Freddie Mitchell is not only on the radar screen of the Dallas Cowboys. He also is drawing interest from the 49ers and Jaguars. Mitchell sent letters to 32 teams to explain he is a more humble player than he was in Philadelphia. He has worked on his speed and reportedly is at 4.5 seconds in the 40. Mitchell is doing a good job of getting his name back in circulation and could end up signing with a team before the start of the regular season.
Niners Interested in FredEx?
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Hamilton Waived
By Erickson | at: 3:10 pm, filed under: 49ers News.According to Matt Maiocco WR Derrick Hamilton has been waived.
Scott sent me some more notes from the afternoon practice from Wednesday 08.09.06
1) The practice was interesting, because the it was slanted somewhat to preparing for the game against the Bears Friday night, and working against the Bears’ “looks”. Bryant Young and Arnaz Battle were held out of the morning practice, and instead practiced at 4 PM so they could be part of preparing for the game. Both looked good, though Battle didn’t really have to test his knee to any great extent, so we’ll see Friday night if he’s limited by it. Larry Allen practiced too – presumably for the same reason – he usually just does conditioning in the afternoon. Mike Nolan said he and the Coaches would decide in a 10 PM meeting tonight if Trent Dilfer would play Friday or if Alex Smith would get his reps to let get Alex more time and to let Dilfer continue to heal. Dilfer didn’t practice (though he was there helping) at 4PM, so it’s reasonable to assume Nolan is leaning toward sitting Trent for this one.
2) Antonio Bryant, Battle, Vernon Davis, and Marcus Maxwell all had nice catches, but the most consistent receiver was Eric Johnson. Nothing thrown to him hit the ground today. (Note to Nolan: EJ’s contract is up after this year – now would be a great time to lock him up for another few years and either create an excellent tight end duo, or (if Delanie Walker continues to develop quickly) be able to get value for him in a trade. If he has another great year and we don’t have him signed – well, we’ve seen how that works…..
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