San Francisco 49ers roster updates from training camp

NFL training camp is under way and that means news will start flowing from each team. How that news will be distributed in the time of Covid-19 restrictions is still to be seen, but news will get out one way or the other. We’ll take that news and give you our fantasy and betting analysis. And that news and analysis, including roster moves, injuries, all the way to hype videos, will be disseminated right here, on this very page for the San Francisco 49ers.

San Francisco made moves this offseason, like trading for Trent Williams, trading away Matt Breida, hopefully getting Jerick McKinnon back after two years away, and losing Joe Staley to retirement. But, overall they’ve kept their Super Bowl team intact and will look to make another run at the hardware this season.

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High fantasy/betting impact

* Deebo Samuel was placed on the PUP list and will have trouble being cleared for the start of the season due to his foot injury. — July 28

Samuel’s absence will help Brandon Aiyuk, Jalen Hurd, Trent Taylor and Kendrick Bourne earn more snaps in training camp and early in the season.

Low fantasy/betting impact

* Re-signed DE Alex Barrett — August 30

* Signed TE MarQueis Gray, G Dakoda Shepley — August 29

* Signed WRs River Cracraft and Kevin White — August 27

* Signed TE Erik Swoope — August 25

* Signed WR Jaron Brown, S Jonathan Cyprien, OL Hroniss Grasu, DB Evan Foster — August 20

* Signed TE Jordan Reed. — August 9

Reed, if healthy, can be a force, but multiple concussions, along with other injuries, have kept him out of action more often than not over the last three seasons.

* Signed Dion Jordan — August 8

Jordan will join a stout pass rush that needed some depth after trading DeForest Buckner. If he makes the roster, Jordan will serve in a situational pass rush role.

* Signed OT William Sweet, C Spencer Long

* Signed WR Jaron Brown, S Jonathan Cyprien, OL Hroniss Grasu, DB Evan Foster — August 20

Covid-19 list

Richie James, WR — July 27 — Activated August 4
Jeffery Wilson, RB — July 30 — Activated August 4
Fred Warner, LB — August 31

PUP/NFI list

DL Ronald Blair III — July 28
DL Julian Taylor— July 28
C Weston Richburg — July 28
WR Deebo Samuel — July 28
WR Richie James — August 4

Players who have opted out

Travis Benjamin, WR — Source
Shon Coleman, OL — Source
Jake Brendel, OL — Transaction Wire

Full list of roster cuts

August 30

WR J.J. Nelson — Injured Reserve

August 29

TE Erik Swoope
G Kofi Amichia

August 27

WR Jaron Brown
DL Jonathan Kongbo

August 25

RB Salvon Ahmed

August 20

DB DeMarkus Acy
LB Jonas Griffith
WR Jalen Hurd — Injured Reserve

August 16

C Spencer Long — Reserve/Retired
WR Chris Thompson — Injured Reserve

August 13

DE Alex Barrett

August 4

DB D.J. Reed
S Chris Edwards

July 29

WR Chris Finke
T Ray Smith
LB Joey Alfieri
CB Jermaine Kelly
S Derrick Kindred
DT Willie Henry