According to Field Yates, the 49ers have restructured the contracts for both TE George Kittle and DL Arik Armstead.
San Francisco converted the bulk of both their base salaries into a signing bonus, creating $18.756 million in cap space.
The move gives them some breathing room with the 2022 league year set to start this afternoon.
Kittle, 28, is a former fifth-round pick of the 49ers out of Iowa back in 2017. He was entering the final year of his four-year, $2.69 million contract and set to make a base salary of $735,000 in 2020 when he agreed to a new five-year, $75 million extension with the 49ers.
Kittle was due to make a base salary of $11.45 million in 2022 and $11.65 million in 2023.
In 2021, Kittle appeared in 14 games for the 49ers and recorded 71 receptions on 94 targets for 910 yards and six touchdowns.
Armstead, 28, is a former first-round pick out of Oregon by the 49ers in the 2015 NFL Draft. He was in the final year of his four-year, $9.84 rookie contract when the 49ers elected to pick up Armstead’s fifth-year option for the 2019 season.
Armstead was in line to be an unrestricted free agent in 2020 for the first time in his NFL career when he signed a five-year, $85 million deal to return to the 49ers.
In 2021, Armstead appeared in all 17 games for the 49ers and recorded 63 total tackles, seven tackles for loss and six sacks.
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