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TAMPA Patrick Willis Color Rush Jersey , Fla. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers remained supportive of Reuben Foster until the linebacker gave the team no choice but to sever ties with him. Tampa Bay Buccaneers.“It’s what they had to do. I think the organization has handled the situation as best they could,” cornerback Richard Sherman said of the swift decision to release Foster following his arrest on a domestic violence charge hours before the game.“They’ve been patient and understanding of the type of person Reuben is and what kind of heart he has,” Sherman added. “But you understand the decision the organization has to make after repeated offenses.”Foster was arrested at the team hotel in Tampa and jailed overnight following an incident involving the second-year linebacker and a companion police identified as the same woman who accused Foster of hitting her in February, but later recanted the allegations.General manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan said in April after charges from the earlier case were eventually dropped that the team had a zero-tolerance policy.“I care about Reuben, but nobody is bigger than the team,” Shanahan said, adding Foster had broken trust.“Our No. 1 rule is you got to protect the team, and he has put us in a bad light too much,” the coach added. “Hopefully this will fix him and he can be successful somewhere else.”Sherman said players attended team meetings Saturday night and went to bed not knowing anything had happened.“A lot of people woke up to the news. It’s just sad. You hate to see it. He worked hard and he’s grown as a guy,” Sherman said, reiterating he felt Foster had shown signs of making progress in the right direction before Saturday.“When you grow up under the circumstances that he grew up … you don’t have parents and you move home to home … you just make the best of what you got, and that’s what he tried to do https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Jerick-Mckinnon-Jersey ,” Sherman said.“He got himself to Alabama, got himself to the NFL. It’s tough to develop the skills that you need to kind of make your way in the world, and he was trying,” Sherman added. “He was working hard. He knew his deficiencies and knew what he had to do. It’s just unfortunate this situation keeps coming up”Quarterback Nick Mullens said once the news began to spread, the 49ers took precautions to not let Foster’s situation become a distraction against the Bucs.“I don’t think it was,” Mullens said.Shanahan agreed.“I definitely addressed the elephant in the room when I saw (the players),” the coach said. “But no, it didn’t affect the game at all.” The San Francisco 49ers returned to practice on Monday, back from their bye and beginning preparations for Week 12 vs. the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The team does not have to provide a formal injury report until Wednesday, and head coach Kyle Shanahan will not be speaking with the beat writers until then.In the meantime, however, the media were on hand for today’s practice and have some observations they will follow up on at Shanahan’s Wednesday press conference. The team was practicing without veteran wide receivers Pierre Garon and Marquise Goodwin DeForest Buckner Jersey , according to NBC Sports Bay Area’s Jennifer Chan. Additionally, Kendrick Bourne appeared limited, according to Cam Inman.The 49ers informed the media that Goodwin was excused from practice for personal reasons, per Eric Branch, and Gar莽on is still dealing with a knee injury. He sat out last week’s game with the injury. The next day, Shanahan said he anticipated the full 53-man roster being able to practice this week, but Gar莽on’s knee is still an issue.We’ll find out more about the statuses of Garon, Goodwin, and Bourne when Shanahan meets with the media on Wednesday and the team releases their formal injury report that day.