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Tyvis Powell: Drops to waiver wire
Powell suited up for two games this season and made one solo tackle while playing strictly on special teams. The 49ers may look to keep him on the practice squad if he goes unclaimed on waivers.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/tyvis-powell-drops-to-waiver-wire/
- by RotoWire Staff
- Oct 7, 2018 • 1 min read UPDATE Oct 7, 2018, 2:42pm
Powell suited up for two games this season and made one solo tackle while playing strictly on special teams. The 49ers may look to keep him on the practice squad if he goes unclaimed on waivers.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/tyvis-powell-drops-to-waiver-wire/
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Tyvis was re-signed by SF and has been getting some PT due to injuries. he had 3 tackles vs OAK last Thurs night
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49ers-Raiders injury report: Third-string safety Tyvis Powell might start
By Matt Maiocco October 30, 2018 7:32 PM
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SANTA CLARA -- Starting strong safety Jaquiski Tartt, who has already missed two 49ers games this season with a shoulder injury, did not practice Tuesday after leaving Sunday’s game because he aggravated the injury.
In addition, Tartt’s backup Antone Exum will not have time to clear concussion protocol before Thursday’s game against the Raiders, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said.
Tyvis Powell, who struggled late in the 49ers’ 18-15 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, could get the starting assignment at strong safety against the Raiders.
“Obviously, there are some plays, some things that he wants back,” 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh said of Powell. “If Tartt is unable to go this week, he’ll have another opportunity to prove himself. We have tremendous faith in him. He’s a good football player, that’s why he’s here.”
https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/4...-third-string-safety-tyvis-powell-might-start
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49ers-Raiders injury report: Third-string safety Tyvis Powell might start
By Matt Maiocco October 30, 2018 7:32 PM
2 Comments
SANTA CLARA -- Starting strong safety Jaquiski Tartt, who has already missed two 49ers games this season with a shoulder injury, did not practice Tuesday after leaving Sunday’s game because he aggravated the injury.
In addition, Tartt’s backup Antone Exum will not have time to clear concussion protocol before Thursday’s game against the Raiders, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said.
Tyvis Powell, who struggled late in the 49ers’ 18-15 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, could get the starting assignment at strong safety against the Raiders.
“Obviously, there are some plays, some things that he wants back,” 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh said of Powell. “If Tartt is unable to go this week, he’ll have another opportunity to prove himself. We have tremendous faith in him. He’s a good football player, that’s why he’s here.”
https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/4...-third-string-safety-tyvis-powell-might-start
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TYVIS POWELL, NOMAD. Tyvis Powell has not been in the NFL long, but he already satisfies the definition of the term "journeyman."
The large problem is, he isn't always even on the active roster, nor is he always guaranteed a spot on a practice squad. He just bounces around from job to job like a mercenary, and as it turns out, that ain't exactly an easy way to live.
From Natalie Weiner of SBNation.com:
Those moves are only partially subsidized by teams, cutting into what are already comparatively modest practice squad salaries. Powell, who moved from the Niners to the Jets and back again during the 2018 season, estimates in his career he’s spent $15,000 just on relocating to play. “It’s unfortunate, but it is a job,” he says. “I’ve come to learn it’s better than nothing.”
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There are a number of solutions to this conundrum, most of them with considerable drawbacks. When Powell first joined the Niners practice squad in November 2017, he stayed in an Embassy Suites hotel near the facility that wound up costing him $7,000 for a month and a half. “It was the middle of the season and the team was 0-8, so they weren’t going to the playoffs,” he says. “So I decided to just do something temporary. I didn’t know anybody [in the area] or what else I could do.”
He was back with the team for training camp in 2018, and elected to rent a furnished one-bedroom; Powell lives with his girlfriend and dog, so getting a roommate wasn’t really an option. “I went fully furnished, because it was month-to-month, and being on practice squad it’s a ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ type of thing,” he says. That set him back $4,400 a month.
“It’s unbelievable,” he says, laughing. “That’s that California stuff. When you stay in expensive cities, the rent is really high so the majority of your money is going to rent —you’re not really saving any money.”
When the Niners brought him back as a member of the active roster for the last two weeks of the season, he stayed at Richard Sherman’s house. Now, staying with family back in his native Ohio, Powell can joke about it: “I refused to pay any more money,” he says.
It's hard for me to feel too bad for guys who make a minimum of $38,600 a month, but when you light a huge chunk of that on fire due to living and moving expenses and Uncle Sam comes calling for another large chunk, most of these dudes aren't exactly raking. Especially when you consider that you only have four months of work, max.
I guess the move is to find one practice squad to stick with for a year or two (looking at you, J.T. Barrett), save up some money, and if you never make it further than that, move into another avenue of life.
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...Q1GiIg6HLrl7x7xqkJb8wntw_M2p2Y1A-5dtTUjsLXUj4
The large problem is, he isn't always even on the active roster, nor is he always guaranteed a spot on a practice squad. He just bounces around from job to job like a mercenary, and as it turns out, that ain't exactly an easy way to live.
From Natalie Weiner of SBNation.com:
Those moves are only partially subsidized by teams, cutting into what are already comparatively modest practice squad salaries. Powell, who moved from the Niners to the Jets and back again during the 2018 season, estimates in his career he’s spent $15,000 just on relocating to play. “It’s unfortunate, but it is a job,” he says. “I’ve come to learn it’s better than nothing.”
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There are a number of solutions to this conundrum, most of them with considerable drawbacks. When Powell first joined the Niners practice squad in November 2017, he stayed in an Embassy Suites hotel near the facility that wound up costing him $7,000 for a month and a half. “It was the middle of the season and the team was 0-8, so they weren’t going to the playoffs,” he says. “So I decided to just do something temporary. I didn’t know anybody [in the area] or what else I could do.”
He was back with the team for training camp in 2018, and elected to rent a furnished one-bedroom; Powell lives with his girlfriend and dog, so getting a roommate wasn’t really an option. “I went fully furnished, because it was month-to-month, and being on practice squad it’s a ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ type of thing,” he says. That set him back $4,400 a month.
“It’s unbelievable,” he says, laughing. “That’s that California stuff. When you stay in expensive cities, the rent is really high so the majority of your money is going to rent —you’re not really saving any money.”
When the Niners brought him back as a member of the active roster for the last two weeks of the season, he stayed at Richard Sherman’s house. Now, staying with family back in his native Ohio, Powell can joke about it: “I refused to pay any more money,” he says.
It's hard for me to feel too bad for guys who make a minimum of $38,600 a month, but when you light a huge chunk of that on fire due to living and moving expenses and Uncle Sam comes calling for another large chunk, most of these dudes aren't exactly raking. Especially when you consider that you only have four months of work, max.
I guess the move is to find one practice squad to stick with for a year or two (looking at you, J.T. Barrett), save up some money, and if you never make it further than that, move into another avenue of life.
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...Q1GiIg6HLrl7x7xqkJb8wntw_M2p2Y1A-5dtTUjsLXUj4
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Tyvis is a natural born broadcaster/radio personality. The network he's building bouncing from team to team will pay dividends when he's working his way up the television ranks.
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