San Francisco 49ers Roster Cuts: Scott McKillop, Six Others Cut
by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2011 10:02 AM PDT
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PrintThe 49ers made their first roster cuts of the preseason, cutting seven players from the squad. The seven cuts include:
WR Tyler Beiler
OT Donovan Edwards
OG Nick Howell
WR Kevin Jurovich
LB Scott McKillop
P Sam Paulescu
RB Seth Smith
The cutting of Paulescu would indicate Andy Lee is good to go from his hip pointer and will be able to handle punts on Thursday against the Chargers. Or the 49ers simply have no plans to punt on Thursday because they'll be scoring all day. I can live with that.
It sucks to lose anybody, but I really feel bad for Scott McKillop. He was a monster on special teams before his injury and it sounds like he just never quite got back to 100% and suffers the consequences of that. Hopefully he can get back to full health and catch on somewhere. He's a guy I'll continue to root for wherever he lands.
This brings the team down to 80 players in time for today's deadline and will now look to this weekend's cut down to the 53-man roster. Any surprises on this list, or did it go more or less as you expected?
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Wow Scott McKillop...
More players from the “McCloughan Era” falling off to the waste side
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injury
He had a pretty horrific injury. He was making strong contributions prior to that.
by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
duly noted...
but the contributions were as backup & special teams. It still doesn’t make that ‘era’ anymore enticing.
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by Kidd2Petrovic on Aug 30, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I think McKillop had a shot to be a decent TED or backup Mike
he was tough and smart…it just didn’t work out for him. I expect him on a roster this year once his knee is 100%, hopefully it get’s to that point.
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Like Bear Pascoe for the Giants?
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by Kidd2Petrovic on Aug 30, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
McKillop was a 5th round pick
Steller ST and backup contributions in a 5th round pick’s rookie year is pretty great. more importantly, he seemed to improve over the seaons, leading many to believe that he would develop into a strong player.
I hope he lands somewhere this year and comes back next year at 100%
Maybe...
But Larry Grant is a better LB and gives us the same on ST’s as well. We are very deep at LB.
still think McKillop has more upside
if he can ever come back 100% from his injury
now you're just making stuff up
Larry Grant – 7th round pick in 2008 – 6’1" 251lbs
Scott McKillop – 5th round pick in 2009 – 6’1" 244lbs
Grant has 3 seasons of experience and McKillop has one. So yes, a 5th round pick with one season of experience has more upside than a 7th round pick with 3 seasons of experience, injuries aside.
Sure he is! Let's ask the Rams?
8 starts in 2010 where he averaged 2 tackles/gm. Finished with 24 overall. Didn’t register a tackle vs 49ers?
18 total tackles in 2009. Seems to play big in preseason games.
Knocks on him were coverage skills, tight hips, slow acceleration, and slow motor in pursuit.
I think he’s doing what he’s been asked to do in this system. Decent run backer. Should make the 53 based on Harbaugh’s comments about him the other day alone.
Too bad about McKillop!
I thought he would be a good backup or possibly a starter when we first drafted him. I wonder how much that injury had to do with his decline. I hope he makes it out there with another team….sad to see it end that way
Another year
Should take another year for his knee to fully heal. I agree with Tre9er he’s got the potential to be a good TED.
Boy, that 2009 draft is really looking whiffy now. Crabtree in the first (jury out), traded away second (admittedly gets us Iupati one year later), Coffee in 3rd (retired to focus on God and firearms), then Nate Davis (was our future!), McKillop (released), Bear Pascoe (who wasn’t our future), can’t remember after that and can’t look up as on mobile. I know RJF in the seventh, so we came out of that draft with our second-best receiver best known for avoiding pre-season at all costs and our back-up d-lineman best known for Peanut Butter Jelly Time. Way to go Niners.
by LondonNiner on Aug 30, 2011 10:18 AM PDT via iPhone app reply actions
injuries happen
I realize it still factors in but McKillop was making strong contributions prior to the injury. Seems like that’s an asterisk at least.
by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
He is still has the brace on
So maybe he will not get picked up and be available later in the year if we need him. At best he gets a chance to fully recover from the injury.
by WC-Ninerhead on Aug 30, 2011 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Curtis Taylor was the other pick that year.
We don't need 8 in the box. We have 52 in the box.
by these3words on Aug 30, 2011 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
who will certainly be cut Saturday
and probably NOT PS’d
Aldon Smith will have 10 sacks in 2011.
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if he does not get injured first lol
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by HUNGRY HUNTER on Aug 30, 2011 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
horrid front office
we’ve had one since the…sigh….yorks took over _…hopefully this one is an improvement…..
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by imjuliooo89 on Aug 30, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I prefer to pin the 2010 and prior drafts on Scot McCloughan
Even if Baalke was part of it, McC was steering the ship and Sing was yelling the loudest.
