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      <title>Michael Crabtree: &#8216;I&#8217;m the No.1 receiver on the 49ers&#8217;</title>
      <description>The San Francisco 49ers needed just five yards to win the franchise&#8217;s sixth Super Bowl, but could not complete a fade route to wide receiver Michael Crabtree on fourth-and-goal.
The results of Super Bowl XLVII still haunt Crabtree.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:07:40 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Nate Montana: Dog and Pony Magic with the 49ers</title>
      <description>Living in up to your father's reputation is never easy for any young lad, especially when your dad is a 49er legend, and one of the greatest Quarterbacks in NFL history. Joe Montana shined at Notre Dame and was taken in the 3rd round of the 1979 draft by Bill Walsh and the Niners. It was the beginning of what was to become the greatest dynasty of all time. The 49ers won 4 Super Bowls with Montana at quarterback, and &#160;3 times he was named Super Bowl MVP. Nate Montana now must live under the gigantic shadow cast by his own father, as he dawns the Scarlett and Gold just as his father first did 34 years ago.


Nate Montana's journey to 49er rookie camp this past weekend, in no way shape or form mirrored that of his fathers. Nate played at about 4 different colleges and has done nothing to prove that he is NFL QB.

In 2008, Nate attempted to follow in his father&#8217;s footsteps at Notre Dame, but failed and soon transferred from his fathers Alma Mater. Montana bounced through th...</description>
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      <title>49ers&#8217; A.J. Jenkins has bulked up this offseason</title>
      <description>San Francisco 49ers general manager Trent Baalke has stated before that he believes wide receiver A.J. Jenkins needs to get in the weight room and add some muscle. &#8220;If there&#8217;s an area where A.J.&#8217;s got to get better in, it&#8217;s called the weight room, and he will,&#8221; Baalke said, per the Sacramento Bee. &#8220;He&#8217;s had some unfortunate situations that haven&#8217;t allowed him to fully attack the weight room in the offseason. Once he gets in there and figures out how to be a pro receiver &#8211; which we&#8217;re very confident we can help him along in that area &#8211; we feel we&#8217;ve got a very good player. A very good fit for this system.&#8221; It sounds like Jenkins looks a lot different this offseason. &#160;Fellow receiver Ricardo Lockette sees a big difference.    &#8220;I think A.J. will definitely surprise a lot of people this year. Last year, he took it as a building year,&#8221; siad Lockette. &#8220;This year from what I&#8217;ve seen so far, it&#8217;s night and day. I expect big things out of him. He expects big things out of himself, </description>
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      <title>2013 NFL Draft Team Grades: San Francisco 49ers</title>
      <description>First Round:&#160;Eric Reid, S, LSU



ANALYSIS:&#160;I know San Francisco was going to trade up for someone, but why Reid? I know there's been a lot of buzz around him lately (mostly with the Bengals), but I just don't see him as a first round prospect. I think San Francisco could have stayed put and taken a better safety like Matt Elam. He fills a big need, but I just can't understand trading up for him.



GRADE:&#160;C-


Second Round: Tank Carradine, DE/OLB, Florida State / Vance McDonald, TE, Rice

Solid second round. I absolutely love the selection of Carradine. Many people expected him to go in round one, so this is obviously good value on day two. He's big enough to be the successor to Smith at 3-4 DE, but also&#160;athletic&#160;enough to be a pass rusher off the edge. They could do wonders with him on defense. I also like the pick of McDonald. After losing Walker, they wanted another tight end to pair with Davis. I think McDonald will end up being an upgrade over Walk...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:33:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Unemployed ******* Randy Moss is still unsure if he wants to play this autumn</title>
      <description>Unemployed wide receiver Randy Moss still hasn&#8217;t decided if he wants to play in the NFL this season. A member of the NFL 2000s All-Decade Team, the 36-year-old Moss wasn&#8217;t retained by the San Francisco 49ers after screwing the organization in their 34-31 upset loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII. Despite being targeted five times, the 6-foot-4, 210 pound Moss managed only two catches for 41 yards in San Francisco&#8217;s defeat. To compound Moss&#8217; feeble statistics against Baltimore, &#8220;The Freak&#8221; appeared apathetic throughout the game and allowed Colin Kaepernick&#8216;s overthrow to get picked by former Ravens free &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:05:23 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Report: Randy Moss doesn&#8217;t know if he wants to play football in 2013</title>
      <description>According to Mike Freeman of CBS Sports, free agent wide receiver Randy Moss isn&#8217;t sure if he wants to play football this season.
Randy Moss still hasn&#8217;t decided if he wants to play next season, I&#8217;m told.
&#8212; mike freeman (@realfreemancbs) May 16, 2013

