Richard Sherman #25 of the San Francisco 49ers (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
NFL free agency hasn’t exactly been too kind to these former 49ers players who remain on the open market over three weeks later.
In some ways, 2021 wasn’t a good year to be a free agent.
Particularly with the NFL salary cap dropping down to $182.5 million a year after the global pandemic. While a number of players were able to cash in on lucrative deals, such as the San Francisco 49ers re-signing Pro Bowl left tackle Trent Williams to a record-setting six-year contract, others have either had to accept low-cost one-year offers with the hopes of a cap bounce-back in 2022 prompts a massive payday.