The San Francisco 49ers formally announced the trade of cornerback Rashard Robinson to the New York Jets Tuesday afternoon. The news came right at the deadline, and capped a flurry of activity. The 49ers also announced Brian Hoyer’s release, and unexpectedly also released cornerback Will Redmond from the injured reserve list.
Redmond was not coming back this year, but it is still an interesting decision to release even a potential future body. The 49ers cornerback depth chart went from at least having quite a few bodies to now have little depth at all.