The San Francisco 49ers got caught by the NFL for contacting Lance Brigg’s agent while he was still under contract with the Chicago Bears.  That was legal for the 49ers to do, and now they will lose their 4th round draft pick in the April draft, and also have to switch places with the Bears and their 3rd round draft pick.  Now the 49ers will draft 12th in the 3rd round, while the Bears will draft 7th.

49ers general manager Scot McCloughan said he thought the team was staying within the NFL’s guidelines when they were acquiring about Briggs.  He does respect the NFL’s decision, just doesn’t agree with it.

So now the 49ers draft just got that much worse… Good job guys

The San Francisco 49ers have signed another wide receiver.  Bryant Johnson is the newest member of the 49ers after agreeing to a one year contract with the team.

Even with the Johnson signing I expect the 49ers to draft atleast one receiver, and probably two of them in the upcoming NFL draft.

The 49ers also made a move by cutting Darrel Jackson off the roster.  Jackson was thought to be a great signee during last off season but he never did anything for the team after putting up good numbers with the Seattle Seahawks.

The San Francisco 49ers have cut ties with veteran quarterback Trent Dilfer.  Dilfer wouldn’t have seen as much as action that he did last year if Alex Smith would not have got hurt.  The 49ers would rather go with a younger group of qb’s and must not feel that Dilfer is that great of a teacher for the young guys to keep him around.

The 49ers have also signed wide receiver Bryant Johnson.  Terms of the deal have not been released as of Friday morning.

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The San Francisco 49ers are hitting the free agent market hard this offseason and really spending the dollars to show for it.  On Friday, the 49ers signed Isaac Bruce and Justin Smith to multi-year  contracts for total of $52 million dollars.

Bruce signed a two year contract and will be paid $6 million.  He will make $4 million of that in 2008 and $2 million in 2009.  He can still play the game even though he is getting up there in age.  He can also help out some of the younger receivers to get better.  It doesn’t hurt that his ex headcoach Mike Martz is on the 49ers staff either.

Justin Smith is a big time signing for the 49ers.   Smith was the fourth overall pick in the 2001 draft to the Cincinnati Bengals.  He has played all 16 games every year of his career except his rookie year when he only played in 15.  That is great production year in and year out.  I think he will really help out the 49ers defensive line, and get pressure on the quarterback.  Smith will be paid $45 million dollars with $20 million of that being guranteed money.

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