The San Francisco 49ers will head into next year’s offseason with a lot of cap space. They have approximately $43 million in cap space this year, all of which they can roll over next year, if they so choose. Before any trades, releases, or contract extensions, the 49ers have approximately $46 million in cap space next year. If they roll over this year’s space, they would have close to $90 million in cap space, and that number could climb depending on what they do with Colin Kaepernick, Ahmad Brooks, and others.
Next year marks the first year of the new minimum cash spending period, which covers 2017 to 2020.