The NFL offseason got a little bit of a shakeup when the league eliminated its multiple cutdown dates.
This year instead of requiring teams to trim their offseason rosters twice before final cuts, the NFL went back to requiring just one big cutdown from 90 to 53 players.
Teams have until Tuesday, Aug. 29 at 1:00pm Pacific Time to have their rosters down to 53 players, although the 49ers typically start releasing players before this deadline.
After that, teams will have until Wednesday 9:00am Pacific Time to claim players placed on waivers at final cuts.
Once all clubs have been notified that contracts not claimed on waivers are terminated, they can start signing players to their 16-player practice squads.
Another checkpoint that could be important for San Francisco is 1:00pm Pacific Time on Wednesday. That’s when they can place players on IR with a designation to return, which will open a roster spot on the 53-man roster. Any player placed on IR during training camp is not eligible to return for the 49ers in 2023.
Sept. 3 is when training camp officially ends, and then the preparations for Week 1 of the regular season will begin in earnest.
