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Richard Sherman Confirms He Will Not Re-Sign with the 49ers in 2021

Richard Sherman broke news during his Thursday press conference.

Grant Cohn

Richard Sherman broke news during his Thursday press conference.

He confirmed he will not re-sign with the 49ers in 2021. And Sherman would know -- he's his own agent.

Here's exactly what he said:

"I know the salary cap deal firsthand from dealing with the P.A. and the league. And I know (the 49ers) salary cap situation because I've been in direction communication."

A reporter followed up: "Given the fact that the salary cap is somewhat of a fluid situation -- it is going to drop -- have you completely shut the door? Do you see an opening where you could come back?"

"Like I said when I had the conversation (with the 49ers)," Sherman answered, "if there's some miracle that happens, then sure there's an opening. But there are 40 free agents, and they'll probably have $30 million or less in cap space. They have to bring back Trent (Williams) who costs more than $20 million (per season). They have to pay Fred (Warner) who will cost $18 million-plus per year. So, anybody who knows the situation understands that."

Quite an interesting comment from Sherman. 

We learned the 49ers don't intend to re-sign him, but they do intend to re-sign Williams and Warner, and are prepared to pay them handsomely. I doubt the 49ers appreciate Sherman telling the public their plans for free agency, but that's the price of doing business with him. You can't control what he says. He sets the narrative for your team as long as he's on it.

And now he won't be on the 49ers much longer.

Players come and go so quickly around here.

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GRANT COHN

Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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