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49ers RB Brandon Jacobs Will Be Asked To Pack It Up Inside And Run Over Guys

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PLAYERS: Frank Gore
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The Niners added Brandon Jacobs to a group that includes long-time starter Frank Gore, second-year rusher Kendall Hunter and rookie LaMichael James, among others. "Evaluating him, I thought he was a very physical runner," Rathman said of Jacobs. "He has the ability to do what we're looking for him to do. He has to understand who he is as a player. We need him to pack it up inside and run over guys and be physical as a ball carrier. If we want to ... run outside, we'll put somebody else in."

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