49ers have decision to make with suspended WR Victor Bolden in Week 5

Fooch’s update: The 49ers have a week to decide Youth Brock Coyle Jersey , so can wait until after the Cardinals game if they want.The San Francisco 49ers have an assortment of injury issues, and head coach Kyle Shanahan said they might have to look at bringing in some healthy bodies at various positions.While they figure out who to bring in for Tuesday workouts, the 49ers have a decision to make with regard to wide receiver Victor Bolden. Over the summer, the NFL suspended Bolden for four games due to a violation of the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. He was allowed to take part in training camp and the preseason, but the 49ers then placed him on the Reserve/Suspended list as they cut down to 53 players.Bolden’s suspension is over, and the team has until Wednesday to figure out what to do. He currently does not count against the 53-man roster, and the 49ers get a two-day exemption to figure out if they want to release a player to make room for Bolden, or release Bolden to free agency.A year ago, Bolden spent the first 13 games of the season on the 53-man roster, and the final three games on injured reserve. In his 13 games on the roster, Bolden was active for nine games and inactive for four games. He was primarily a special teams player, appearing in 122 special teams snaps and 27 offensive snaps. He was the team’s starting kick returner, with 19 returns for 396 yards (20.8 yards per return).The 49ers held onto him through the suspension Womens Ahkello Witherspoon Jersey , and while there was nothing lost in keeping him around, it does suggest they might have a spot for him on the roster. At the time of the suspension announcement, Bolden said he unknowingly used a supplement on the NFL’s banned substance list. He acknowledged needing to take full responsibility for not verifying the ingredients of the supplement, and the 49ers seemed to accept that it was an unintentional mistake.D.J. Reed is currently the team’s starting kick returner, averaging 30.3 yards per return on nine kickoffs. The rules have changed in terms of the kick coverage players being delayed getting down the field, but Reed is fourth in return average, so he’s finding success in the role.There are currently six wide receivers on the depth chart: Pierre Gar莽on, Marquise Goodwin, Trent Taylor, Dante Pettis, Kendrick Bourne, and Richie James. Through four games, James has been active once Womens Solomon Thomas Jersey , playing seven offensive snaps and no special teams snaps.If the 49ers want Bolden back on the roster, my guess is they would release James in hopes he gets through waivers and they can sign him to the practice squad. James was an explosive option in the preseason, but has not been able to earn a spot on the game-day roster aside from the one game active when Marquise Goodwin was hurt.The 49ers have two days to make a decision, and I suspect any roster move does not formally happen until Wednesday. Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette has missed the last two games, and counting. And the Jaguars may not be counting on Fournette as the season continues to unfold.The decision to send a 2019 fifth-round pick to Cleveland for running back Carlos Hyde gives the Jags a player whom they undoubtedly intend to keep on the roster for the balance of the season. His $1.5 million salary is fully guaranteed ($970,588 of it remains unpaid), and the investment of the mid-round pick surely wasn’t made for a few-week rental.The bigger question becomes whether Hyde will remain with the team beyond 2019. Given that they could have drafted a running back (and possibly a good one) in round five with the pick sent to Cleveland, the move to add Hyde could be an indication that the Jaguars are willing to let T.J. Yeldon, a second-round pick in 2015, walk away via free agency. Yeldon has averaged more than five yards per carry in each of the three starts he’s made for Fournette this year, but he gained only 52 yards on 18 carries in a Week Four win over the Jets, an average of 2.9 yards per attempt.And if/when Yeldon leaves, the Jaguars may get credit toward a compensatory pick or two in 2020. (Or Womens Dante Pettis Jersey , if a more immediate return is possible, they could trade him at some point in the next 10 days.)It’s also possible that, before trading for Hyde, the Jaguars tried to extend Yeldon’s contract, and that Yeldon simply wanted too much. And so the Jaguars instead have Hyde under contract for two more seasons at salaries of $3.25 million in 2019 and $4.5 million in 2020.But here’s the key. The contract structure compels the Jaguars to make a quick decision on Hyde. His 2019 base salary becomes fully guaranteed on the third day of the league year, and he earns a separate $1 million roster bonus that same day. To avoid another $4.25 million investment in Hyde, the Jaguars would need to cut him or trade him before those payments come due.For now, though, it seems that the Jaguars plan to keep Hyde around for the balance of the season. Which gives him to make good on an eerily prescient vow made last December after the 49ers beat Jacksonville: “Next year, we’re going to win the Super Bowl.”