The San Francisco 49ers have a lot of cap room heading into the 2016 offseason, and they will have plenty of decisions to make. Free agents will be the most pressing matters, but the team can also start to take care of some of their own ahead of free agency. The end of the 2015 season will officially open the window for working out extensions with 2013 draft picks and 2014 undrafted free agents.
The current collective bargaining agreement cut back on a lot of the power young players previously had. The 2011 CBA instituted a rookie wage scale, and also cut back on the power of young players to renegotiate their existing contracts.