Here are Frank Gore and Carlos Rogers on the first half of the game, courtesy of the 49ers. RB Frank Gore On how it felt to get back on the field after getting hurt last season: “I felt great. I was happy to be back out there with my teammates. Early on, before the game, I was nervous because I hadn’t played in a while, but it’s football. I told…
SANTA CLARA – The hands in question belonged to Carlos Rogers. They hid underneath the cornerback’s armpits as he answered a group of reporters’ questions this afternoon. They were hiding because he spoke with his arms folded across his chest. Rogers’s hands are his biggest source of criticism. His former team, the Washington Redskins, did not resign him because they didn’t like his hands. They thought he dropped too many…
SANTA CLARA – Practice was windy and cold in the Santa Clara dusk. Braylon Edwards lined up with the first and second-team offense today and looked good, considering he’d been on the team for about an hour. He caught a few short passes and hustled hard. Madieu Williams stood behind the defense with secondary coach Ed Donatell and took mental reps. Donatell seemed to be talking Williams through the plays….
According to Matt Maiocco, the 49ers have signed former Washington Redskins cornerback Carlos Rogers to a one-year deal. The thirty-year old Rogers is two years younger than Nate Clements. He won the Jim Thorpe award for the best defensive back in college football his senior year at Auburn, and the Washington Redskins picked him ninth in the 2005 draft. Rogers has played all 16 games of a season just twice…
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, free agent cornerback Carlos Rogers is scheduled to meet with the 49ers tonight and tomorrow. If Trent Baalke can sign Rogers – the top corner back left on the market – good for him and good for the 49ers. They need to sign a cornerback if they want to compete for a playoff spot this year. My gut says Baalke won’t offer Rogers a dollar…
