According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the San Francisco 49ers have restructured center Weston Richburg's contract, creating $6.875 million of salary-cap space. Rapoport adds that the veteran offensive lineman is likely to retire.
The move gives the 49ers nearly $31 million in salary-cap space, according to OverTheCap.com. Of course, this doesn't factor in the two-year, $10.1 million deal recently agreed upon by cornerback Emmanuel Moseley, as the structure of that contract is not yet known.
Note: Cap space number updated to reflect OverTheCap.com's Saturday-morning numbers, which drop San Francisco by about $1 million.
Accounting this AM:
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 13, 2021
— #49ers restructured C Weston Richburg, creating $6.875M of room for the player who likely ends up retiring.
— Details on the 2 #Bills defenders who took less to help the team: Mario Addison ($1.99M less) & Vernon Butler ($2M less), tho there are incentives.
San Francisco initially signed Richburg to a five-year, $47.5 million contract on March 14, 2018, and he started 15 games in his first season with the team. The center suffered a torn patellar tendon during Week 14 of the 2019 season, landed on injured reserve, and missed the final stretch of the 49ers' Super Bowl run.
Richburg started the 2020 season on the reserve/physically-unable-to-perform list and did not appear in a game. He has had several surgeries since the injury. In addition to undergoing knee surgery, he had shoulder surgery, which was credited for his setback in 2020. Most recently, he underwent hip surgery.
This is the second time the 49ers have restructured Richburg's contract to create salary-cap space. The team did so before in December of 2019.
