RSSArchive for February, 2006

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WTF: One Day Logo

Since it is a slow news day, I figured I’d take a page out of the ‘What the Hell Were The Niners Thinking’ department, and take a trip down memory lane. Most Niner fans know of this debacle, and some don’t. We flashback 15 years ago to 1991. The Niners announced Carmen Policy as the [...]

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Johnson’s Last Year as a Niner

Adam Caplan of Scout.com is reporting that according to a league source, this may be the final year that TE Eric Johnson wears Red & Gold. Johnson is set to become an unrestricted free agent after the 2006 season. The 49ers would like to find a new tight end to take over the position this year, [...]

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Moving to New Server

Update your bookmarks if you are using http://49ersnews.blogspot.com the new address is http://49ersnews.blogsome.com or http://www.49ersnews.com

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Bachelor Back with Niners?

Profootballtalk.com is reporting that the Niners have resigned former Giant/49er quarterback Jesse Palmer to a contract. The Niners signed Palmer last season as insurance with injuries to Alex Smith, and Ken Dorsey only to release him November 25th. Let’s just hope that this isn’t the veteran QB coach Mike Nolan is looking to bring into [...]

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Michael Huff Interview

Recently Vini ‘The Vin’ Chopra talked with Draft Prospect Michael Huff of the University of Texas. Here is the interview in full.
Vin: Mr. Huff around the 49er community for the last few months there has been a lot of talk about bringing you in to help out the 49er defense. In what aspect do you [...]

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No Tag for Peterson

Matt Maiocco of the Press Democrat is reporting that free agent linebacker Julian Peterson will not be tagged this season. Julian Peterson’s two-year run as the 49ers’ franchise player will come to an end next week.
Coach Mike Nolan said Thursday the 49ers do not plan to tag Peterson as the club’s franchise player for a [...]

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Crucial Combine Coming

Crucial Combine Coming
By Chris Woeber (Guest Writer)
With just under a week until the 2006 NFL Draft Combine, Mike Nolan and the 49ers are staring at one the more important weeks in recent franchise history, ie the post Steve Young Era. With a deeper than average draft and a stockpile of picks, this is the year [...]

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Free Agent Buzz

Scout.com is reporting that there is quite a buzz going around in the Free Agent world. Here are some of the players they say the Niners may be interested and one trade possibility (long shot).
Antonio Bryant - Cleveland has closed the door on resigning the free agent wide receiver. Niners may be interested in giving [...]

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Christoff Off to Stanford

A.J. Christoff, a familiar name at Stanford, is returning to the Farm for his third tour of duty as a member of the Cardinal’s coaching staff. Christoff, who spent last season as the secondary coach of the San Francisco 49ers, today was named Stanford’s defensive coordinator and secondary coach, head coach Walt Harris announced.
Christoff was [...]

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Reinfeldt Declines

San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that the executive football position for the 49ers will not be filled by Mike Reinfeldt, the Seahawks’ vice president of football administration. A spokesman for the Seahawks said Reinfeldt has pulled himself out of the running.
The Seahawks would not give a reason and Reinfeldt declined to address the issue. Several [...]

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Foster Interested in 49ers

SFIllustrated.com is reporting that unrestricted free agent DeShaun Foster of the Carolina Panthers has reportedly expressed interest in playing with the 49ers. They also state that ‘Foster may want to go play in an offense that is more conducive to his cutback style of running - and the 49ers would fit into that category.’
Relevance: 49ers [...]

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Mock Draft 3.1

Here is a three round mock draft from one of our draft partners: Tradedown! I listed only the picks for the Niners. For the full mock visit Tradedown!.
Rd 1: #16 49ers (from Miami) Vernon Davis TE Maryland
Davis is probably the best receiving threat in the draft. Lord knows SF needs help on offense. His speed [...]