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yea, thats why i said F.O
the head guy is always pretty much the F.O….McCloughan was not my favorite guy at all….
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by imjuliooo89 on Aug 30, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
looking back at almost every draft for the past decade plus has just been pathetic, and the reason why this team will never go anywhere
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by MichaelClutchtree on Aug 30, 2011 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I like your optimism
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by Tre9er on Aug 30, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
oh yeah hmm i wonder why im not optimistic. how about 3 first round picks and 2 second round picks on a line that still looks like dog crap, trading our 2nd round player one year later for a 7th, and looking at our first round pick recent history of balmer, lawson, woods, kwame, rumph, plummer, mcgrew, druckenmiller, and mcquarters
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by MichaelClutchtree on Aug 30, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
What a nightmare cast of draft picks :/
A lot of those guys aren’t even in the league anymore…way to go FO
Couldn't agree with you more.
Stop giving the Yorks your money. Watch games from home. Root all you want, and do whats best for the franchise: hit these clowns in the pocketbook. The Yorks are literally killing our franchise.
by Forttyner4life on Aug 30, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
we had a few good players from those drafts
the best one being Julian Peterson…and we traded him like 3 or 4 years later _
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by imjuliooo89 on Aug 30, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Peterson left in FA
unfortunately it came the year that the cap was raised well after they had to decide whether to franchise him.
by whistlingmountain on Aug 30, 2011 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
and
He was coming off I think an Achilles Tendon tear
by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Pathetic!!!!
You think the 2009 draft looked bad. Take if you dare a look through the 49er draft picks from 2000 to the present 2011. Hope you haven’t eaten because it’s enough to make you throw up. Between 2000 and 2005 our biggest impact players drafted were Julian Peterson and Frank Gore. Ridiculous!!!!
by 4eva49erfan on Aug 30, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd argue Alex Smith was an impact player
just wasn’t the impact fans were hoping for
by reedkrase on Aug 30, 2011 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
RJF and Crabtree are all that's left (and maybe curtis 'longshot' taylor)
1 Michael Crabtree Texas Tech
3 Glen Coffee Alabama
5 Scott McKillop Pittsburgh
5 Nate Davis Ball State
6 Bear Pascoe Fresno State
7 Curtis Taylor LSU
7 Ricky Jean-Francois LSU
3 ‘was our future’ players though – a bumper draft for WOFers.
by LondonNiner on Aug 30, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
2009 draft
was the oreo cookie you pulled out of the bag missing the filling.
so you're saying
two 5ths, a 6th are not on the team? wowsers how terrible
Harbaugh will find a QB and he will succeed.
Yup
And, working Mays into that equation (different draft, I know, but following so closely on the heels of the previous year), we’ve really done some shooting ourselves in the foot with bad picks. In fact, we’ve probably emptied the whole clip into the foot.
And yes, most of us still (sorta) believe. I wish I could hella believe.
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by lottwasgangsta on Aug 30, 2011 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
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sucks for jurovich
i’d hope he’d have the last game to show off what he has =/…there’s always next season
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he got outplayed by Lance Long all preseason and dropped his only pass Saturday
he did work hard, but sometimes things just don’t come together for you
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yea, you're right
and i like Long….Jurovich better be super ready for next year though to even have a chance…if he’s even on the PS…
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by imjuliooo89 on Aug 30, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
we had 87
because we had cut and IR’d a few guys previously
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Oh...
So we are at the 90 then?
And what about Crabtree on the PuP? Does he count towards the 80? Or will he be 81 when they take him off?
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Crabtree counts, as verified by me twice
once after Fooch corrected my math
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No Punter
Remember the game between the Niners and Bills in 92 or 93 with Young and Kelly at QB and it was the first game ever without a punt? Over 1,000 yards of offense. And of course we lost 31-34 because pinche Mike “O-fer” Kofer hooked a field goal to tie and go to overtime.
Looking to put San Fran*six-o* here some time soon!
I was at that game...
Buffalo’s tight end killed us that day… Metzalars (spelling?) tore us up.
by Sigelvictory on Aug 30, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
damn it...damn it all to hell
we didn’t cut Norris; lol, I guess I shouldn’t be all that surprised
by Doni S on Aug 30, 2011 10:43 AM PDT via iPhone app reply actions
don't give up hope.
there’s always the 53-man roster cuts.
