Alex Mack

Alex Mack announced his retirement from the NFL after 13 seasons.

Fantasy Impact

This was expected by many after Mack restructured his contract Thursday morning. He was a seven-time Pro Bowler and made second-team All-Pro three times. He started every game at center for the 49ers last season.

Alex Mack agreed to a reworked deal in which his base salary drops from $5M to $1.12M this year and $3.35M to $1.165M next year.

Fantasy Impact

The 49ers save over $4 million in cap space as a result. Mack had been contemplating retirement, so this could possibly be another hint that he is going to call it a career. It sounds like barring a change in heart by Mack, San Francisco will be seeing a change at center on the offensive line.

49ers center Alex Mack said he intends to take time this offseason to determine his future before deciding whether or not he will return for the 2022 season.

Fantasy Impact

Mack signed a one-year deal with the 49ers last offseason, reaching his seventh career Pro Bowl this year. The 49ers previous center Weston Richburg retired after last season, so this would be back-to-back years of the 49ers starting center calling it a career if that is the decision Mack decides to make.

Former Falcons C Alex Mack is expected to sign with the 49ers, as per NFL's Ian Rapoport.

Fantasy Impact

Mack played under HC Kyle Shanahan in Cleveland and Atlanta, so they are quite familiar with one another. Combined with the resigning of LT Trent Williams, the 49ers' offensive line has really come together in the last two days. Mack's best years may be behind him, but adding a 3x second-team All-Pro and 6x Pro Bowler who is familiar with the coach's system is never a bad thing. This should be a bump for 49ers' RBs, but figuring out who to start for fantasy every week in a Shanahan backfield is the real issue.

Atlanta Falcons beat writer D Orlando Ledbetter is reporting center Alex Mack (leg) has fully recovered from his broken leg suffered against the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game.

Fantasy Impact

Now that Mack has recovered, he is expected to be a full-go for OTAs and moving forward. He was arguably Atlanta's biggest free agent acquisition in 2016 that pulled their front five together to make their Super Bowl run.