After veteran wide receiver Pierre Garçon’s production fell off dramatically and his season ended on injured reserve for a second consecutive season, the odds were low the 49ers would pick up his option for the 2019 season.
The 49ers will make the expected move and not pick up the option on Garçon’s contract, the NFL Network reported on Thursday.
Garçon, 32, was scheduled to make $6 million in salary and bonuses this season. Instead of his scheduled salary cap figure of $8.275 million, he will count $7.2 million against the cap in “dead money,” according to overthecap.