San Francisco 49ers Rumors & News

CSN Bay Area "The 49ers on Thursday signed second-round draft picks Tank Carradine and tight end Vance McDonald to four-year contracts. Carradine, a defensive end from Florida State, was chosen with the No. 40 overall pick. McDonald, a tight end from Rice, was the 55th overall selection. The 49ers have..." May 24

NFL.com "Michael Vick is on the wrong side of 30 in a league flooded with young, lightning-quick signal-callers, but the Philadelphia Eagles veteran still believes he's the fastest quarterback around. In a Friday morning chat with "The Dan Patrick Show," Vick claimed he could whip Robert Griffin III,..." May 24

CSN Bay Area "The 49ers on Thursday signed second-round draft picks Tank Carradine and tight end Vance McDonald to four-year contracts. Carradine, a defensive end from Florida State, was chosen with the No. 40 overall pick. McDonald, a tight end from Rice, was the 55th overall selection. The 49ers have..." May 23

San Francisco Chronicle "The 49ers’ season took an unexpected twist when wide receiver Michael Crabtree made a cut during a 7-on-7 drill Tuesday. As he planted upfield after going in motion, Crabtree sustained a complete tear of right Achilles tendon during the team’s first OTA practice of the spring. He had surgery..." May 23

ESPN.com "Cutting two games off the preseason -- either by expanding the playoffs or moving to an 18-game schedule -- is still being discussed, commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday at the NFL's spring owners meetings in Boston. He said all "[options] are on the table." "As I have said before, I..." May 23

Akron Beacon Journal "Jimmy Haslam, whose purchase of the Browns was unanimously approved in October, apologized to fellow NFL owners for the negative attention an ongoing federal investigation targeting his family business, Pilot Flying J, has brought upon the league, Jarrett Bell of USA Today reported. Since the..." May 23

CSN Bay Area "Jim Harbaugh and Colin Kaepernick are both well versed in the 'injuries open up opportunities' narrative. Alex Smith’s concussion on Nov. 11 paved the way for Harbaugh to hand the starting quarterback job to Kaepernick, who emerged as a breakout NFL star as he led the 49ers to the Super..." May 22

USA Today "San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree suffered a torn Achilles tendon during organized team activities Tuesday and will soon undergo what could be season-ending surgery, a person informed of the injury told USA TODAY Sports. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the..." May 22

NFL.com "The Super Bowl is headed back to the Bay Area for the first time since 1985. Houston didn't have to wait so long. NFL owners voted Tuesday at the NFL Spring Meeting to award Super Bowl L in 2016 to San Francisco. The game will be played in the 49ers' new Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara,..." May 22

NFL.com "The NFL draft provides football fans with a peek into the exhilaration that comes with entering the league. Far less publicized is a player's exit from the game, which carries its own emotional weight. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said at the NFL Spring Meeting in Boston that he had met with..." May 22

CBSSports.com "The votes for Super Bowl L and LI will be awarded at the league meeting in Boston, and San Francisco, Miami and Houston are the front-runners. With the South Florida bid experiencing stadium fundings issues, and the San Francisco bid gaining momentum with its new stadium on the horizon, league..." May 21

San Jose Mercury News "Organized team activities started Monday Tuesday for the 49ers, but wide receiver A.J. Jenkins already has been hard at work this offseason, determined to rebound from a “humbling” rookie season. Jenkins dismissed feeling any pressure as he enters his second season, noting simply: “Pressure for..." May 21

Sacramento Bee "South Florida's pitch to host Super Bowl L was mailed in a three-inch-thick plastic binder to NFL owners two weeks ago. The Bay Area's bid arrived in a more modern package. Every owner was sent a white acrylic case with the Super Bowl logo and the owner's name etched on the outside. Inside..." May 20

SportingNews.com "The NFL’s spring meeting kicks off Monday in Boston, and the big item on the agenda will be the announcement of the host cities for Super Bowls L and LI (after the 2015 and 2016 seasons). San Francisco and South Florida are vying for Super Bowl L—the 50th game—and the loser of that bid will go..." May 20

Sacramento Bee "Ricardo Lockette is so intent on landing a spot on the 49ers' roster that he bought a white board and markers so he could chart and study plays on his own time. Lockette also has an expert checking his homework: 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. "If we have new things going in (the..." May 19

