Thoroughly mixed in that period since, though, was Verrett’s injury history, 2020 essentially being the outlier, which somehow convinced the Niners he’d be worth another one-year flier heading into 2021.

Veteran cornerback Jason Verrett was one of those players who returned on a team-friendly one-year deal after enjoying what was arguably his most productive season since his Pro Bowl 2015 campaign with the San Diego Chargers. That said, a number of pending free agents certainly won’t be back and wearing a 49ers uniform next year, including these five players. According to Over the Cap, next year’s salary cap is predicted to be $208.2 million, a sizable increase from the current $182.5 million. If there’s good news, San Francisco can expect the salary cap to bounce back up once more. Heading into 2022, many of the same NFL free agency challenges will rise up again. In a way, though, Niners general manager John Lynch proverbially “kicked the can” down the road a little bit by offering up a slew of cheap and team-friendly one-year contracts to a lot of his pending free agents, putting off the problem for at least one more season.

If you already have a Steam account, getting access to the game is straightforward all you have to do is head to the Football Manager 2020 page and hit the 'Play Game' button. It was a small miracle the San Francisco 49ers weren’t hit with insane NFL free agency attrition heading into the 2021 season despite a large number of pending free agents and the shrunken salary cap this year because of the pandemic. Football Manager 2020 is free on Steam for the next week, starting at 3:00pm (GMT) on Wednesday March 18th and ending at 3:00pm (GMT) on Wednesday March 25th.

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