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Oct 27, 2020 at 2:14 PM

808niner4lyphe
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Anyone with knowledge on this? Front page article said the Niners reached an injury settlement with Tavon Austin and he's no longer on the team's IR. But didn't mentioned if he was released or not. Does that mean he could come back from season ending IR or he's gone?

Oct 27, 2020 at 2:17 PM

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49AllTheTime
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Originally posted by 808niner4lyphe:
Anyone with knowledge on this? Front page article said the Niners reached an injury settlement with Tavon Austin and he's no longer on the team's IR. But didn't mentioned if he was released or not. Does that mean he could come back from season ending IR or he's gone?

it usually means he is being released and we get some cap savings

Oct 27, 2020 at 2:20 PM

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hondakillerzx
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Can they release a player who was on IR and sign them with a clean bill of health? Maybe thats a way to get him off IR if its not needed?

Oct 27, 2020 at 2:20 PM

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OnTheClock
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I just looked up the rules and Austin could be brought back, but there is a 3-week waiting period after the injury settlement. If he's not signed by another team at that point, we could bring him back.

Oct 27, 2020 at 2:21 PM

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808niner4lyphe
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Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
Originally posted by 808niner4lyphe:
Anyone with knowledge on this? Front page article said the Niners reached an injury settlement with Tavon Austin and he's no longer on the team's IR. But didn't mentioned if he was released or not. Does that mean he could come back from season ending IR or he's gone?
it usually means he is being released and we get some cap savings

Ahh thx, thought KS and company found another loophole of stashing players and bringing them back when needed from season ending IR. But I'll take the cap space..lol.

Oct 27, 2020 at 2:24 PM

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808niner4lyphe
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With Deebo out a couple of weeks, Austin would be golden right about now.

Oct 27, 2020 at 2:24 PM

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49AllTheTime
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Originally posted by 808niner4lyphe:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by 808niner4lyphe:
Anyone with knowledge on this? Front page article said the Niners reached an injury settlement with Tavon Austin and he's no longer on the team's IR. But didn't mentioned if he was released or not. Does that mean he could come back from season ending IR or he's gone?
it usually means he is being released and we get some cap savings

Ahh thx, thought KS and company found another loophole of stashing players and bringing them back when needed from season ending IR. But I'll take the cap space..lol.

we can always sign him back if available, but i think this is more of a cap move.

Oct 27, 2020 at 2:27 PM

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OnTheClock
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With so many injuries around the league, I don't see Austin coming back. Can't imagine him making it through the entire 3-week waiting period without getting signed. If he's available at that point, I'd definitely bring him back.

Oct 27, 2020 at 5:16 PM

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Afrikan
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I......I didn't know he was still on the team. I thought he left with that other speedster.

Edit- JJ Nelson!

[ Edited by Afrikan on Oct 27, 2020 at 5:17 PM ]

Oct 27, 2020 at 7:34 PM

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9moon
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i did say it was a bad signing..

Tavon
Sanu
Jett

... bad bad bad

Oct 27, 2020 at 8:56 PM

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Bluesbro
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Bye, we barely knew ya.

Oct 27, 2020 at 9:05 PM

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Originally posted by Afrikan:
I......I didn't know he was still on the team. I thought he left with that other speedster.

Edit- JJ Nelson!

Saw the link and got excited just because I remembered the draft hype and rime with Rams. Then I realized he's been on the team for months and hasn't seen the field...lol

Oct 27, 2020 at 10:05 PM

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mayo49
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Originally posted by Bluesbro:
Bye, we barely knew ya.

Another one bites the dust.