49ers roster: Predicting 16-man practice squad in 2021

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nate Sudfeld (7) Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

The 49ers will be allowed to keep 16 players on their practice squad again this season, so let’s take a stab at who makes the cut.

There weren’t too many positives stemming from the COVID-19 altered 2020 NFL season, namely fans being prevented from attending any San Francisco 49ers games, altered schedules, regular testing, players being put on reserve lists, and perhaps most especially, the Niners being uprooted from home games toward the end of the year.

But if there was a positive development, the NFL altered rules for the practice squad, upping the number from 12 in previous years to 16,…