The team will be placing Dekoda Watson on injured reserve due to a calf injury

Fooch’s update: The 49ers made it official San Francisco 49ers Customized Jerseys , moving Dekoda Watson to IR and promoting Pita Taumoepenu from the practice squad. They also announced the signing of long snapper Colin Holba to the 53-man roster and safety Terrell Williams Jr to the practice squad.The San Francisco 49ers have a chance to bring up another young talent from the practice squad., and head coach Kyle Shanahan thinks they will promote Pita Taumoepenu from the practice squad in his place. The team is working out some other options, but Taumoepenu likely has the edge.Watson played SAM linebacker and special teams last season, but this year since coming off season-opening IR has focused on edge rusher and special teams. Specifically, he has been a rotational option at REO.Defensive coordinator Robert Saleh has said in the past that Pita is viewed as a SAM option as opposed to edge rusher. Mark Nzeocha handles SAM work right now, but I would hope Pita would get a chance to give the coaching staff an in-game glimpse heading into the offseason.He got limited work in the preseason prior to the finale game, but showed out solidly. It’s taken him time to show himself in practice the first three months, so I suppose we’ll find out quickly just how much he has shown the coaching staff. My guess is he primarily plays special teams for the time-being San Francisco 49ers T-Shirts , but maybe he gets some defensive work as well. The San Francisco 49ers are coming off a big win over the Denver Broncos last week, and for the second straight week, it would appear professional bettors are backing the team. The 49ers opened the week as high as a six-point home underdog to the Seattle Seahawks, but even with the majority of tickets bet coming in on Seattle the line has come down to as low as 3.5 points.We saw the same thing last weekend, with a majority of tickets bet coming in on Denver, but the majority of money bet coming in on San Francisco. That does not always mean the same thing each week, but it usually means the smarter “sharp” bettors are betting on the money team, while the public is betting on the ticketed team.Sportsbook operator William Hill released their latest round of numbers Thursday afternoon https://www.49ersfanshop.com/hats , and they have had 76% of bets coming in on the Seahawks, but 63% of the money coming in on the 49ers. Over at OddsShark, 60 percent of bets are on Seattle, even as the number has dropped, suggesting professional bettors have been jumping on the 49ers.The 49ers were thumped up in Seattle two weeks ago, losing the Seahawks 43-16. Prior to the game, Field Gulls editor Kenneth Arthur said he was hoping for a blowout, but figured Seattle would win by ten or less. I asked him again this week what he thinks of the matchup. Given how unpredictable the NFL was last week San Francisco 49ers Hoodie , he thinks it will be close.Dating back to the start of the Pete Carroll era, the 49ers are 4-14 against the spread overall when facing the Seahawks, and 3-5 against the spread at home. They covered the spread back-to-back times between the second game of the 2010 season and the first game of the 2011 season, and then again in the second game of the 2016 season and the first game of the 2017 season.I’ve been more or less eliminated from winning anything in the Westgate SuperContest, and so each of these remaining weeks I’m picking the 49ers game as one of my five picks. The current spread is 3.5 points, but the SuperContest sets lines on Wednesday evening and it set at 4.5 points. I’ve been going back and forth on this, but right now I’m leaning towards taking the points with the 49ers.I’m not overly comfortable with the pick given that the Seahawks have had a lot of success against the 49ers, and this is Nick Mullens’ second start against them. They’ve got film on him for the five starts he’s made Roger Craig Jersey , but specifically for a start he’s made against them, presenting a new challenge to the young quarterback. Seattle is rolling right now, but I’ll roll with the sharp bettors this week. And if I’m wrong, well, the 49ers will have maintained their effort at the top pick in the draft.