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For some former 49ers, an prolonged absence from the taking part in subject turns into a handy excuse for not giving him a look-see. For different former 49ers, it’s not a difficulty.

Linebacker Reuben Foster, a first-round decide of the 49ers in 2017, will have a tryout on Sunday with the Seahawks, in accordance with Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. Foster hasn’t performed in a regular-season sport since October 28, 2018.

The 49ers reduce Foster in November 2018 after a domestic-violence arrest, his newest off-field situation. Washington claimed him on waivers, to a lot criticism given the current arrest. (The fees later have been dismissed.) The next Might, Foster suffered a torn ACL throughout offseason exercises. The knee harm worn out each 2019 and 2020. He didn’t play in 2021.

It’s a protracted highway again to the NFL for Foster, who at one level was thought to be a top-five decide earlier than falling to the underside of the spherical. The 49ers acquired Foster after buying and selling up from No. 34 to No. 31 with, coincidentally, the Seahawks.

It might have been even worse for the 49ers, who have been able to make Foster a top-five decide. If the Bears had taken defensive lineman Solomon Thomas with the No. 2 choice after swinging a cope with the 49ers, who slid again to No. 3, the 49ers would have taken Foster with the third general decide within the 2017 draft.

Not Patrick Mahomes. Not Deshaun Watson. Not Christian McCaffrey.

Sure, it was a catastrophe of a draft for the 49ers, with one exception — a sure tight finish from Iowa who was in some way accessible with the 146th general choice and who’s pictured with Foster.