Reports are coming in that out of all the free agents the Niners have this season, kicker Joe Nedney could actually be the closest of all of them to signing a contract with the team when he is able to do so in March. Both parties have already discussed terms of a long term deal that will keep Nedney in San Francisco. Both sides are not far apart on an agreement. A contract can not be signed until March due to the terms of the one-year deal he signed as a free agent last season. Coach Mike Nolan on if Nedney is the one player closest to signing:
‘I don’t know if he’s the closest, but I do know that things have gone very well with Joe and his agent. It’s not actually done yet, but I do feel very good about that.’
Clip of the game winning 90+ yard overtime TD run by Garrison Hearst against the New York Jets.
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Source: Sacramento Bee
Diminutive receivers are in vogue again after Steve Smith and Santana Moss, both well below 6 feet, finished one-two in NFL receiving yardage this past season.
But don’t look for the 49ers to add a Smurf to their roster this offseason.
‘I believe it’s a big man’s game,’ said Scot McCloughan, the team’s director of pro personnel and the one calling the shots in free agency and the draft. ‘You have to be able to hold up over a 16-game schedule in this league.’
Which means that despite all sorts of problems in the passing game in 2005, the 49ers probably won’t pick a receiver in the first round of April’s draft.
Two of the top names at the position are Santonio Holmes and Moss’ little brother, Sinorice. Holmes, listed at 5-11, 185 pounds, likely will be the first receiver drafted after leading Ohio State this season with 977 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns.
Sacramento Bee is reporting that Niners VP of Player Personnel Scot McCloughan said there was ‘no truth’ to an Internet rumor the 49ers were considering trading a first-day draft pick to the Denver Broncos for receiver Ashley Lelie.