San Francisco Chronicle "Does it make sense for the 49ers to hire Eric Mangini? Why not? Mangini is a Jim Harbaugh-Trent Baalke type of guy. He’s relatively young (42), intense and creative. The possibility of the 49ers hiring Man-genius first surfaced from CBS’ Jason LaCanfora’s twitter account. In it, LaCanfora said..." May 18

San Francisco Chronicle "It remains to be seen if Marcus Lattimore is Frank Gore’s heir apparent. In 2013, though, it appears the 49ers’ fourth-round pick will be the Pro Bowl running back’s shadow. After meeting the eight-year veteran for the first time Monday, Lattimore hatched a plan for acing NFL 101 during his..." May 18

San Francisco Chronicle "Three more thoughts on the possible Eric Mangini signing. 1) It has not happened yet, so maybe it won’t. 2) Why are the 49ers looking into hiring Mangini, yet, apparently, had no interest in signing former Nevada head coach Chris Ault as an offensive consultant. Ault went to Kansas City..." May 17

San Francisco Chronicle "Like all of us, Frank Gore is getting older. Unlike some of us, Gore isn’t declining with age. In fact, in recent years, Gore … hasn’t changed at all. Today, the 49ers running back turns 30, which, viewed through the prism of his punishing 9-to-5 job, means he’s AARP-eligible. Even..." May 15

CBSSports.com "With the Bills set to hire Doug Whaley as their new general manager, teams throughout the league also are continuing to add and subtract from their front offices. According to CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora, the 49ers are talking with former Jets and Browns head coach Eric Mangini about a job as..." May 15

San Francisco Chronicle "Today, rookie quarterback B.J. Daniels termed the 49ers’ mammoth offensive playbook a “dictionary” and conceded he’s still in the learning-the-A-B-Cs portion of his NFL education. “I’m just trying to make sure I know how to tie my shoes and walk correctly,” Daniels said. If Daniels’ history..." May 12

San Jose Mercury News "As other rookies began the 49ers' three-day minicamp Friday, defensive tackle Tank Carradine and running back Marcus Lattimore could only watch practice, restricted by knee injuries that encouragingly are on the mend. Carradine, a second-round pick, and Lattimore, a fourth-round selection,..." May 11

San Jose Mercury News "Defensive lineman Cornellius "Tank" Carradine is among a handful of injured players not cleared to participate in the 49ers three-day rookie mini camp that started Friday. In the interim, Carradine is finding other ways to assimilate to the NFL as he waits for his right knee to recover from a..." May 11

San Jose Mercury News "Quarterback Nate Montana fared well enough at his pro day for the 49ers to invite him to their rookie mini camp. On Friday, he began the process of learning a system that his father mastered during a Hall of Fame career. "This is my first time in a West Coast system," said Montana, an undrafted..." May 11

Oakland Tribune "The 49ers on Monday hired former Raiders wide receiver Ronald Curry to be an offensive assistant. Curry spent seven seasons with the Raiders, including two when current 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh was a Raiders offensive assistant in 2002-03. "The 49ers and our staff are pleased to be initiating..." May 11

San Francisco Chronicle "The 49ers’ draft pick who had already claimed The Least Likely To Arrive Late To Rookie Minicamp award was, of course, tardy. In a wonderful irony, wide receiver Quinton Patton missed his 7 a.m. flight from Nashville to the Bay Area on Thursday because he couldn’t locate his driver’s license...." May 11

CBSSports.com "Back in October, former South Carolina running back Marcus Lattiomore suffered one of the more gruesome injuries of the college football season. In a game against Tennessee, Lattimore's final year as a Gamecock ended prematurely when he tore three ligaments in his right knee. After being..." May 11

Sacramento Bee "A perfect fit? That description was used - tongue in cheek - multiple times Wednesday after news broke that Levi Strauss & Co. had purchased the right to put its name on the 49ers' new 68,500-seat stadium. The blue jeans maker, which got its start in San Francisco during the California Gold..." May 11

Sacramento Bee "Step one for the 49ers' rookie class: A battery of tests and examinations up the road at Stanford Hospital. For two members of the class, second-round pick Tank Carradine and fourth rounder Marcus Lattimore, the results were promising, Jim Harbaugh said Friday. "Everything looks good..." May 10

CSN Bay Area "The San Francisco 49ers are moving from Candlestick Park to Levi's Stadium in 2014. The 49ers are scheduled to play their final season at Candlestick before moving into their new $1.2 billion, 68,500-seat Santa Clara home, which is under construction near the team's practice..." May 09

