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Kyle Shanahan on roster cuts: ‘Never in the history of football has the final 53 been the final 53’

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan has numerous difficult decisions regarding the roster. The team will get wide receiver Ricky Pearsall back at practice on Monday, but several unknowns remain.

A recent injury to Yetur Gross-Matos doesn’t help. Neither does Dee Winters's knee injury. The 49ers plan on making a decision about Talanoa Hufanga’s decision to start on the PUP before Wednesday’s practice. The fact that he has yet to practice two weeks after the team had hoped for Hufanga’s return date suggests that he’s behind schedule.

Here’s what Shanahan said on Sunday when asked what the biggest challenges are when it comes to cut-down day:

“It’s just connecting all the positions.