It’s August 31st and after releasing nine players on Friday, the 49ers are set to reduce their final roster from 81 players to 53 by 4pm EST. It’s obviously a stressful time for those players who are on the bubble and have not been guaranteed a roster spot as of yet. Their careers and livelihood are on the line, and their success or failure is played out on a very public forum.
But for fans - to a lesser degree of course - who have grown attached to several of those players over the span of training camp and the preseason, it can be a difficult time as well.