NFL Begins Clear Bag Policy
For security reasons, fans can no longer bring backpacks or large bags into stadiums. The NFL is ratcheting up its safety measures in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing.
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For security reasons, fans can no longer bring backpacks or large bags into stadiums. The NFL is ratcheting up its safety measures in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing.
Patrick Willis has had surgery on his fractured right hand. The San Francisco 49ers' inside linebacker sustained the injury late last week at training camp.
Almost every time Donte Whitner looks at rookie Eric Reid he's reminded of what it was like to be a safety selected in the first round competing for a starting spot.
Free agent cornerback Eric Wright might end up in a San Francisco 49ers uniform after all. Head coach Jim Harbaugh indicated that the team has had contact with Wright since losing nickel back Chris Culliver to a season-ending knee injury.
The San Francisco 49ers signed wide receivers Austin Collie and Lavelle Hawkins to one-year deals Friday after both veteran free agents worked out for the team earlier in the day.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback coach Doug Pederson has definitely embraced Alex Smith, who was traded by the San Francisco 49ers to the Chiefs during the off-season: "I think we have the best in the league."
Defensive back Chris Culliver tore the ACL in his left knee during practice on Thursday and will miss the 2013 season.
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis is out for the time being after X-rays showed Thursday he has a slightly-fractured right hand. Meantime, trainers carted cornerback Chris Culliver off the field with an apparent left knee injury.
Make no mistake, the rebirth of the San Francisco 49ers is a decidedly Jed York creation. And then there's quarterback Colin Kaepernick - now a bonafide American celebrity.
It was only a few years ago that the NFC West was the laughingstock of the league, with Seattle snatching a division title in 2010 despite a 7-9 record. The situation was so unsightly that suggestions of altering the playoff seeding system became an off-season talking point.
The NFL Pro Bowl rosters for next year will be selected in a draft by team captains, with Deion Sanders and Jerry Rice assisting as alumni captains.
Just a week into training camp, Colin Kaepernick can already feel the difference between where the San Francisco 49ers' offense is now versus this time a year ago.
You can watch new San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Anquan Boldin flash across the middle of the practice field, then turn to snag a Colin Kaepernick dart - just as Michael Crabtree did a year ago.
The Niners return a group that started every game together during last season's run to the Super Bowl, and they're determined to take that success even further.
San Francisco 49ers safety Donte Whitner knows the history of Super Bowl losers, and it's not good. So maybe that's why he doesn't buy into it. But it's not just that Whitner believes the 49ers, the team that lost Super Bowl XLVII, won't submit to history.
