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The San Francisco 49ers began their roster cuts yesterday, releasing five players including quarterback Scott Tolzien. The decision to cut Tolzien was not shocking, but initially I was a little surprised it happened before the final preseason game.
And yet, after thinking it through, the timing isn't all that surprising either. The 49ers backup QB situation has been a bit of a jumbled mess this offseason, with Colt McCoy appearing to struggle at times to secure the position. However, in light of Jim Harbaugh's public vote of confidence Sunday evening, and B.J. Daniels emergence as an intriguing weapon, Tolzien's apparent regression (or at least non-improvement) after two years in the 49ers system made him expendable.
Now, the 49ers have Colt McCoy, B.J. Daniels and Seneca Wallace behind Colin Kaepernick. Wallace got a little over a minute of playing time at the end of Sunday's game, but with the McCoy vote of confidence, does Wallace have any shot of unseating Daniels? Given what we've seen from Daniels in two games, you would think the 49ers would want to hang on to him for just the potential. They could try and slide him to the waiver wire, but given the dumpster fire that is the New York Jets QB position (and to a lesser extent the Buffalo Bills), as well as teams always looking for young mobile QB talent, can the 49ers risk the possibility he gets claimed off waivers?
Roster cuts will continue today, with a 1:00 p.m. PT deadline for teams to cut down from 90 players to 75 players. Players on PUP and NFI lists (Active or Reserve versions) count toward that 75 player limit. As you can see below, the 49ers are currently at 84 players following the trade of Parys Haralson (assuming it is made official today). That means nine more players need to come off the board.
| QB Colin Kaepernick QB Colt McCoy QB B.J. Daniels QB Seneca Wallace RB Frank Gore RB Kendall Hunter RB LaMichael James RB Jewel Hampton RB Marcus Lattimore FB Bruce Miller FB Anthony Dixon FB Jason Schepler WR Anquan Boldin WR Marlon Moore WR Quinton Patton WR Kyle Williams WR Jon Baldwin WR Austin Collie WR Lavelle Hawkins WR Chad Hall WR Kassim Osgood WR Chuck Jacobs WR Michael Crabtree WR Mario Manningham |
TE Vernon Davis TE Vance McDonald TE Garrett Celek TE MarQueis Gray OT Joe Staley OT Anthony Davis OT Carter Bykowski OT Kenny Wiggins OT Patrick Omameh OT Luke Marquardt OG Alex Boone OG Mike Iupati OG Adam Snyder OG Joe Looney OG Wayne Tribue C Jonathan Goodwin C Daniel Kilgore |
DL Justin Smith DL Ray McDonald DL Ian Williams DL Glenn Dorsey DL Will Tukuafu DL Cornellius Carradine DL Quinton Dial DL Demarcus Dobbs DL Tony Jerod-Eddie DL Lawrence Okoye DL Lamar Divens DL Mike Purcell LB Patrick Willis LB NaVorro Bowman LB Michael Wilhoite LB Nick Moody LB Nate Stupar LB Travis Johnson LB Aldon Smith LB Ahmad Brooks LB Corey Lemonier LB Dan Skuta LB Cam Johnson |
CB Carlos Rogers CB Tarell Brown CB Chris Culliver CB Tramaine Brock CB Nnamdi Asomugha CB Perrish Cox CB Marcus Cooper CB Darryl Morris CB Eric Wright S Donte Whitner S Craig Dahl S Eric Reid S C.J. Spillman S Trenton Robinson S Raymond Ventrone S Michael Thomas K Phil Dawson P Andy Lee LS Brian Jennings LS Kevin McDermott |
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