Brown gets promotion in Indy; Clements takes reduced role

The San Francisco Chronicle made mention of this change in today's paper, as Brown confirmed starting in "all alignments." I asked coach Mike Singletary after Friday's practice whether Brown would start to take on a larger role. Clearly, Singletary was not quite ready to make any announcement: "I think for Tarell Brown, it's just something all the way from training camp, just trying to get him back in the mix and trying to get him on the field more to play more," Singletary said. "It was just a shame, kind of like [WR] Brandon Jones when Brandon got hurt. They were both doing a great job making strides and had a setback." Brown was in competition for a starting job whe training camp opened, but he sustained a toe sprain that forced him to miss most of camp. "I think Tarell Brown has worked himself in a situation to try and get more playing time," Singletary said. "So it's just something that we have to moni...