"Assorted thoughts on the NFL during the interminable wait for the Super Bowl:

– Everyone agrees that the 49ers' biggest need is at wide receiver, and DeSean Jackson's name stands out like a searchlight on the free-agent list. The question is whether Jim Harbaugh would take a chance on somebody whose attitude totally contradicts the 49ers' cohesive nature.

If you're talking about the five most talented receivers in the game, Jackson has to be on that list, right up there with Larry Fitzgerald and Calvin Johnson and the rest. Jackson has scored some of the league's most electrifying touchdowns over his four-year career with the Eagles, and he's the very epitome of a reliable deep threat – something the 49ers rarely had this season beyond Vernon Davis' postseason brilliance."