If there was a year to go “all-in,” this was the year. The NFC is clearly inferior to the AFC and is wide open. Dallas can’t be taken seriously until Dak can show that he can win big games. Niners are just slightly better than the Lions.
Yep
Lions take care of their own, San Fran's credit card bills start to come due next year. Lions window will be open for several years, and it is better to take multiple swings at it than to just try to make one big swing.
If SF wants to pay all their players, they can. It's always funny when people act like the cap can't be highly manipulated.
The cap is a credit card, you can for a time pay one credit card with another, but eventually it does catch up with you.
Yeah I mean reading that list of players is not exactly a damning list indicating decline. The cornerbacks could be a problem depending on who they have at depth. Also, theres a RB on that list not names mccafrey and they just had a back up explode. Why is elijah mitchell on this list?The cap is a credit card, you can for a time pay one credit card with another, but eventually it does catch up with you.
49ers will likely have to let these 4 pending free agents walk in 2025
The 49ers face serious salary cap challenges in 2025, meaning these four pending free agents will likely hit the open market.ninernoise.com
Lynch has his fuckups but you can’t argue with 2 SB appearances and 2 more NFCCG appearances. SF will be fine for a few years.
Trent Williams is 36 years old, McCaffrey is playing less and less each year as he ages due to injury. Purdy will be up for a contract as well. Deebo will be turning 30 during next years season and will count 28+ mil against the cap.
If he was willing to take a 1-2 year contract I would be all for it, but I do not think that will be the case. Would be an interesting acquisition at the trade deadline however.
It only comes due when the owner doesn't think it's worth paying the money anymore. The saints were supposedly in cap hell for like 20 seasons. Rams did the same strategy. Teams can work around the cap if the owners are willing to pay, plain and simple. The cap is honestly just an excuse for billionaires to pretend they don't have the money to pay players.The cap is a credit card, you can for a time pay one credit card with another, but eventually it does catch up with you.
49ers will likely have to let these 4 pending free agents walk in 2025
The 49ers face serious salary cap challenges in 2025, meaning these four pending free agents will likely hit the open market.
I don't disagree with any this, but it has absolutely nothing to do with your original point about the salary cap and the 'credit card' analogy you gave. The point you just made has 0 to do with the link you shared and the players they might not be able to re-sign due to being at the salary cap. Your link cited a RB they might lose, as if that will have any bearing at all on the 49ers. They have been able to plug and play several backs with great success. They also let mcglinchey walk and they haven't missed a beat. Now they might not be able to re-sign a single guard, and I'm expected to believe they won't be able to have success because of it?
I am staying on topic, sorry if you can't follow along. The bigger picture is the 49's Super Bowl "window" of which salary cap is part, aging players another part.
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I digress, how can it be that the Lions have a Super Bowl window, and not the 49's?
That would be a killer move for them in terms of on-field, at least until Hutchinson is due for a mega deal.
he can be extended next year
players who suffer serious CTE are never guaranteed quality of life long term, Dave Duerson is proof of that
