49ers having to bolster roster with who’s-he type players
Dec 23, 2016 at 5:00 PM
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Meet the rent-a-Niners, a trio who arrived in Santa Clara five minutes ago and could be shoved into action Saturday against the Rams at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. [...] it's become talented-starved as 17 players have landed on injured reserve, with seven suffering season-ending injuries since Dec. 12. The attrition had already resulted in a who's-he group on their 53-man roster — hello, Je'Ron Hamm and JaCorey Shepherd — and the recent wave of injuries has added to the anonymity. Consider where the threesome was Sunday when injuries to inside linebacker Nick Bellore, tight end Blake Bell and center Marcus Martin necessitated their signings: Dray, 29, a seven-year veteran who played at Stanford, had been unemployed since the Bills released him Oct. 4. On Wednesday, after practice, he acknowledged he felt as if he'd been "running in concrete" and was realistic about how much information he could absorb. Gardner, 30, has made 11 starts in a 27-game career that has included seven teams since the Dolphins drafted him in the sixth round in 2009. There's no replacement for on-field practice with the guys or game time," Gardner said, "but I thought I did the best I...
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