HDuck No. 1 Share Posted March 11 The San Francisco 49ers are planning to cut their longest tenured player by releasing defensive tackle Arik Armstead in a salary cap move, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. Armstead will be released and hit the open market after the start of the new league year on Wednesday, according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Sunday night because the team had not announced the move. Armstead was drafted by San Francisco in the first round in 2015 and is the only player remaining on the roster who was on the team when coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch took over in 2017. Armstead was due to have a $17.4 million base salary and $28.4 million salary cap charge this season, leading the cap-strapped 49ers to make the move. Armstead will still carry a $25.9 million dead cap charge and the Niners will likely designate him a post-June 1 release. San Francisco will carry the entire cap charge until June, but can then delay $15.5 million of the charge until 2025. That will open up $18 million in cap room for this season. Armstead, who grew up in the Sacramento area, has also been a stalwart contributor in the community during his nine seasons in San Francisco. He was the team’s nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year award the past four seasons for his work helping schools. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastBayDuckDad Moderator No. 2 Share Posted March 11 49ers to release DL Arik Armstead after sides unable to agree on restructured contract, per report - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Armstead will play somewhere else for the first time Looks pretty certain. The article mentions Cincinnati as a landing spot but I wonder if the Chargers have the cap space. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duxster No. 3 Share Posted March 11 The Chargers are over the cap. Armstead came up on the radio this morning here in Houston where they have a need and cap space. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter1997 No. 4 Share Posted March 11 Seattle could use him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywarduck Moderator No. 5 Share Posted March 12 Still peak earning years, why not tack on another 9 figures while you can. A million use to be a lot of money, now these guys have moved the decimal over two digits! Congrats Arik, you deserve it! Man among boys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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