The 49ers need to clear some cap space by Wednesday afternoon. They took steps toward getting under the $208.2 million cap by restructuring defensive end Dee Ford’s deal and clearing $4.96 million in space per ESPN’s Field Yates.
That $4.96 million brings San Francisco to roughly $5 million over the cap. Defensive lineman Arik Armstead is a restructure candidate to clear some room, and the club can make other moves to clear bits of space at a time.
Ford’s future in the NFL is still up in the air after he played in just seven games over the last two years because of a back injury. Whether he tries to play or retires in 2022, the club will still get the $4.96 million savings up front while kicking the rest of the money left on his contract down the road into years where the salary cap is expected to explode.
