Instead of selecting pass rusher, wide receiver, offensive tackle, the team went defensive tackle Kentwan Balmer. The 49ers say that Balmer is right where they want him to be in his development, which is code for "don't expect much from him this year." Balmer's been a 315-pound invisible man this summer.
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