The 49ers releasing Darqueze Dennard, despite him running with the first team exclusively at slot cornerback, was a move nobody saw coming. Head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke about the move after Wednesday’s practice and was fairly blunt with his answer:
“We didn’t think he was going to earn that spot. Whether he is out there with the ones or not, no one really is slotted that way, except for the depth charts we have to give you guys before preseason. So we wanted to give him opportunities, being the vet and with younger guys coming in, but we got to see enough where we felt the younger guys were going to have a chance, so we want to give them some reps.