NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell continued with his no nonsense policy sense becoming the leagues top guy. Today he informed the San Francisco 49?ers that they were forfeiting their 5th round pick in next month’s draft. This after an investigation that he determined the Niners tampered with Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs.
In a statement released by [...]
In my “Saturday Niners Thoughts” column on, you guessed it, Saturday, I mentioned that the Niners were under investigation by the NFL for tampering charges related to unrestricted free agent linebacker Lance Briggs.
I emailed Aaron Salkin, Director of Public Relations for the Niners, about the organization’s response to the investigation and he had this to [...]
Pro Football Weekly’s Mike Wilkening has an interesting article discussing the relationship between Mike Nolan and Scott McCloughan. As Wilkening mentions in the article, the Niners have some very talented players (Gore, Vernon, Lawson, Willis) but lack the depth that all the playoff teams normally possess. The Giants got to the Super Bowl in part [...]
Pro Football Weekly is reporting in its weekly online “Whispers” column that the 49ers might have interest in soon-to-be unrestricted free agent linebacker Lance Briggs. PFW’s team sources contend that the 49ers are thinking of switching Briggs from outside linebacker, his position with the Chicago Bears the past five seasons, to inside linebacker, thus replacing [...]
How much of a cut is he willing to take? That’s the big question for the 49′ers when it comes to linebacker Derek Smith. The SF Chronicle is reporting that Smith’s agent and the 49′ers have begun talks to keep him in San Fran, but that Smith due to make $3.3 mil this next season, [...]
