Kawakami: The 49ers could place Jauan Jennings on IR if this stalemate isn’t resolved soon (paywall) “The mentioning of IR by the 49ers also, let’s be clear, could be a tacit threat to the Jennings camp to try to get him back on the practice field in time to be ready for Week 1.

But an IR move also could be a nervous compromise and delay tactic for this increasingly tense situation. Both sides would lose some things, but not everything.

If Jennings goes on IR this week, the 49ers would pick up a valuable extra spot for their battered roster as they cut down to 53 players on Tuesday. And it would solve the practical concern of giving a spot to Jennings without knowing if he’ll be ready to play and with a wide-receiver depth chart that has been decimated by injury.

In addition, such a mov

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