Archive for May, 2009

Niners Up in the Air QB Spot Makes List of Top 10 Unfilled Roster Hole

Football Outsiders has out their list of “The Top 10 unfilled roster holes,” and the 49′ers make the list with their unsettled QB spot. Here’s the story: 1. San Francisco 49ers: Quarterback The last time San Francisco had a quarterback accrue positive DYAR with more than 100 passes thrown is 2003; since then, they’ve had [...]

Niners Ink 6th Round Draft Pick TE Pascoe

The 49′ers today signed tight end Bear Pascoe, their sixth-round draft pick. The former Fresno State star inked a four-year deal with the 49ers, becoming the fourth of seven picks to sign. Pascoe caught 85 passes for 953 yards over the past two seasons with the Bulldogs. He’s expected to play on special teams for [...]

Foot Injury May Keep Crabtree From Starting Week One

According to 49ers beat writer Matt Barrows, WR Michael Crabtree’s foot injury will keep him from practicing with the team until training camp. So he’s not only a rookie learning how to play against big, physical cornerbacks, he’s also getting a late start on the learning process. In other words, there’s no guarantee he’ll be [...]

Niners Replace Injured CB Harris by Signing Veteran Bly

The Niners moved quickly to replace injured cornerback Walt Harris, as Thursday the team inked veteran corner Dre’ Bly. He signed a one-year deal with the 49ers, making sure that the team would not be shorthanded after Harris went down with a knee injury. The Broncos released Bly in a salary cap dump back in [...]

Niners CB Harris Possibly to Miss the Season w/ Torn ACL

PFT.com reports that the Niners could be without CB Walt Harris for the season after tearing his ACL Tuesday. Here’s the story: 49ers veteran cornerback Walt Harris tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee Tuesday and will probably be sidelined for the entire season, according to Matt Maiocco of the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat. [...]

Niners Sign 7th Round Draft Pick Safety Curtis Taylor

The 49′ers are off and running, ahead of every other NFL team when it comes to signing their draft picks. Matt Maiocco of the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat reports that the 49ers have another member of their 2009 draft class signed. The player signed is former LSU safety Curtis Taylor, a seventh-round pick. He was the [...]

49′ers Sign Two Draft Picks

ProFootballWeekly.com reports that the Niners signed two draft picks today, the first two picks of the 2009 NFL Draft to sign: The 49ers signed two of their draft choices Thursday, as they became the first draft picks in the league to sign contracts since No. 1 overall selection Matthew Stafford signed with Detroit prior to [...]

Niners Playoff Bound in 09 Says Banks

The 49′ers have a fan when it comes to expectations for 2009, as SI.com writer Don Banks has thrown it out there that the Niners are headed for…(gulp!) the postseason! Yes, Banks wrote recently that the Niners will make it to the dance, somewhat based on their very solid 5-2 wrap up of the 2008 [...]