Jonas Jennings News

For the last two seasons, Mike Nolan has insisted that competition will make his 49ers a better team.

Question: I was heartened at the pick-up of Barry Sims especially to give Jonas Jennings competition at tackle.

Aside from OTAs and a short minicamp, May, June and much of July are pretty quiet on the football front.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Veteran offensive lineman Barry Sims signed with the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday, crossing the bay after nine years with the Oakland Raiders.

Veteran offensive lineman Barry Sims signed with the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday, crossing the bay after nine years with the Oakland Raiders.

By Sports Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 at 12:39 pm in Oakland Raiders . EDITOR'S NOTE: Jerry McDonald will be taking the next few days off as he grieves the passing of his father.

Free agent offensive lineman Barry Sims, who had played his entire career with the Oakland Raiders, has decided not to leave the Bay Area.

Barry Sims will use the weekend to decide where he will play next season, and as predicted , his top choices are the 49ers and Rams.

IT'S JUNE, AND supporters of the Raiders and 49ers are thinking intoxicating thoughts about the upcoming season.

We're a week into OTAs, with almost 3 months until the regular season gets under way.

The 49ers might have a new offensive tackle by Monday. That's when former Raider Barry Simms is expected to visit.

Proposition G passed by a healthy margin in San Francisco earlier this week, meaning that the city's plan for a 49ers stadium still has a heartbeat.

Arnaz Battle missed his second consecutive practice Tuesday, opening the door for fellow receivers Jason Hill and Ashley Lelie to win over the coaching staff.

Before fielding questions from reporters Tuesday, 49ers Coach Mike Nolan cautioned that he wasn't going "to talk about anyone that's not here." That was a not-so-veiled reference to receiver Arnaz Battle, who ...

Aside from the horse race at quarterback, an area of the 49ers that bears watching this summer is the offensive line, where questions abound.

The 49ers will assemble Monday for the first of 12 June practices that coach Mike Nolan hopes will give him at least a rough outline of his depth chart at quarterback.

The move of rookie Chilo Rachel from guard to tackle was probably done out of necessity more than anything else.

“I ain't doing no interviews, man”

The 49ers ' three-day minicamp came with a soundtrack. Coach Mike Nolan had speakers on the practice field that played background music from the NFL Films soundtrack while the players and coaches worked on the ... via Fox Sports

A year ago, several 30-something veterans like Larry Allen, Bryant Young and Walt Harris had the privilege of sitting out the afternoon practice. via Sacramento Bee