Kalen King

He was a starter.

Now you're looking at guys like Kalen King and K. Trell Clark to step into larger roles.

And if Lopez and Pai Lai are out, the interior pass rush vanishes.

The 49ers have Leonard Williams, who had a sack against Seattle.

Certainly Max Melton and his toe issue that had, bothering him kept him off the practice field Wednesday.

He was back at practice on Thursday, so hopefully you've got Denzel Burke, Max Melton, Garrett Williams, Starling Thomas, who's been signed to the practice squad off the... or signed to the active roster off the practice squad, and then Keetrel Clark and Kalen King.

Don't forget about those two as well.

So I would hope that if you're going back, and we discussed this earlier this week with JP on Cardinals Covered Too, if the decision before the start of the season was to not place Garrett on IR designated to return, then the expectation is, from the outside is he's gonna play sooner rather than later.

Garrett Williams slides in as your slot- ... cornerback.

And then you work with Budda Baker and Dewey, and you figure out those five and some combination.

And if you need to, okay, let's see what Keitrell can do, let's see what Kalen King can do, um, and move from there.

Because it does not look like you're going to have Rabbit available this week.

Denzel Burke plays more outside.

You've got Keitrel Clark, Kalen King.

Is Starling Thomas ready to be available? But I think you and I are in agreement.

We're both looking at Garrett Williams because he's on the active roster.

Couldn't play former third round pick.

And now you've got to look at your – you signed Kalen King off the practice squad.

Then you signed Jamison from the Steelers.

He's on the practice squad.

And it's tough to find other players that really meet that mold in not just the defensive side of the game, but also on special teams.

And in corresponding moves with that, the team activated and signed Kalen King, who's that cornerback.

Could play also in the nickel spot as well, so they signed him to the active roster.

The team also then added Art Green and Jarek Reed II to the practice squad, and they also parted ways with Amir Smith-Marset as well, the wide receiver who made plenty of big-time plays throughout the preseason slate.