{"id":35530,"date":"2025-02-20T07:09:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T07:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=35530"},"modified":"2025-02-20T07:09:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T07:09:43","slug":"update-news-49ers-chances-of-re-signing-dre-greenlaw-skyrocket-after-salary-cap-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=35530","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE NEWS: 49ers&#8217; chances of re-signing Dre Greenlaw skyrocket after salary-cap surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">The Niners&#8217; hopes to re-sign Dre Greenlaw just received a massive boost, financially.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4665,h_2624\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/42\/01jmfw7khy8eeec284ee.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw (57)\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\"><em><strong>The 49ers have an exceptionally better chance of re-signing Dre Greenlaw in light of the latest news surrounding the salary cap.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">It&#8217;s not hyperbole to say the San Francisco 49ers&#8217; No. 1 re-sign priority this offseason is linebacker Dre Greenlaw.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">For those who doubt it, all that&#8217;s needed is to evaluate the Niners defense before Greenlaw&#8217;s untimely injury departure in Super Bowl 58 and thereafter, stretching throughout almost all of the 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">Defensive coordinator Robert Saleh wants Greenlaw, a pending free agent, back in a big way. But there&#8217;s concern Greenlaw wants to step out from behind All-Pro linebacker Fred Warner&#8217;s shadow and assume a bigger role elsewhere in 2025, casting doubts whether or not the former would entertain a new deal to remain in the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">Combined with the desire to navigate the salary cap while also offering a lucrative contract extension to quarterback Brock Purdy, it&#8217;s understandable why San Francisco might be pressed into bidding Greenlaw farewell this offseason.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">But, there&#8217;s good news on this front.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-7\">Salary-cap increase affords 49ers better chance to re-sign Dre Greenlaw<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">This week, ESPN&#8217;s Dan Graziano reported a hefty increase of the 2025 salary cap, up from last year&#8217;s figure of $255.4 million to as much as $281.5 million:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NFL today informed teams that the 2025 per-team salary cap will fall in the range of $277.5 million to $281.5 million, way up from last year&#39;s $255.4 million. Cap will have increased by more than $53 million over the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Graziano (@DanGrazianoESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanGrazianoESPN\/status\/1892277228341285080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">According to Over the Cap, which estimates the 2025 cap right in the middle of that rage at $279.5 million, the 49ers will have $50.6 million in cap space.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\">Greenlaw will be one of the league&#8217;s more sought-after free agents despite missing the bulk of 2024 because of his Achilles tear, and OTC valued last year&#8217;s campaign at just $661,000. Of course, anyone who watched Greenlaw play in recent years understands his value exceeds that significantly, but it doesn&#8217;t bar the chance of a one-year prove-it deal to ensure he&#8217;s fully healthy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\">In contrast, though, all it would take is for one team out there to put a price tag on Greenlaw that&#8217;d exceed the Niners&#8217; comfort level to re-sign him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\">With the hefty cap increase, however, San Francisco might be more comfortable offering the 27 year old a bigger contract, perhaps something like two years worth up to $20 million total. That would be a substantial raise over the previous two-year, $16.4 million contract he signed, previously.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\">Prior to the news about the cap&#8217;s increase, the 49ers may have hesitated to dish out that kind of cash.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\">Now, they&#8217;d potentially be more willing to do so.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 49ers have an exceptionally better chance of re-signing Dre Greenlaw in light of the latest news surrounding the salary cap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":35537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UPDATE NEWS: 49ers&#039; 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