Anquan Boldin News

SANTA CLARA – Ricardo Lockette is so intent on landing a spot on the 49ers' roster that he bought a white board and markers so he could chart and study plays on his own time.

We've had a chance to see the 2012 draft class in action for just one season, but it's never too early to make outrageous, premature judgements on what we've seen so far from these players.

The San Francisco 49ers ' Michael Crabtree was the only 1,100-yard receiver in the NFC West last season.

In 2010, former 49ers head coach Mike Singletary fielded Michael This four-man rotation led to one of the NFL 's worst passing attacks.

As the 2012 season came to a close, wide receiver became a bigger and bigger need for the San Francisco 49ers .

The San Francisco 49ers came within five yards of winning the Super Bowl last season.

Feb 3, 2013; New Orleans, LA, USA; Baltimore Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta scores a touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers during the second quarter in Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

Coming off their Super Bowl win, the Ravens lost so many of their top players. Future hall of fame linebacker Ray Lewis retired, fellow future hall of famer Ed Reed left for the Texans and they traded key wide receiver Anquan Boldin to the 49ers .

The 49ers drafted tight end Vance McDonald late in the second round to replace Delanie Walker.

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.

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

The San Francisco 49ers were a great team before the 2013 NFL Free Agency period kicked off.

The San Francisco 49ers are gradually becoming an explosive, high-octane offense.

Welcome to the 2013 version of Insider's offseason staple series: Red Flags. This is the second of an eight-part examination in which Football Outsiders identifies the biggest remaining issue for every NFL team, division by division, after the NFL draft.

There were some clear winners and losers in the 2013 NFL draft, and not surprisingly, some of the best teams in the league also had the best drafts.

It has been a whirlwind offseason for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick , and he had one more big opportunity.

Most Ravens fans and media pundits around Baltimore are very happy with the teams 2013 draft class.

Anquan Boldin had a big game against the 49ers in the Super Bowl, but now will be wearing a Niners uniform.

The NFL enjoys an awfully long off-season punctuated by some big-money trades and of course April's draft.

It's a pretty simple philosophy on the surface. Build through the draft, gain key components each April, and add a couple of under-the-radar veterans to the mix in free agency.