Is he really that important on special teams? I don't want to carry 3 players (Levine, Richards and Moore) who can only play on teams.
Whats also interesting: Harbaugh said Breeland and/or Wolf will make the 53.
oh Moore is definitely that good at special teams - he regularly draws and beats double teams as a gunner on punt coverage which is pretty valuable
and tbf we regularly carry guys on the backend of the roster who only play special teams (and that's even if you dont include return duties)
last year at various times we had Moore, Levine, Trawick, Richards, Bethel, Chris Board - we had 5 of them on the 53 man roster at one point last year with all of them active on gamedays
if deshon elliott is healthy i think he allows us to keep one less special team specialist because he was pretty great on special teams as well as potentially being the 3rd safety
if proche wins the return job he'll likely also be on coverage teams and if he's good that might save a roster spot also
but right now i think levine, moore and maybe even richards are pretty much locks on the roster - and board, alaka and ryan are going to be in a straight up fight to win a special teams spot
i dont know if iman marshall is great at special teams but he was activated and contributed after he came back from I/R last year so the coaching staff clearly see some value in him as a special teamer - i think anthony averett's roster spot is in severe jeopardy because he's never won himself a spot on the special teams group
note also that last year was the worst special teams unit we've had in years having lost Coach Rosburg - it makes it really important that we keep good special teamers on the team
Justice Hill could be an x-factor - has some tools that suggest he could develop into a great gunner - played a little bit opposite moore there towards the end of last year and did ok enough