The 49ers have one of the best offensive lines in the NFL. And when you have one of the best offensive lines in the NFL along with a promising young quarterback, keeping one asset in place to protect the other is a pretty serious priority.
So congrats, Anthony Davis. You are skilled at being both very large, and impressively mobile for a man with said girth, and now you’re getting paid.
After 14 seasons as a member of the Cleveland Browns, kicker Phil Dawson is heading west to San Francisco. The kicker announced through Twitter that he will be joining the Super Bowl runners-up for the 2013 season.
Phil Dawson tweeted he’s joining the 49ers. So San Franciso now adds top kicker on the market.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 19, 2013
Dawson is the only player in the NFL that has been on the Browns’ roster every season since the franchise returned to the NFL in 1999. Dawson has made over 300 field goals in his career and, last season, hit 29 of his 31 field goal attempts, including a perfect 7 for 7 on field goals longer than 50 yards.
The San Francisco 49ers have reached an agreement with defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey. Dorsey was drafted fifth overall by the Chiefs in the 2008 NFL Draft and signed a five-year, %51 million contract with the team. The former First-team All-American missed only one game in the first four years of his NFL career.
And 49ers have reached agreement with former Chiefs DT Glenn Dorsey.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 13, 2013
Last season, however, Dorsey suffered a calf injury in week 3 before being placed on IR in November, ending his season. In four games, he had four tackles. He has a career 159 tackles in 66 games.
Anquan Boldin went from the Super Bowl champs to the team he beat in the Super Bowl with a Monday trade from the Ravens to the 49ers, and now it sounds like Ed Reed may soon follow.
Free agent pass rusher John Abraham will visit with the San Francisco 49ers according to Mike Garafolo of USA Today.
Garafolo’s source states Abraham is scheduled to fly to San Francisco later today to meet with the defending NFC Champions. Abraham’s trip will come after he meets with Seattle earlier in the day. Garafolo says it’s unclear whether the Seahawks will make a push to sign the former Falcons DE before he leaves.
Abraham has played in a 4-3 defence for most of his career. The 49ers employ a 3-4 look, meaning Abraham will likely be used as a stand up rusher.
Remember when San Francisco 49ers’ QB Alex Smith got injured earlier last season and a young and mobile upstart named Colin Kaepernick stepped in to lead them to the Super Bowl?
You don’t remember that? Really? It was a pretty big story…well anyway, it looks like we’re about to see the end of the 49ers’ quarterback saga.
It's been a slice, Tony.
Let’s begin by going back — way, way back — to a far away, now foreign time when the Atlanta Falcons were more than just leading their NFC Championship game against San Fransisco. They were dominating in any and every way imaginable.
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Yet none of it mattered. For the second straight week, the Falcons did everything in their power to lose a game in the second half. This time, it worked.
