The 49ers on Wednesday needed to clear a little bit of cap space to get under the $224,800,000 threshold for this season. They cleared a ton of it by restructuring the contracts of tight end George Kittle and left tackle Trent Williams according to ESPN’s Field Yates. By executing the pair of restructures, the 49ers cleared $23.224 million in space.
San Francisco now has a ton of maneuverability under the 2023 cap. They only needed to clear a little less than $2 million per Over the Cap, so by pushing that money into the future they give themselves plenty of wiggle room to make moves this year.
The restructures don’t change the amount the 49ers will ultimately owe Kittle and Williams, it just redistributes the money into the future. That could just be rollover space they plan to utilize next year, but it also gives them space to fit in a trade acquisition mid-season if needed.
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