We don't need 8 in the box. We have 52 in the box.
by these3words on Aug 30, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, that's 27 players to be cut...sure Norris can be buried in there somewhere
I’ll sneak his name onto the list
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Norris
I’m just not sure I see him getting cut now. I know 27 is a lot, but he seems like a guy where the FO knows what they have in him. If they were gonna cut him what benefit is there to not doing it now? I’m probably over-analyzing it, but I just think he sticks around for now.
by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
well of course the FO knows what they have in Norris. It’s so apparent that he could serve great purpose in games as a marble statue. Ya know, I think his last job might have been as a Buckingham Palace guard.
by Doni S on Aug 30, 2011 11:28 AM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
listened to former OL coach yesterday on podcast
who said that now-a-days it’s better to have a “seeker” at FB than a battering ram. Needs to be able to go to second level and find someone to hit, not just barrel forward in a straight line. That’s why the Texans cut Vonta Leach (he said this). This seems to be the opposite of Norris, who I’ve seen repeatedly hit NOBODY and/or fall down trying to find someone to hit.
Aldon Smith will have 10 sacks in 2011.
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by Tre9er on Aug 30, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Right
Even if it’s not the ideal guy, at least hit SOMEBODY.
Norris is bigger and stronger than I am, but if you gave me his job, pads, and salary, I could not hit people/fall down too. In fact, I think I could be good at that, given how unappealing running directly into NFL linebackers is to me.
Love your new tagline by the way; the A. Smith EVERYONE is still excited about.
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by lottwasgangsta on Aug 30, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope so...Fangio is doing his best to throw water on that, though
Aldon Smith will have 10 sacks in 2011.
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I think they should give Aldon a microphone...
And when he gets told, over it, not to rush the passer, he can say into it, 80’s action hero style “to hell with your damn system…I’m goin’ after the quarterback!” And then, he can go get his guy, and the Niner legions will cheer.
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by lottwasgangsta on Aug 30, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, I think keeping him off the field because of coverage deficiencies is kinda lame
unless you know you’re playing a lot of coverage with the WOLB…otherwise, send him and let him be a DE, basically…he can learn the rest in practice/sparingly in games.
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surprising
I figured we’d cut Wragge, Chilo, Snyder, Anthony Davis, Goodwin, and Moran Norris.
I mean, I think most teams would have.
by brenrobb on Aug 30, 2011 11:00 AM PDT via iPhone app reply actions 2 recs
Iupati
Would be playing like [site decorum] standing there by himself…
Looking to put San Fran*six-o* here some time soon!
Nah
If it were just him, I think he’d go into wounded/cornered animal mode, and as a result, I think opposing defensive lineman would start dying. Never back someone THAT huge and strong into a corner…
Actually, that might be a strategy worth trying. I bet he’d Hulk out (even moreso than he already is).
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by lottwasgangsta on Aug 30, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
seriously
Kilgore better be starting right guard. the kid is a beast.
by brenrobb on Aug 30, 2011 11:03 AM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Yup
but both our center choices are weak. And both tackles are not playing at the level they should be. Iupati seems to be the only one with job safety. We are that bad.
by asmithisaverage on Aug 30, 2011 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Correction
We are playing that badly.
I am convinced that, even if they aren’t GOOD, they have more ability than was displayed Saturday.
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by lottwasgangsta on Aug 30, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I have to think that
To keep some semblance of sanity.
Only Two I really recognize
Either way the McKillop release hurts a little. Side Note… Anybody else notice that the two guys that are gone now McKillop and Mays both had a TD from specials teams in regular season? I feel bad for the next guy lol
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Sure was hoping Alex Smith would be on this list ...
But I guess I didn’t wish hard enough.
Not gonna happen...
Besides – Snyder should start there anyways.
If there are any cutdown surprises, they'll be on Saturday
No one seriously expected the Niners (or any other NFL team) to make shocking cuts today. Bigger rosters meant more UDFA types that everyone knew would be gone; the only variable is whether some of those guys would make the PS where they might not have in 2010.
I wouldn’t be surprised, however, if the Niners maybe took a flier on a FA lineman and cut someone currently in the line rotation…especially if the line looks like crap again on Friday.
As far as the QB situation goes, just some food for thought…30 years ago tomorrow, Bill Walsh traded Steve DeBerg to Denver just a week from the start of the season – and a year after DeBerg had opened the season as the starting QB. Just because a QB survives most of the preseason doesn’t give him job security…
Brutal for McKillop...
…but is there any chance the FO have been kind and given him a chance to work a position on another time before the market gets even more intense at the weekend?
I can’t imagine all the teams in the NFL will pass him up without kicking the tyres.
as far the rest UDFA camp fodder unless they did something spectacular and I haven’t heard any of their names being called anywhere
Sam Paulescu was oUr fUtUre
fire the front office now……..
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I like the line continue to root.
This is what a true fan does. Even if a player; including Allex, isn’t doing well. They STILL root for him. A true 9er fan always roots and is positive when talking about the players.
and is positive
False.
I consider it like family. You want everyone to do well, but when one is being an [site decorum], you tell them. You don’t enable their self destructive addictions by giving them money and letting them stay with you indefinitely.
