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Predicting 5 returning veterans who don’t make 49ers’ 2018 roster

By Aaron Tan

SANTA CLARA, CA - DECEMBER 24: Logan Paulsen #82 of the San Francisco 49ers signals touchdown after quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo #10 scored on a 1-yard touchdown run against the Jacksonville Jaguars during their NFL football game at Levi's Stadium on December 24, 2017 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
SANTA CLARA, CA - DECEMBER 24: Logan Paulsen #82 of the San Francisco 49ers signals touchdown after quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo #10 scored on a 1-yard touchdown run against the Jacksonville Jaguars during their NFL football game at Levi's Stadium on December 24, 2017 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /
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CHICAGO, IL – DECEMBER 03: Jordan Howard #24 of the Chicago Bears is dropped by Eli Harold #57 of the San Francisco 49ers at Soldier Field on December 3, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The 49ers defetaed the Bears 15-14. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL – DECEMBER 03: Jordan Howard #24 of the Chicago Bears is dropped by Eli Harold #57 of the San Francisco 49ers at Soldier Field on December 3, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The 49ers defetaed the Bears 15-14. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /

No. 2: Outside Linebacker Eli Harold

There’s really not much to say about Eli Harold — other than to ask why the hell he’s still in the league.

Harold was picked in the third round by ex-general manager Trent Baalke in the 2015 NFL Draft. Over the next three years, Harold would prove how much of a bust he turned out to be, earning just 57 total tackles and five sacks during that amount of time.

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And one of those five sacks came in Week 4, when the Cardinals’ left tackle inexplicably completely ignored Harold, leaving him unblocked to run free at Carson Palmer, earning the sack.

So I’m going to subtract a sack from his stats.

The team will undoubtedly cut Harold prior to the 2018 season. He may have seen his last second of football action in the league.