The free-agent deals should continue to pour in today as we have one more “legal tampering period” day before these deals become official.
According to ESPN’s Field Yates, the 49ers restructured Dee Ford’s contract, which created $4.96 million in cap space for 2022 by adding voidable years to the end of Ford’s contract. Had the 49ers released Ford after June 1, they would have eaten more dead money than cap savings, so move ends up saving them more immediately.
Late Monday evening, the Chiefs re-worked Frank Clark’s contract to allow him to stay in Kansas City.