49ers notes: Putting stock in ability to block
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Bee Staff Writer. SANTA CLARA - It&#39;s easy to be typecast as a blocking tight end when you catch only three passes for 17 yards in a season.
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The Bucs get multiple draft picks from San Diego for disgruntled holdout receiver Keenan McCardell. By RICK STROUD, Times Staff Writer.
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At Syracuse, David Tyreeâs specialty was known as a stalk block, which involves him blocking a player and holding the block, often to free a tailback on a pitch play.
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The cut block is back in the news this week after an incident on Monday Night Football. Cincinnati Bengals DT Tony Williams suffered a broken ankle on a cut block from Denver Broncos RT George Foster.
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The NFL released an updated 2008 draft order yesterday, and the Patriots, who traded their 2007 first-round pick (No. 28 overall) to the 49ers for a 2007 fourth-round pick and San Francisco's 2008 first-round pick, will have the seventh overall selection, thanks to San Francisco's 5-11 mark. They'll pick one spot behind the rival New York Jets.
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It is clear that the Redskins are not going to be able to knock out anybody early. A ground game and defense will be what the team relies on for the foreseeable future.
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Former Notre Dame quarterback Arnaz Battle is making a big impression on the San Francisco 49ers as a receiver and special-teams player.
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By Larry O'Rourke, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 11--R -- for them, anyway -- method of taking pressure off McNabb.
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Now if only the NFL can let players at the other 20 positions on the football field get involved. The league trading deadline was yesterday, and for the first time in five years, there actually were deals made. All three trades were for wide receivers.
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Defensive tackle Aubrayo Franklin signed a three-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday, the third free agent in two days to bolster one of the NFL's worst defenses last season. The 49ers also re-signed Bryan Gilmore, their third receiver last season.
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The 49ers miss the electrifying catches and big plays from Terrell Owens &#151; it's everything else about the star receiver they're happy to do without. And San Francisco seemed to handle its first game without him just fine.
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This time the blitz was on Tully Banta-Cain . The fourth-year linebacker, who is expected to slide into the starting lineup at right outside linebacker because of Junior Seau's season-ending arm injury, was the focus of the media yesterday in the Patriots' locker room. Everyone was curious how Banta-Cain was preparing to transition from reserve to starter.
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James Farrior has already gotten one teammate&#39;s vote as the NFL&#39;s top defensive player this season. Make that a lot of votes.
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Cracking down on holding by defensive backs has been one of the central storylines this season, and it had its roots in the Patriots' AFC title game win over the Colts last year.
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FOXBOROUGH -- He forgets sometimes. Happened just last week. Mike Vrabel broke from the huddle and positioned himself at inside linebacker, but when Tom Brady dropped back to pass, Vrabel instinctively reverted to the coverage responsibilities of the outside linebacker position, where he has established his reputation as an agitator and intimidator.
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After spending more than a decade as one of the fiercest pass rushers in the NFL, Michael Strahan knows fear when he sees it. And he used to see it all the time in the eyes of the men who were trying to block the great Reggie White.
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Pass rush. Pass protection. Run defense. Special teams. Pass coverage.