Even if Moss ends up wanting to play this season, I can&#8217;t imagine anyone will be interested. &#160;He&#8217;s just an average player at this point. &#160;Moss failed to make any type of impact last season in San Francisco.
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:28:07 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Lawrence Okoye may have a legitimate chance at making the 49ers final roster</title>
      <description>According to ESPN&#8217;s John Clayton, former British Olympic discuss thrower turned NFL defensive lineman, Lawrence Okoye may have a real chance at making the San Francisco 49ers final 53-man roster.
The early word out of San Francisco, though, is that Okoye might have enough pure talent for the 49ers to consider him for the active roster. There is such a good buzz about him that another team might claim him off waivers if the 49ers try to get him to the practice squad. Okoye is a great story so far.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:40:42 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>49ers reportedly looking to hire Eric Mangini</title>
      <description>According to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports, the San Francisco 49ers are currently talking to former NFL head coach Eric Mangini about possibly being hired as a consultant. Former Jets head coach Eric Mangini, currently a broadcast analyst, has been in talks with the 49ers about a consulting position &#8212; Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) May 15, 2013  Mangini&#8217;s role with the 49ers, if it came together, would be to assist the offense with ideas on how to prepare for certain defenses, etc &#8212; Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) May 15, 2013  Mangini has been out of the NFL and working for ESPN for the past few years. &#160;The last job he had was as the Browns head coach in 2010. &#160; Need NFL Tickets?      The post 49ers reportedly looking to hire Eric Mangini appeared first on Pro Football Zone.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:11:11 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Eric Mangini in talks to join 49ers as possible successor to defensive coordinator Vic Fangio</title>
      <description>According to Jason La Canfora of CBS, Eric Mangini is talking to the San Francisco 49ers about a consulting position.  	The ex-coach for the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns would be an excellent addition to an already stellar 49er front office. He also could be an insurance policy for defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, who is quickly becoming a hot commodity for NFL head coaching gigs. 	The former prot&#233;g&#233; of New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, Mangini is a skilled defensive mind, particularly with defensive backs.  	He&#8217;s been praised for his organizational skills and one of the young bright football minds in the NFL.  	Mike Florio of Profootballtalk.com writes:  	&#8216;In San Francisco, Mangini could be advance insurance against the potential departure of defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, who surely is moving closer to the head-coaching &#8220;A&#8221; list after spending the last two seasons orchestrating one of the best defenses in the league on a staff led by Jim Harbaugh, a former NFL q...</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:37:44 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>49ers might use a three-back system in 2013</title>
      <description>With Frank Gore turning 30 years of age today, we have to imagine that his days as an NFL are almost over. &#160;Running backs in the NFL hit the brick wall faster than any other position and the 49ers might be looking to use a three-back system in 2013. &#160;At least general manager Trent Baalke has hinted at it already.
&#8220;I&#8217;m a big believer &#8212; we are big believers &#8212; in a three-headed approach,&#8221; Baalke said, per CSNBayArea.com. &#8220;In other words, having a group of backs that bring to the table something a little bit different than the other one so you can do a lot of different things. But also having those backs be able to do enough things the same so you don&#8217;t become so predictable on game day.&#8221;
The 49ers have a nice stable of backs that can get the job done. &#160;As long as Marcus Lattimore is able to recover from his knee injury, I could see him taking over for Gore in 2014. &#160;People are going to be stunned at how quickly Gore falls off. &#160;It happens to all of the great running backs.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 23:46:45 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Eric Reid&#8217;s impact for 49ers</title>
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The San Francisco 49ers made a playoff run last season thanks in large part to their highly-ranked defense. With most of those players returning, there were not a lot of spots open for newcomers. However, Eric Reid, the team&#8217;s first round draft pick out of LSU, is expecting to earn a starting role pretty much right from the beginning of the season.
Ever since being selected with the 18th pick in the draft, Reid has been studying the playbook and trying to prepare himself for his rookie season. One of his major selling points coming out of college is that he is not only physically talented, but mentally as well. He earned academic honors in college, and Jim Harbaugh even tried to recruit him to Stanford back when he was coaching the Cardinal.
Reid has also tried to connect with Donte Whitner as much as possible already this offseason. The 49ers&#8217; strong safety could be Reid&#8217;s starting teammate in the secondary. It will be interesting to s...</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:28:31 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Colin Kaepernick will be in ESPN the Magazine&#8217;s Body Issue</title>
      <description>San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick announced today that he&#8217;ll be a part of ESPN the Magazine&#8217;s Body Issue.
Just got announced today that I will be in the @espn the mag body issue! #EspnUpfront #BodyIssue instagram.com/p/ZS5C6ytBAe/
&#8212; Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) May 14, 2013


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      <title>San Francisco 49ers Linebacker Patrick Willis Gets an Earful on Facebook for Killing a Snake</title>
      <description>San Francisco 49ers linebacker is a beast. The man is weight room machine that is capable of mass destruction on the football field--just ask opposing offenses that he's played!

Along with protecting his team's lead he is apparently adept at protecting the home front as well. When he saw a rather sizable snack on near his house he did what he thought was necessary and took care of it.



I would not be surprised if the picture is not taken down sometime soon. As of early Monday afternoon he has received 2278 comments and many of them are not too nice.


...The first sign of a sociopath is getting joy out of torturing and killing animals.

What a failure of a human being.

You absolute t*at, how dare you kill an innocent and beautiful snake. Someone should shoot you in the bloody head.

I hope if he's ever in trouble, someone shows him more compassion than he showed the snake.

