Matt Maiocco’s 53-man roster projection after 49ers’ preseason win vs. Chargers

The preseason is over, thankfully.And the next move for the 49ers’ decision-makers is to determine their initial roster to open the 2025 NFL season.“You spend all this time to figure out your 53, but it’s like I tell our players, the final 53 is never the final 53,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said Saturday night. “That’s just the first week of the season. It changes throughout the year.“There’s still a lot to work on. We’ll make those decisions on Tuesday, but we’re not going to stop making them as the year goes.”All NFL teams must whittle their rosters from the 90-player limit to 53 by Tuesday, 1 p.m.We are going to leave a little wiggle room for general manager John Lynch and Shanahan, as we have just 52 players listed below. That leaves the 49ers an opening to add a player off the waiver wire in the middle of the week.The 49ers’ regular-season roster might not be final, but this is our final roster projection until next year:Quarterback (2)Brock PurdyMac Jones*Non-football injury — Kurtis Rourke (knee)Overview: After the preseason, it should be obvious that there is no reason to...