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The San Francisco 49ers have gotten their roster down to under the 75-man limit with the help of numerous injured players. The team waived/injured defensive tackles Lawrence Okoye and Lamar Divens. They also placed DT Cornellius Carradine, DT Quinton Dial, RB Marcus Lattimore, OT Luke Marquardt and CB Eric Wright on the Reserve/NFI list. Finally, they placed WRs Michael Crabtree and Mario Manningham on the Reserve/PUP and moved Chris Culliver to the Injured Reserve list.
In making these moves, the 49ers did not have to cut any additional players. For some reason I was under the impression that these players counted against the 75-man roster limit, but by switching those seven over to Reserve/PUP and Reserve/NFI, it removes their active status entirely. Previously they were listed as Active/PUP and Active/NFI.
You can read more about the PUP and NFI designations as described by socalisteph earlier this offseason. The most pertinent detail is that none of the PUP or NFI players can be activated through the first six weeks of the season. The NFL rules allow them to be activated as late as Week 15, so the 49ers have some time to work with for now.
None of these moves is surprising. A team could decide to claim Lawrence Okoye off waivers, but more than likely he will clear waivers. The 49ers could then place him on their Injured Reserve if they wanted. We could find out as soon as tomorrow afternoon what his status will be for the coming season.
| 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 D.J. Harper 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 |
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 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 Demarcus Dobbs DL Tony Jerod-Eddie 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 Tramaine Brock CB Nnamdi Asomugha CB Perrish Cox CB Marcus Cooper CB Darryl Morris 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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