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A ROOKIE coach inheriting a defective team has to fully understand why his team missed the playoffs before he can fully grasp what it needs to make them.

With the long overdue news that Seahawks tackle Walter Jones is headed to IR, that leaves a roster spot up for grabs.

Running back Frank Gore only averaged 1.4 yards per carry, but he epitomized Mike Singletary's postgame statement about the game being ugly, but "beautiful to us." Beautiful might be one way to describe Gore's pass protection, "magnificent" and "dominating" are other apt descriptions.

The 49ers want to recapture their glory years, but in order to do it they're not going back to 1986 or even 1996.

Marvel Smith's bad back has not improved over the offseason, and there's a good chance the nine-year veteran will hang up his cleats for good on Sunday or Monday, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Former Pro Bowl offensive tackle Marvel Smith hasn't had to compete for a starting job since his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers almost a decade ago.

Former Pro Bowl offensive tackle Marvel Smith hasn't had to compete for a starting job since his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers almost a decade ago.

But in his first training camp with the San Francisco 49ers , the 10-year veteran finds himself engaged in a tight competition with Adam Snyder to become the team's starting right tackle.

But in his first training camp with the San Francisco 49ers , the 10-year veteran finds himself engaged in a tight competition with Adam Snyder to become the team's starting right tackle.

But in his first training camp with the San Francisco 49ers , the 10-year veteran finds himself engaged in a tight competition with Adam Snyder to become the team's starting right tackle.

Larry Allen, the Dallas Cowboys' 10-time Pro Bowl guard and perhaps the most dominant offensive lineman of his generation, agreed to a two-year contract with the 49ers on Friday.

San Francisco continued an uncharacteristically busy offseason Thursday, when the team gave Joe Staley a six-year contract extension.

The San Francisco 49ers signed left tackle Joe Staley to a six-year contract extension Thursday, securing their durable young lineman through 2017.

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