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The 49ers Promote Cornerback Nick McCloud to the 53-Man Roster

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Jul 25, 2024; East Rutherford, NY, USA; New York Giants cornerback Nick McCloud (44) participates in a drill during training camp at Quest Diagnostics Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Lucas Boland-Imagn Images
Jul 25, 2024; East Rutherford, NY, USA; New York Giants cornerback Nick McCloud (44) participates in a drill during training camp at Quest Diagnostics Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Lucas Boland-Imagn Images | Lucas Boland-Imagn Images

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San Francisco 49ers

This is interesting.

The 49ers just promoted veteran cornerback Nick McCloud from the practice squad to the active roster one day before their Week 13 road game against the Buffalo Bills. In a corresponding roster move, the 49ers waived wide receiver Ronnie Bell.

The question is why did the 49ers need another cornerback?

Charvarius Ward is expected to play, but he hasn't seen any action since Week 8, so he could be rusty. In addition, nickelback Deommodore Lenoir will miss the game with a knee contusions he suffered last Sunday in the 49ers' loss to the Packers. Finally, rookie cornerback Renardo Green, who can play outside and in the slot, is questionable for Sunday's game with a neck injury he suffered against Green Bay. He was limited all week at practice.

Which means the 49ers cornerbacks could be Ward, Isaac Yiadom and McCloud. Not ideal against Josh Allen, who's one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL.

McCloud has been in the NFL since 2021 and has started 16 games, primarily for the Giants. But on Nov. 5, the Giants waived him. And once he cleared waivers, the 49ers signed him to their practice squad. Now they might need him to play.

The 49ers will be missing the following starters this weekend: Nick Bosa, Javon Hargrave, Dre Greenlaw, Talanoa Hufanga, Lenoir, Trent Williams, Aaron Banks and Brandon Aiyuk. Meanwhile, the Bills are coming off a bye week and are playing at home.

Seems like a scheduled loss for the 49ers.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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