CSN Bay Area "Adam Snyder's job during his seven seasons with the 49ers was to play wherever he was needed. The odyssey took him to all five positions on the offensive line. He started at the tackle and guard positions on both sides of the line. And when the 49ers needed a center during and after the lockout..." May 07

Sacramento Bee "Add Mike Iupati to the list of 49ers who had surgery this offseason. The team's All-Pro and Pro-Bowl left guard had a procedure on his shoulder and is unlikely to take part in the team's upcoming OTA sessions, according to a source with knowledge of the injury. Iupati started every game of the..." May 07

Sacramento Bee "The marquee football programs at the big universities stumble over themselves to secure commitments from hotshot high school players across the country. Quinton Patton wasn't on their list. In fact, he wasn't on anyone's list. The first stop on the wide receiver's path to the NFL was..." May 06

CSN Bay Area "The goal of creating competition within the 49ers' roster has been accomplished. The 49ers are in the process of filling out their 90-man roster for the offseason with spots available for 15 free agents -- mostly undrafted rookies. Let the competition for roster spots and playing time..." May 06

San Francisco Chronicle "Even a team with 11 draft picks can not satisfy all its needs. One glaring need was left largely unaddressed during last weekend’s draft – cornerback. It’s possible the team could lose both of its starting cornerbacks by the end of the 2013 season. Carlos Rogers will be 33 by the start of the..." May 04

San Jose Mercury News "The 49ers reached a 10-year extension with KPIX 5 for the Bay Area station to televise the team's exhibition games. The extension now runs through 2023. The 49ers and KPIX have been business partners for more than 30 years. Under the new agreement, all 49ers exhibition games will be broadcast in..." May 04

CSN Bay Area "The first wave of 49ers free agent contracts became official Thursday with the signings of eight players. The most noteworthy player on the list is MarQueis Gray, who was a multi-faceted offensive player at Minnesota the past three seasons. Gray (6 foot 3, 240 pounds) caught 42 passes as a..." May 02

CSN Bay Area "The 49ers on Wednesday promoted Joel Patten to the position director of player personnel, taking over for Tom Gamble who left the organization to join the Philadelphia Eagles in February. The 49ers eleveated Matt Malaspina to director of college scouting -- Patten's previous title with the..." May 01

CSN Bay Area "The goal of creating competition within the 49ers' roster has been accomplished. The 49ers are in the process of filling out their 90-man roster for the offseason with spots available for 15 free agents -- mostly undrafted rookies. Let the competition for roster spots and playing time..." May 01

CSN Bay Area "The goal of creating competition within the 49ers' roster has been accomplished. The 49ers are in the process of filling out their 90-man roster for the offseason with spots available for 15 free agents -- mostly undrafted rookies. Let the competition for roster spots and playing time..." May 01

CSN Bay Area "Do not expect quarterback Tim Tebow, released Monday morning by the New York Jets, to end up with the 49ers. All indications are the 49ers have no desire to bring Tebow -- and everything that comes with Tebow -- to an organization that is focused on a return to the Super Bowl in the upcoming..." April 29

Sacramento Bee "Nate Montana hasn't gotten a contract offer from the 49ers, but he has received an invitation. Montana, the son of the 49ers' famous quarterback, will attend the team's rookie minicamp May 10-12 on a tryout basis. Montana, who played most recently for West Virginia Wesleyan, attended the team's..." April 29

San Francisco Chronicle "Marcus Lattimore’s first pre-draft contact from the 49ers didn’t come from a scout, assistant coach or general manager Trent Baalke. Instead, it was from running back Frank Gore, who called the South Carolina star a few days after he sustained a horrific knee injury in late October. At the..." April 29

Oakland Tribune "Joe Montana's oldest son Nate, who auditioned for the 49ers earlier this month, will take part in their rookie minicamp May10-12 as an unsigned free agent, the Sacramento Bee first reported Sunday. Montana was not selected in the NFL's seven-round draft that completed Saturday. He took part in..." April 28

San Francisco Chronicle "Marcus Lattimore’s first pre-draft contact from the 49ers didn’t come from a scout, assistant coach or general manager Trent Baalke. Instead, it was from running back Frank Gore, who called the South Carolina star a few days after he sustained a horrific knee injury in late October. At the..." April 28

San Jose Mercury News "With seven picks to burn on the draft's final day, the 49ers deployed their first one Saturday on Louisiana Tech wide receiver Quinton Patton, then took South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore three picks later. Lattimore was one of college football's most electric players before being..." April 27