At some point if they are draining your life, you cut them off.
c’est la vie.
by whistlingmountain on Aug 30, 2011 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
An Alex Smith intervention
Some people are just hooked on Alex Smith. They can’t get enough. It seems coaches and General Managers are the least immune to the Alexaddiction. Fans get hooked too. It’s like when a rock star is caught doing some designer drug, suddenly everyone want some, even though it put the guy in the hospital.
The more fumbles Alex coughs up and the more interceptions he throws, the more the fans defend him. It’s denial. They know he’s bad for them, but they just don’t want to admit they were wrong the whole dang time.
An intervention would be appropriate here and some king of 12 step A.A. program.
Alexholics Anonymous
Joe Montana, and Jerry Rice, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
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by Pat Willie on Aug 30, 2011 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
rec'd
come up with 12 steps and I think you’ve really got something
Ok I made a quick version, maybe someone else can do better?
The 12 Steps
Step 1 – We admitted we were powerless over our offense – that our line had become unmanageable
Step 2 – Came to believe that a quarterback greater than Alex could restore us to sanity
Step 3 – Made a decision to turn our backfield and our lines over to the pursuit of excellence
Step 4 – Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our offensive scheme
Step 5 – Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another 49er fan the exact nature of our wrongs
Step 6 – Were entirely ready to have Trent Baalke or Jim Harbaugh remove underachivers from our team.
Step 7 – Humbly accepted the changes that needed to be made
Step 8 – Made a list of all players we had held back, and became willing to make amends to them all
Step 9 – Made direct amends to such players wherever possible, except when to do so would exceed our salary cap and put our future excellence in jeopardy
Step 10 – Continued to take inventory of our offense and when we were wrong promptly admitted it
Step 11 – Sought through practice and teamwork to improve our season record, accepting nothing less than a playoff spot in 2011, praying only for a lucky bounce, calls to go our way, and the power to carry this team to the playoffs.
Step 12 – Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs
Play to Win!
lol
awesome
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by HUNGRY HUNTER on Aug 30, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
unfortunately you can't intervene with what is essentially a business
Business require the “cut them off” approach, which for a professional franchise means, not buying tickets, not buying merchandise, not watching the games at all ( something fans have a very hard time doing, sometimes out of their own addiction, and sometimes out of misguided beliefs in “faith” that a “fan” should have. )
This, however, is not the year to do that. Alex may be back, but he’s back on a 1 year deal, with a new shiny project behind him, and the coach most of us wanted hired, who seems to have at least as much if not more power in the draft room than the GM that most of us did not want.
They basically have a 3 year window here where fans shouldn’t be upset with the FO for personnel moves, they brought in the guy that we wanted ( even if he kept the guy we didn’t want for another year, and turned it into a rebuilding year )
by whistlingmountain on Aug 30, 2011 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn't it ironic
As much as we love Andy Lee….he’s the one player we never want to see on the field.
Not true.
He’s the holder for extra points.
We don't need 8 in the box. We have 52 in the box.
by these3words on Aug 30, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
I don't want him on the field then, either
With a quarterback as good as Alex, you should always go for two.
by LondonNiner on Aug 30, 2011 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
pete carroll
is already shouting “what’s your deal!”
If I ever spoke to Pete Carroll I am not at all convinced I wouldn’t punch him in his face.
by LondonNiner on Aug 30, 2011 1:40 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
well if the urge ever strikes you & you can’t resist, let me know…I’ll be happy to hold him for ya’.
by Doni S on Aug 30, 2011 1:46 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Let's all punch Pete Carrol in the face
They should at least make it into a carnival game..
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Wr
Pretty deep at wr. Who do you predict makes it. For me its:
1 braylon
2 crabtree
3 morgan
4 williams
5 ginn
6 long
Ronald johnson hasn’t down enough to keep him which is sad bc he’s a draft pick. I based this off of the notion that they keep on fb and use the extra spot on a wr. What are your predictions?
by MNY49 on Aug 30, 2011 1:08 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I think Ginn will be the one that gets cut
Pretty sure the WR coach (whose also from USC) won’t give up Rojo that fast, plus it’ll probably be in the media and Harbaugh and company will be crucified for wasting a draft pick.
"Winning means being unafraid to lose." – Fran Tarkenton
Not Ginn
The coaches are too high on him. He’s apparently had the best camp out of all the WRs. I think it’s a fight between Long and Johnson. I know the position coach loves Johnson, but frankly Johnson has stunk up the joint. He drops balls in practice and he drops them in games. Same thing with Jurovich.
Not a troll
by Riding The F Train on Aug 30, 2011 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Edwards - Crabtree - Morgan - Williams - Ginn
I don’t think we keep six… Lance Long will probably go on the PS as the sixth.
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Johnson
Not only that, but it’s not the position coaches’ decision. It’s Harbaugh’s and if Harbaugh thinks he is not worth keeping we can bank on him being gone.
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