Niners’ Roster Depletion Happened Quickly
Turnover can happen quickly in the NFL, so teams must always be looking to the future. Quality starters are great, but depth is, too, so losses to injury, retirement and free agency can be filled quickly and cost-effectively from within and via the draft.Certainly the 49ers – 1-6 this season and in the midst of their bye week – are an example of what can go wrong.As Nick Wagoner of ESPN.com pointed out this week, the 49ers are just four seasons removed from playing in the Super Bowl. And, when the team released nose tackle Ian Williams this week, it left just nine players remaining who were on that NFC championship team: Colin Kaepernick, Tramaine Brock, NaVorro Bowman, Ahmad Brooks, Michael Wilhoite, Tony Jerrod-Eddie, Daniel Kilgore, Joe Staley and Garrett Celek.What looked like the foundation of a dynasty in San Francisco under head coach Jim Harbaugh quickly crumbled."The penthouse and outhouse are never very far apart in the NFL," wrote Wagoner. "A few bad decisions on the personnel or coaching fronts can kill a blooming dynasty too soon or, in some cases, before it ever really gets started."Back during the peak of the Harbaugh era, it seemed as if the 49ers were...
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