Supply – 49ers plan to launch veteran DL Arik Armstead

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — One season shy of touchdown a coveted spot on the wall within the San Francisco 49ers’ facility that celebrates those that have performed no less than 10 years with the workforce, defensive lineman Arik Armstead is anticipated to turn out to be a free agent.

A supply confirmed to ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Sunday night time that Armstead and the Niners tried to work out a restructured contract and that, after coming shut however failing to succeed in an settlement, Armstead is anticipated to be launched and turn out to be a free agent.

Armstead is coming off a season wherein he performed in 12 video games with 27 tackles and 5 sacks. Be he is also slated to depend $28.53 million in opposition to the 2024 wage cap, which is why the Niners had been in search of a reworked deal to cut back that quantity.

Whereas releasing Armstead would save the 49ers round $18.2 million in money for subsequent 12 months, they might incur a lifeless cash cost of $25.86 million and save solely $2.492 million in opposition to the cap with an instantaneous launch. The Niners may, nevertheless, save greater than $18 million in opposition to the cap in the event that they add the publish June 1 designation, which might unfold that remaining lifeless cash over future years.

As Armstead prepares for the potential of his second foray into unrestricted free company, he is also coming off a torn meniscus in his proper knee, an harm he suffered in a Dec. 3 win on the Philadelphia Eagles. Armstead completed that sport after struggling the harm on the second play, however he didn’t play once more till the Jan. 20 NFC divisional spherical win in opposition to the visiting Inexperienced Bay Packers.

He was listed on subsequent harm reviews with knee and foot accidents (plantar fasciitis), however he mentioned after the season that the knee subject was the extra problematic of the setbacks.

“I believed my season was over with after the Philly sport,” Armstead mentioned on Feb. 13. “I tore my meniscus and did not know if I used to be going to have the ability to come again and put in lots of exhausting work to get again for the playoffs.”

Armstead did seem in all three of San Francisco’s playoff video games, posting 11 tackles, a sack, seven quarterback pressures and a fumble restoration on 148 snaps. He mentioned in February that whereas knee surgical procedure would require a prolonged restoration, his hope is to be able to return someday in late July or August as coaching camps get underway.

San Francisco initially used the No. 17 decide within the 2015 NFL draft on Armstead. He started his profession as a defensive finish, however after coping with myriad harm points early in his profession, he transitioned into an inside position in 2019. A breakout 10-sack season that 12 months helped him land a five-year, $85 million deal early in 2020 free company.

Over 9 seasons in San Francisco, Armstead performed in 116 regular-season video games, posting 33.5 profession sacks. He additionally has appeared in 12 postseason video games, registering eight sacks.

A local of close by Sacramento, Armstead isn’t solely San Francisco’s longest-tenured participant, he has been a philanthropic staple within the Bay Space and in his hometown. For the previous 4 years, he has been the Niners’ nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the 12 months Award.

Bleacher Report first reported Armstead’s anticipated launch.