The Falcons signed cornerback Jamar Taylor and linebacker Ahmad Thomas to the 53-man roster to replace Desmond Trufant and Calvin Ridley, who were placed on injured reserve on Tuesday.
Also, tight end Carson Meier and linebacker Quentin Poling were signed to the practice squad.
In seven seasons in the NFL, Taylor, 29, has played in 87 NFL games and made 41 start. Taylor was drafted in the second round of the 2013 draft by the Dolphins out of Boise State.
He has also played with Cleveland, Arizona, Denver and Seattle.
Thomas, 24, has spent time with Packers and Colts. He played in college at Oklahoma.
Here’s the full depth chart for the 49ers’ game that was released on Tuesday (Taylor and Thomas were not on the official release and were slotted accordingly):
OFFENSE
WR 11 Julio Jones, 83 Russell Gage, 13 Christian Blake
LT 70 Jake Matthews, 73 Matt Gono
LG 71 Wes Schweitzer, 77 James Carpenter, 75 John Wetzel
C 51 Alex Mack, 71 Wes Schweitzer
RG 63 Chris Lindstrom, 73 Matt Gono, 68 Jamon Brown
RT 76 Kaleb McGary, 74 Ty Sambrailo
TE 81 Austin Hooper, 80 Luke Stocker, 87 Jaeden Graham
WR 14 Justin Hardy, 17 Olamide Zaccheaus, 15 Brandon Powell
QB 2 Matt Ryan, 8 Matt Schaub
RB 24 Devonta Freeman, 23 Brian Hill, 38 Kenjon Barner, 32 Qadree Ollison
FB 40 Keith Smith
DEFENSE
DE 98 Takk McKinley, 99 Adrian Clayborn
DT 97 Grady Jarrett, 95 Jack Crawford
DT 96 Tyeler Davison, 94 Deadrin Senat
DE 93 Allen Bailey, 50 John Cominsky
DE 44 Vic Beasley Jr., 91 Jacob Tuioti-Mariner
LB 59 De’Vondre Campbell, 54 Foyesade Oluokun
LB 45 Deion Jones, Ahmad Thomas
CB 26 Isaiah Oliver, 33 Blidi Wreh-Wilson
CB 20 Kendall Sheffield. 28 Jordan Miller, Jamar Taylor
S 37 Ricardo Allen, 41 Sharrod Neasman
S 27 Damontae Kazee, 36 Kemal Ishmael, 35 Jamal Carter
SPECIALISTS
K 7 Younghoe Koo
KO 7 Younghoe Koo
P 9 Ryan Allen
LS 47 Josh Harris
H 9 Ryan Allen
KOR 38 Kenjon Barner
PR 38 Kenjon Barner
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