SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After finishing profitable contract extensions with quarterback Brock Purdy and tight finish George Kittle in latest weeks, the San Francisco 49ers had yet another key participant to maintain to wrap up their most urgent offseason enterprise: linebacker Fred Warner.
On Monday, the Niners and Warner checked that field as he agreed to a three-year, $63 million contract extension, sources advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The deal ties Warner to the workforce by means of the 2029 season. The reworked deal additionally returns Warner to the highest of the record of highest-paid off-ball linebackers within the league at $21 million per season and provides $56 million in assured cash to a deal that now not had any, the sources advised Schefter.
Whereas Purdy’s deal represented the biggest deal in workforce historical past (5 years for $265 million, together with $181 million in total assured cash) and the largest elevate the Niners have ever handed out, Warner’s extension at all times figured to be a bit simpler as a result of he had two years remaining on the five-year, $95 million deal he signed in 2021.
Like with Kittle this offseason and working again Christian McCaffrey final 12 months, Warner’s deal was extra about transferring cash round, including some ensures and decreasing his near-term wage cap figures.
Underneath the phrases of his outdated deal, Warner was scheduled to rely $29.17 million in opposition to the 2025 cap and $26.71 million in opposition to the 2026 cap. Each numbers would have been simply among the many two highest on the place within the NFL. These numbers are anticipated to lower considerably with the extension.
When Warner reported together with most of his teammates for the beginning of the offseason program in April, he made it clear that he had no considerations concerning the potential for a contract extension.
Though Warner is coming off a season through which he earned a fourth first-team All-Professional look and his third straight, he performed by means of a small fracture in his ankle for the ultimate 13 video games of the season. He revealed close to the tip of final season that he required painkilling injections to make it by means of the tip of the season.
However Warner didn’t require ankle surgical procedure and mentioned he felt “nice” when he returned for the offseason program.
With Warner, 28, Purdy and Kittle signed earlier than the on-field portion of organized workforce actions start, the 49ers can relaxation simple from a enterprise standpoint as they head towards coaching camp.
Lately, the Niners have engaged in prolonged contract negotiations with defensive finish Nick Bosa, receiver Brandon Aiyuk and left deal with Trent Williams. All of these extensions did not get accomplished till late August or early September with every participant lacking most or all of coaching camp.
There needs to be no such points for the Niners this 12 months as they try to bounce again from a disappointing 6-11 end in 2024.
