The 49ers have released McDonald, the team's official site reports.

The 49ers have released McDonald, the team's official site reports.

Analysis:

"We as an organization have notified (McDonald) and his agent that we have terminated his contract," GM Trent Baalke indicated Wednesday in a statement relayed by the 49ers' official site, following the team's release of the defensive tackle. "Ray has demonstrated a pattern of poor decision-making that is no longer going to be tolerated."