Golden Nuggets: What A Day

Saturday was an enormous day around the NFL, with over a thousand players getting cut, a few trades, and one extremely unfortunate update to the injury list. The 49ers made their final cuts, although the roster is not entirely set for week one - Jerick McKinnon (season ending ACL injury) and Erik Magnuson (hamstring) are both on the roster, but are expected to be added to IR. This will leave two open spots for new players.

The 53-man roster is fairly straightforward, with the only major surprises coming in the linebacker corps. Pita Taumoepenu was cut, and both Elijah Lee and Mark Nzeocha - both “weak bubble” type guys - made it to the initial 53. Although dependent upon the upcoming…