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San Francisco 49ers News and Rumors

New 49ers stadium now set to open a year early, in 2014

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The new home for the San Francisco 49ers will be a reality even sooner than planned.  According to the San Jose Mercury News, the stadium in Santa Clara will be ready for the 2014 season, a year earlier than previously expected. “We’re going to be pl…

Staff and News Services, sfgate.com

The 49ers have denied the Buccaneers and their first-year coach, Greg Schiano, permission to interview secondary coach Ed Donatell for their defensive coordinator opening, the NFL Network reported. Donatell, 54, has...

Gregg Rosenthal, profootballtalk.com

The Buccaneers were blocked from talking to an assistant coach about a possible coordinator job for at least the third time this offseason. Jason La Canfora of NFL Network reports the Bucs were denied permission by the 49ers to talk to defensive backs c…

sfgate.com

Niners CEO Jed York drew criticism last year for hiring in-house candidate Trent Baalke as general manager after what appeared to be a less-than-exhaustive search. Thirteen months later, there was no public carping...