49ers depth chart: Ranking 5 most important backups in 2021

Offensive lineman Daniel Brunskill #60 of the San Francisco 49ers (Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty Images)

The 49ers know all too well why it’s important to have quality backups, and these five players enter 2021 as the team’s most crucial reserves.

It’s not the most glorious job on the NFL gridiron, but it’s certainly a vital one being a key reserve or backup player.

And for many of the San Francisco 49ers‘ second-string players in 2020, they got to see ample field time in the wake of the team suffering a slew of injuries, unlike most anything any other franchise has experienced in recent memory.

A prime example last year was reserve defensive end Kerry Hyder, now with the Seattle Seahawks, who was…