On Saturday morning, ESPN’s Field Yates reported that the 49ers had restructured tackle Trent Williams’ contract. In doing so, they’ve cleared $4.36M in salary cap space in 2022.
The 49ers have converted $5.45M of LT Trent Williams' base contract into a signing bonus, creating $4.36M in 2022 cap space, per source.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) September 24, 2022
The 49ers always love to keep some extra spending money for in-season moves, but because they were down to $4M in 2022 cap space, I believe they felt the need to create some extra space.