Aldon Smith News

Heading into this offseason, many had strong opinions on which direction the 49ers should go with their draft picks in the first three rounds.

Even from a surface level vantage point, it's readily apparent that the San Francisco 49ers 2013 draft class is abundantly more talented than its 2012 counterpart.

The news coming out of San Francisco was jarring and sobering. Michael Crabtree tore his Achilles tendon in organized team activities on Tuesday and quickly had surgery to repair it.

Only a Colin Kaepernick deep ball away from the San Francisco 49ers' practice field, Levi's Stadium is taking shape in a hurry.

Head coach Jim Harbaugh has had the 49ers smiling the past two seasons. The awarding of Super Bowl L to the team's new stadium in 2016 is just the latest in a long string of good fortune for a franchise that was down on its luck for nearly a decade.

To anyone that has ever regaled the idea of a player-led football team, the San Francisco 49ers are the closest thing since a Jon Gruden-led Buccaneers team in the early 2000-decade . Despite their wild, nothing-to-lose style of play, the 49ers easily flaunt, pound-for-pound, one of the best rosters in the league.

Present but not participating in early drills were left guard Mike Iupati, defensive tackle Justin Smith, and linebackers Aldon Smith and Ahmad Brooks.

Carlos Rogers is confident he's still the 49ers' starter at left cornerback, even if Nnamdi Asomugha's arrival could prove otherwise.

The San Francisco 49ers were just awarded Super Bowl 50 by the NFL in 2015. The 49ers new stadium, Levi's Stadium, is scheduled to open by the 2014 season and will allow two full seasons to be played before hosting the milestone Super Bowl.

With the first of two compensatory picks in the seventh round , the 49ers selected OT Carter Bykowski out of Iowa State.

Before I get into the good and not-so-good of the second day of the 49ers' rookie mini-camp, I want to share that I noticed three players playing two positions today - Eric Reid played free safety and strong safety, Al Netter played right guard and center and Andre Davis, Anthony Davis' older brother, played right tackle and tight end.

After having traded down to the 40th pick from the 34th pick in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft , the San Francisco 49ers selected Cornellious "Tank" Carradine .

The 49ers' rookies arrived Thursday in advance of their three-day minicamp and the most intriguing of the arrivals wasn't one of their 11 draft picks.

Aaron Rodgers likes to hang on to the ball longer than any elite QB in the league.

With rookie mini-camps right around the corner, its time we start looking ahead to training camp and the eventual battles that await.

After being traded from the Cleveland Browns to the San Francisco 49ers in the offseason, backup quarterback Colt McCoy has embraced his new role in the city by the bay.

Linebacker Parys Haralson missed all of 2012 with a torn triceps. From 2007 through the 2011 season, Haralson was a starter and played in every regular-season game but one, compiled 21½ sacks and in three seasons registered more than 40 tackles.

In 2012, the San Francisco 49ers had six starting defensive players receive Pro Bowl honors, which was a league-high. It is one of the most skilled units in the NFL , stacked from top to bottom, yet that is where the team's draft focus was.

Less than a year ago, the NFC West was considered a joke by the rest of the NFL.

He has gone on to be an NFL All Pro, Pro Bowler and NFC champion. He is a many of few words but staggering results.