Arik Armstead, 49ers in extension talks

Faced with a genuine possibility of losing one of their five first-round defensive linemen in free agency, the 49ers are not giving up on keeping Arik Armstead in the fold. San Francisco holds barely $13 million in cap space and is in the early stages of talks with George Kittle and DeForest Buckner on what will be mammoth extensions. However, the 49ers still want to extend Armstead. And they are working on a deal, Josina Anderson of ESPN.com tweets. Armstead, 26, completed a dominant contract year, posting a team-high 10 sacks, and was productive in the playoffs for a 49ers team that held a fourth-quarter lead in Super Bowl LIV. But the 2015 first-round pick was not exactly a dependable asset during his first four seasons, totaling nine sacks from 2015-18 and missing 18 games due to injury in that span. While Nick Bosa looms as a surefire extension candidate, he is under contract through 2023. An extension for Armstead pact might not overlap with a future Bosa accord. As for the 49ers of 2020, they have bot

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