Originally posted by Bobdawg78:
So why have Okuayinonu make the 53, just to waive him and sign Saubert? Why not just have Saubert or one of the other 2 guys just make the initial 53 instead of Sam O?
49ers had no idea how the league wide waiver wire would play out
They kept an emergency backup DE just in case
We got lucky and picked up a DE for the practice squad and can now waive Okuayinonu with little risk of losing all competent back up DE options
There is also the extra factor that every team has already set their rosters and PS now.
Claiming Okuayinonu forces them to cut a player the rest of the league knows they wanted to keep