The s could also be utilizing the NFL's new IR guidelines to their benefit at ultimate cuts.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan on Tuesday indicated veteran extensive receiver Christian Kirk and veteran offensive lineman Vederian Lowe are each candidates to land on IR at ultimate cuts as an alternative of creating the preliminary 53-man roster. Each gamers have been out for the reason that early days of camp. Kirk is coping with a calf pressure whereas Lowe works again from a excessive ankle sprain.
“Sure, probably," Shanahan mentioned when requested if Kirk might begin the season on IR. "We've acquired quite a lot of guys like that, so we've acquired to see how that pans out right here over the subsequent few days.”
He confirmed Lowe was in that dialog as effectively.
It was a a lot harder determination for golf equipment when it got here to placing gamers on IR. Previous to the rule change in 2024 if a participant went on IR earlier than ultimate cuts it ended their season. That might drive groups to position an injured participant on the 53-man roster and then place them on IR so they might backfill the vacated roster spot.
Groups underneath the brand new guidelines can place as much as two gamers on IR at ultimate cuts with a designation to return. That's the place Kirk and Lowe would fall. They'd be eligible to return after 4 weeks they usually wouldn't have to depend towards the 53-man roster at ultimate cuts.
The deadline for rosters to be trimmed from 90 gamers to 53 is Aug. 30 at 3:00pm Pacific Time. At that time we'll learn how precisely the 49ers must make selections on the futures of Lowe and Kirk.
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