Are you out of your mind, Patrick? What a freaking idiot. You are a sickening human being.

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      <title>Patrick Willis protects his house from snakes</title>
      <description>At 6&#8217;1&#8243; and 240 pounds, you would think San Francisco 49ers line backer Patrick Willis would be able to remove a&#160;nonvenomous gopher snake from his house with his hands. Instead, Willis resorted to a pellet gun to kill the snake before picking him up.
Luckily for his Facebook followers, Willis was able to snap a few photos of himself shooting the snake and then holding its body up for the camera.
It is nice to see that even at 240 pounds, Willis is just as afraid of snakes as I am.
Check out the photo below:
(Source: Patrick Willis&#8217; Facebook)
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      <title>It Appears That Patrick Willis Shot And Killed a Very Large Snake</title>
      <description>San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis took to Facebook to let the world know that intruders are not welcome in his home.  Willis posted a set pf photos which showed a snake who tried to get into his house, and it also showed the shotgun which Patrick used to kill the reptile.  Patrick posted the following caption to go along with the photos, &#8220;Never a dull moment. I had an intruder in my house welcome to the hills&#8230;&#8230;. Got em&#8221;

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      <description>It&#8217;s pretty ironic that Nate Montana, the son of 49ers great Joe Montana is learning the offense his father mastered and won multiple Super Bowls with. &#8220;This is my first time in a West Coast system,&#8221; said Montana, per the San Jose Mercury News. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been studying, trying to get it down as fast as possible.&#8221; Montana says he&#8217;s not even worried about being as great as his father. &#8220;At this point in my life, I&#8217;ve been able to just forget about all that and go out and play football,&#8221; Nate said. &#8220;I&#8217;m not him. I&#8217;m not going to be him. I would like to get to that spot, but it&#8217;s damn near impossible, obviously. Other quarterbacks would have done it, everyone would do it if it were that easy.&#8221; Joe gave Nate a little advice before heading to rookie mini camp. &#8220;He just said, &#8216;Go out there, be yourself and sling it,&#8217; &#8221; Nate said. &#8220;That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m trying to do.&#8221; &#160; Need NFL Tickets?</description>
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      <description>Great Britain discus thrower Lawrence Okoye is a raw athlete trying to make it in the NFL, and it's fair to say it's quite a long shot, but the San Francisco 49ers don't see any problem with trying.

	Okoye joined other ookies at the team's minicamp, and admits it will be slow and drawn out learning process in transitioning to an NFL defensive end. The 49ers drafted him solely on his impressive athleticism at the NFL Super Regional Combine in Dallas.

	&quot;I got a couple calls wrong but it's all part of the learning process,&quot; Okoye said,&#160;via The Mercury News. &quot;As it went on, I got more and more comfortable.

	&quot;When we went up against the O-line, it got a bit more difficult but I adjusted. That's what's going to keep happening. I'm going to go up and down, up and down, as I carry on learning how to play this position, how to play this sport.&quot;

	He says most of his knowledge of the game is from watching games on TV back in England....</description>
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      <description>According to Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com, the 49ers have signed four picks out of their draft class of 11:

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	5th rounder-Quinton Dial

	7th rounder-B.J. Daniels

	7th rounder-Carter Bykowski

	7th rounder-Marcus Cooper

	Darin Gantt of Profootballtalk.com writes:

	&#8216;Dial has potential as a run-stopping defensive lineman, though he wasn&#8217;t a full-time starter at Alabama. Of course, when you have as many picks as the 49ers had, it allows you to take more chances than other teams.&#8217;

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      <description>Who could have imagined that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick could have gone from clipboard holder to star in the matter of six weeks and a Super Bowl run. Alex Smith got knocked out of a week 10 matchup, and the rest is history. &#160;Kaepernick is now the talk of football, and ad campaigns have taken notice. Kaepernick according to&#160;CSN Bay Area&#160;now has an endorsement deal with Jaguar. The quarterback received a&#160;brand new maroon convertible that has a $92,000 price tag, 495 horsepower and has a top speed of 186 mph. Kaepernick as only he could, celebrated by &#8220;Kaepernicking&#8221; in front of his new vehicle.</description>
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      <description>Far from a surprise, quarterback Nate Montana, son of 49ers legend Joe, went unselected in this weekend&#8217;s draft. The 49ers, though, have decided to throw a bone to the oldest son of the quarterback who helped them win four Super Bowls.  It&#8217;s not a contract offer, however, but the team has reportedly sent an invitation to the younger Montana to attend the team&#8217;s rookie minicamp in two weeks. It&#8217;s only nothing more than a try out, but Montana is hopeful he can turn the opportunity into a contract: That&#8217;s what he and his agent, Marty Magid, are concentrating on now, and their hope is that the 49ers offer him a deal after the minicamp. Magid said other, unnamed teams also have shown interest in Montana and that he was trying to secure an invitation for one of the rookie minicamps being held during the upcoming weekend, May 3-5. &#8220;A couple of teams have asked about him,&#8221; Magid said. &#8220;We&#8217;ll find out this week.&#8221; Montana also recently worked out for the Niners during a local pro day for athl...</description>
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