The one player the 49ers should avoid in the draft

If there is one player the 49ers should avoid drafting at all costs, who is it? If you can’t think of just one player, can you make a top-five list? I’m saying the 49ers should not draft USC wide receiver Robert Woods, who’s projected to get picked at the end of the first round or the beginning of the second. The 49ers happen to have a pick at the end…

April 18, 2013
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Peter King: “Jim Harbaugh has been at a high number of receiver workouts.”

In Peter King’s most recent article, he lets us know Jim Harbaugh has been at “a high number of receiver workouts” before this year’s draft. King cites an unnamed NFL G.M., who says this: ‘This isn’t about 2013 for the Niners. Harbaugh knows he’ll be there for a while. They just lost Randy Moss, and Anquan Boldin is there for a year, and they don’t know about A.J. Jenkins. Receiver’s…

April 15, 2013
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Collaborative mock draft recap

Thanks to everyone who participated in “Inside the 49ers” first ever collaborative mock draft. It took 13 hours, but we got a get mock draft out of it. I’m going to hold another collaborative mock draft next Wednesday. It will start at 9:00 a.m. and there will be a 15-minute time limit for each pick. If you’d like to participate, sign up in the comment section below. If you’d like…

April 15, 2013
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Cosell breaks down the best WRs in the draft

Greg Cosell broke down the draft’s top wide receivers Friday on Yahoo’s Shutdown Corner Podcast. Here is Cosell’s breakdown. On Tennessee’s Cordarrelle Patteson COSELL: I think Patterson will be drafted solely because of his size and because of his dynamic movement. I don’t think he’s anywhere close to being a quality receiver in terms of the subtleties of how to run routes. In fact, he’s much quicker and more dynamic…

March 21, 2013
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NFL combine results: Deep threat wide receivers

As we know, the 49ers are searching for a deep-threat No.2 receiver to complement Michael Crabtree. That No.2 receiver may or may not be on the roster already. If he is not, he may be at the Scouting Combine right now. So here’s a selected list of the wide receivers’ combine results, sorted by fasted 40-yard-dash time. To see the complete combine results, click here. Tavon Austin: 5-9, 174, 4.34…

February 24, 2013
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