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49ers snap count: Some interesting decisions as roster cuts approach

The San Francisco 49ers will be making roster cuts in the coming days to get down to 75 players. In light of Friday night’s preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, the snap count is of particular note. It might not be entirely predictive, but it gives us something to assess as we try and figure out who might get cut, and what preseason Week 4 playing time might look like.

Right off the bat, the most interesting information would be who did not play, and who played very few snaps. Running back Kelvin Taylor sat out the game, and Kendall Gaskins played nine special teams snaps, but no offensive snaps. Matt Barrows made a good point, suggesting this could mean Taylor is going to get a lot of work this coming Thursday. That makes sense. But will Gaskins hang around and get a lot of work too, or will he be released with the Tuesday cuts?

One of the more totals from the game saw Ian Silberman only play one special teams snap, and no offensive snaps. I did not notice any mention of an injury on his one special teams snap, so I don’t quite know what to make of his absence from the game. Any thoughts?

We did see Will Redmond in action for the first time. That might be the best news to come from the snap count. Jim O'Neil had previously said he did not think Redmond was quite all the way back from his ACL injury. It would seem since then the trainers have decided he is back, and that is good news. I imagine he will get a lot of snaps this Thursday against the San Diego Chargers.

Here's the full snap count:

Player Offense Defense ST
Joshua Garnett 30 1
John Theus 29 3
Marcus Martin 24 1
Ryan Whalen 21 1
Joe Staley 21 1
Anthony Davis 21 1
Daniel Kilgore 21
Carlos Hyde 21
Trent Brown 21
Mike Davis 19 10
Torrey Smith 19
Aaron Burbridge 17 10
Andrew Tiller 17 1
Erik Pears 17
Jeff Driskel 17
Quinton Patton 16 7
Dres Anderson 15 5
Vance McDonald 14 7
DeAndrew White 14 5
DiAndre Campbell 13 1
Colin Kaepernick 13
Bruce Ellington 12 4
Christian Ponder 12
Fahn Cooper 12
Blake Muir 12
Blake Bell 11 9
DuJuan Harris 10 6
Jerome Simpson 10 1
Devon Cajuste 9
Garrett Celek 8 5
Je'Ron Hamm 8 3
Zane Beadles 8 1
Blaine Gabbert 8
Busta Anderson 7 3
Colin Kelly 7
Bruce Miller 6 14
Alex Balducci 5 2
Norman Price 5
Michael Wilhoite 62 8
Keith Reaser 52 7
Jaquiski Tartt 50 4
Jimmie Ward 50 2
Marcus Cromartie 46 11
Aaron Lynch 44 1
Ronald Blair 43 2
Tank Carradine 39 2
Chris Davis 38 3
Tony Jerod-Eddie 34 2
Dontae Johnson 33 15
Gerald Hodges 33 7
Ray-Ray Armstrong 32 7
Eric Reid 31 1
Eli Harold 29 1
Rashard Robinson 25 6
DeForest Buckner 25 1
LJ McCray 21 11
Shayne Skov 21 9
Garrison Smith 21 2
Mike Purcell 19 5
BJ McBryde 19 3
Demetrius Cherry 19 2
Corey Lemonier 18 11
Will Redmond 18 5
Marcus Rush 18 4
Wynton McManis 18 3
Prince Charles Iworah 14 8
Quinton Dial 13 2
Darren Lake 11 1
Tramaine Brock 10
Jason Fanaika 6 2
Cleveland Wallace 1 1
Bradley Pinion 11
Kendall Gaskins 9
Kyle Nelson 9
Phil Dawson 2
Kenneth Acker 2
John Lunsford 1
Ian Silberman 1