{"id":828660,"date":"2026-03-23T06:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/828660\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T06:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:47:19","slug":"49ers-lb-dre-greenlaw-contract-details-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/828660\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers LB Dre Greenlaw contract details, terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 22, 2026, 9:57 a.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> had four linebackers set to hit free agency, but while re-signing <a href=\"http:\/\/ninerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/niners\/2026\/03\/13\/nfl-free-agency-49ers-re-sign-luke-gifford-to-a-two-year-contract\/89138839007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Luke Gifford<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/ninerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/niners\/2026\/03\/10\/nfl-free-agency-49ers-re-sign-garret-wallow-for-the-2026-season\/89090842007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Garret Wallow,<\/a> general manager John Lynch improved the room by bringing back Dre Greenlaw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Greenlaw, who spent his first six seasons in the NFL with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/san-francisco-49ers\/359\" data-autotag=\"3d4aeb7f-6493-4c2a-8803-2439e4b64ee4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">49ers<\/a>, signed a three-year deal with the Denver Broncos last year before the team cut him earlier this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/player\/dre-greenlaw\/7939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">According to Over the Cap<\/a>, San Francisco signed Greenlaw to a one-year, $6 million contract. The deal includes four void years that help spread out the $2.5 million signing bonus for cap purposes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Greenlaw&#8217;s contract is fully guaranteed with a $2.5 million base salary, $850,000 in per-game roster bonuses and a $50,000 workout bonus. He has a $3.55 million cap hit for 2026 and a $2.5 million cap hit in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Considering Greenlaw&#8217;s level of experience, history with the 49ers and contract situation, he&#8217;s essentially guaranteed a spot on the roster in 2026 and could receive an extension before the contract voids next offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Having Greenlaw in the middle of the defense with Fred Warner, Dee Winters and Tatum Bethune should set up San Francisco&#8217;s defense for success in their first year under Raheem Morris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">More 49ers: <a href=\"http:\/\/ninerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/niners\/2026\/03\/21\/2026-nfl-draft-49ers-had-formal-combine-meeting-with-carver-willis\/89264336007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">49ers had formal combine meeting with under-the-radar OL prospect<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 22, 2026, 9:57 a.m. PT The San Francisco 49ers had four linebackers set to hit free agency,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,95878,682,7,6,1161,252,2624,2623,96189,96190,95882,98597,97238,96126,97639,98599,95896,95888,95906,96192,96090,95883,98598,95881],"class_list":["post-828660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco-49ers","tag-49ers","tag-accessfree","tag-ca","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-sanfrancisco","tag-sanfrancisco49ers","tag-sstssportsnflniners","tag-sstsnniners","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagdee-winters","tag-tagdre-greenlaw","tag-tagfred-warner","tag-taggarret-wallow","tag-tagluke-gifford","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsan-francisco","tag-tagsan-francisco-49ers","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtatum-bethune","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116277153093911941","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}