The Niners did what ??

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@badgervike said:
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Yeah, I saw that too. I don't know where they went wrong, but there is no world in any universe where a 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th round pick is worth the #4 overall. If it is, then I guess the Panthers can take all those picks and trade them for the #4 in next Spring's draft. Good luck with that! LOL. 

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What was the value of our 2nd, 3rd and 4th from this past draft?  It is a risk due to his injury history, but when you look at how most draft picks turn out, it really is not a lot to give up for an established player. 

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As scary as this makes the Niners look on paper, I'd be worried about their health situation. Always seems like they have a bunch of guys hurt.

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Yeah, the 49'er front office is trying the Rams approach and not valuing draft picks as much as other teams.  It worked for the Rams because Stafford fell into their laps at an extremely good cap hit that allowed them to pay others.  Right now, the 49'ers have a cap hit of 22 million at the QB position on 3 players which also allows them to still pay others and take a shot at a guy like McCaffrey.  He comes at a 2022 Cap hit for the 49'ers at $690,000!!!!  

That is a giant steal for the 49'ers.  The 49'ers still have 4 million in Cap space after this deal.  

I found this on Spotrac:

THE TERMSSan Francisco Acquires:
RB Christian McCaffrey (26)

Carolina Acquires:
2023 2nd round pick
2023 3rd round pick
2023 4th round pick
2024 5th round pick
THE TRADED CONTRACTThe Niners are set up for outstanding financial value with this contract through the remainder of 2022, thanks to a simple base salary restructure that was processed on McCaffrey’s contract by the Panthers this past March.

SF’s Cap/Cash Hits
2022: $690,000 (guaranteed)
2023: $12,000,000 ($1M guaranteed for injury)
2024: $12,000,000 (non-guaranteed)
2025: $12,200,000 (non-guaranteed)

49ers 2022 Salary Cap Table
THE DEAD CAP & CASHThe Panthers will take on significant dead cap hits each of this and next year per this trade. 2022: $8,095,750 ($7,910,000 cash)
2023: $18,352,250 ($0 cash)

Panthers 2022 Salary Cap Table
THE SAVINGSIn addition to the four draft picks acquired, Carolina frees up a little bit of cap space both this and next season, and a good amount of potential cash going forward as well.

2022: $690,000 cap/cash saved
2023: $1,198,500 cap, $12,000,000 cash saved
THE DRAFT PICKSWith four shiny new picks acquired from this deal, the Panthers now boast some of the best draft capital in the league.

Projected 2023 1st-4th Round Picks:
#1, #33, #51, #86, #97, #117
IN CONCLUSIONThe 49ers get a bonafide offensive star for a bounty of draft picks, and he barely moves the needle financially speaking this season. In fact, even with McCaffrey in tow, San Francisco is only allocating $3,368,545 to their active running back core in 2022, 30th in the NFL.

However, the 49ers have now essentially forfeited their 2023 draft, with the #148 selection in the 5th round currently slated to be their first pick (compensatory draft picks notwithstanding). It’s an all-in move from San Francisco, something we’ve seen work quite a bit across the sports world of late.

And if Jimmy Garoppolo isn’t “the guy” - maybe Christian McCaffrey can be.

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I will be rooting for the 49'ers when they play the Eagles in the NFCCG...

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Not sure how legit this is,   but I heard that the reason the niners were willing to give up so much is they are expecting to get 5 or 6 3td round compensatory picks next year for losing players to FA this year as well as minority  coaches.  Again not sure if true,   but if that is the case...thats ridiculous .

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@JimmyinSD said:
Not sure how legit this is,   but I heard that the reason the niners were willing to give up so much is they are expecting to get 5 or 6 3td round compensatory picks next year for losing players to FA this year as well as minority  coaches.  Again not sure if true,   but if that is the case...thats ridiculous .

Store this one away for next off-season...

Maybe they're playing chess when many teams are still learning checkers?

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@purplefaithful said:
I will be rooting for the 49'ers when they play the Eagles in the NFCCG...

It's a long season, I don't think either of those teams will be in that game. 

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@JR44 said:

@purplefaithful said:
I will be rooting for the 49'ers when they play the Eagles in the NFCCG...

It's a long season, I don't think either of those teams will be in that game. 

Who do you think will be then?