, $4.6 million signing bonus proration, $4.571 million 2025 option bonus proration, $4.987 million 2026 option bonus proration $750,000 per game roster bonus, & $100,000 workout bonus)

2027: $42.255 million ($27.247 million base salary, $4.6 million signing bonus proration, $4.571 million 2025 option bonus proration, $4.987 million 2026 option bonus proration $750,000 per game roster bonus, & $100,000 workout bonus)

2028: $44.158 million ($29.15 million base salary, $4.6 million signing bonus proration, $4.571 million 2025 option bonus proration, $4.987 million 2026 option bonus proration $750,000 per game roster bonus, & $100,000 workout bonus)

49ers, as I said, saved cap room, $8.4M to be exact, and as I've said for MONTHS, any Aiyuk deal would have low cap numbers in the first 3-years of the deal, same will happen next year with Brock Purdy.

Nice job as always. Lots of chicken littles in here but you said all along this was do-able, as are our future years.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by jds_49ers:
My only complaint about this is we are a run first team paying 50 mil a year to our starting WR's. Seems odd.

We are an explosive offense. We are run first, but we aren't the Titans with Henry or Seahawks with Lynch. Run first teams typically aren't dropping 30 at a regular clip.

We are now passing more than running with Brock under center. We are now a pass first offense moreso than we have been as Kyle trusts Brock to sling it

Originally posted by Howlett49:
I haven't seen a lot of people or posters claim this but I'm going to go ahead and say that Deebo isn't going anywhere next year or in the near future. It's been assumed that we can't afford him beyond this year but I'm here to tell you I don't believe that. That's my opinion.

If Deebo has a great year he will be right back here with us next year

Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by Howlett49:
I haven't seen a lot of people or posters claim this but I'm going to go ahead and say that Deebo isn't going anywhere next year or in the near future. It's been assumed that we can't afford him beyond this year but I'm here to tell you I don't believe that. That's my opinion.

If Deebo has a great year he will be right back here with us next year

Idk if deebo will be gone or not - I love the guy and expect a big year this year from him.

with that said, if we do resign him - is the plan for Ricky Pearsall to be a 3rd string WR as a first round pick?

that'll be interesting to see how it all falls together.

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by Howlett49:
I haven't seen a lot of people or posters claim this but I'm going to go ahead and say that Deebo isn't going anywhere next year or in the near future. It's been assumed that we can't afford him beyond this year but I'm here to tell you I don't believe that. That's my opinion.

If Deebo has a great year he will be right back here with us next year

Idk if deebo will be gone or not - I love the guy and expect a big year this year from him.

with that said, if we do resign him - is the plan for Ricky Pearsall to be a 3rd string WR as a first round pick?

that'll be interesting to see how it all falls together.

George Kittle needs more involvement. We don't need all these guys. Mahomes or not, KC wins it all with Kelce. I just don't understand why George not used more and he never b***hes. We can do without Deeb and hopefully Pearsall is a stud.

Originally posted by Howlett49:
I haven't seen a lot of people or posters claim this but I'm going to go ahead and say that Deebo isn't going anywhere next year or in the near future. It's been assumed that we can't afford him beyond this year but I'm here to tell you I don't believe that. That's my opinion.

Jason Hurley of 49ersCap.com (@AB81Rules on these forums) has explained how we can afford Deebo, Aiyuk, Trent, Purdy, and still have cap space next year, in 2026, and 2027.
https://49erscap.com/index.php/2024/08/24/my-53-man-roster-projection-plus-practice-squad-injured-lists-plus-a-look-at-the-2024-2025-salary-cap-version-6-0-final-projection/

My own napkin math had us at 11.3M under the cap in 2025 before the Aiyuk extension. 306M in cap liabilities and a 317.3M for an adjusted 2025 salary cap (44M in 2024 rollover + 273.3M league wide cap).

Aiyuk's deal creates 8.399M more cap space this year. Those savings can be rolled into next year to pay for most of his 11.191M cap hit. Extending Trent will give us cap savings. Somehow convincing Ward to give up on the dreams of free agency and extending would prevent his void years from accelerating into a 12M dead money cap hit next year, giving us more cap savings. Purdy's salary is already increasing next season to the 2nd round RFA tender (~5.3M), which is about halfway to what his potential 2025 cap hit would be if he were extended.

Deebo can be a cap casualty, but the 49ers won't be forced to do it. We're going to be fine.