The team was hoping that the depth players would make their cut down job easier. Slipping here and there, making a mistake or too - but with a 27-3 victory, the exact opposite was shown to the team.

The players reduced penalties to only 6, which is still a little high but not drastically out of hand, considering that the starting talent spent most of the time on the bench. But players fighting for roster spots only gave the 49ers reasons to keep them on the team, rather than cut them.

On offense for example, the battle for a roster spot between James Jordan and Jamal Robertson resulted in two great performances. The two play different positions, receiver and running back, but are likely vying for one final offensive starting spot. Jordan caught a touchdown pass, and didn’t drop a ball that came his way. He recorded 5 receptions for 62 yards. Robertson had 112 yards on 21 touches.

The battle at linebacker was huge too. Brandon Moore and Frank Strong lead the way, but Quincy Stewart and Cleveland Pinkney were making big plays too. The bunch are likely fighting for one, possibly but unlikely two roster spots. All of these players made some big plays out of the three-four defense last night.

Instead of players making mistakes, players were making plays, which is good news, but it will certainly make the jobs of the coaching and management that much more difficult, as the team begins its cut down to 53 players.