Veteran long snapper Jon Condo was placed on the reserve/retired list Monday after playing one game with the 49ers.
Condo was signed last week to replace Colin Holba as the team’s long snapper. The team’s regular long-snapper, Kyle Nelson, is scheduled to miss another three games as he serves the remainder of a 10-game suspension for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.
After joining the team, Condo struggled in practices and did not look sharp on his snaps during the team’s 24-20 win against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium.
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“He just said his heart wasn’t in it. Definitely surprised us," Shanahan said during his weekly press conference Monday. "He was honest with himself, he knew his heart really wasn’t in it and then he was honest with us. He just said he knows his heart’s not in it and he doesn’t want to end up letting us down."
Condo, 38, was the Raiders’ longsnapper from 2007 to ’17. He appeared in the final four games last season for the Atlanta Falcons. He began his career in 2005 with the Dallas Cowboys, appearing in three games before winning a spot with the Raiders two seasons later.
The 49ers plan to sign veteran long snapper Garrison Sanborn as Condo's replacement, The Athletic's Matt Barrows reported.
When asked last week why the 49ers released Holba, coach Kyle Shanahan called it an issue of the timing with his snaps.
"There are very little details and stuff with timing and you want guys to be perfect every time," Shanahan said. "No, he wasn’t perfect, so we are just trying to see if we can get someone a little more consistent. He wasn’t bad though, either. We just thought we could make an upgrade.”