2011 NFL Draft Results: Jim Harbaugh, 49ers Hitch Wagon to Colin Kaepernick

04/30/11 Two days down, one to go in the interminable slog that is the NFL draft, and one thing is becoming clear: the Trent Baalke/ Jim Harbaugh era is eerily reminiscent of the Scot McCloughan/ Mike Singletary era. In other words, when it comes to the draft they care not a whit about what you or I think and even less about what Mel Kiper Jr. and Matt Mayock think. The pick of Missouri Aldon Smith, a ...

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First Cup: Tuesday

06/07/11 Cam Inman of The Oakland Tribune: "This is a familiar storyline to the Bay Area, and a recent one, too: A franchise stuck in a playoff drought just hired a first-time coach who happens to be a former player and licensed minister. Let's hope Mark Jackson doesn't bomb like Mike Singletary did in a 49ers tenure that goot extinguished before he could finish out the 2010 season. By reaching the ...

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Around the NFC West: Neck cracker drill?

07/01/11 Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee says 49ers center Eric Heitmann suffered his career-threatening neck injury while competing in the "nutcracker" drills former coach Mike Singletary preferred. Barrows: "Despite the controversy around the drill, Singletary revised what he insisted was a safer version last year. Still, at least two players, linebacker Derek Walker and Heitmann, were injured in it ...

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