49ers player gets cut after flying 16 hours to Australia: Why he might be sent home and why they made the move

The only thing worse than getting cut by an NFL team is getting cut after flying 16 hours to Australia, and that's exactly what happened to 49ers tight end Brayden Willis on Saturday.

Willis was released to make room for long snapper Jon Weeks, who was promoted to the active roster from the practice squad.

Weeks is the only long snapper on the team, but he wasn't on the active roster going into the weekend because the 49ers had to do some roster gymnastics before the cut deadline on Aug. 30. He ended up being released just before the deadline, which left the 49ers with exactly zero long snappers on their roster. Weeks was eventually added to the practice squad, and now, he's back on the active roster as the 49ers get ready to prepare for their opener against the Rams in Melbourne.

Although Weeks is the one being added to the roster, let's not forget about Willis, who might have to fly 16 hours home just days after landing in Australia. Willis has been in the NFL since 2023, when the 49ers made him a seventh-round pick, and with less than four years of NFL experience, he's now going…

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