The 49ers enter their preseason finale Thursday in Houston with a slew of wrinkles to iron out as they prepare to trim their 80-man roster down to the 53 players they think will help them win a Super Bowl.
Some of those decisions will be easy and perhaps have already been made. Others will require the coaching staff to pore every possible rep to make sure they’re picking the right players and ordering them correctly when it comes time to make a depth chart. Those reps will include the final preseason contest where roster spots and starting jobs could ultimately be won.
Here are seven players who, for various reasons, need to show out vs. the Texans: