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Harbaugh adds Stanford wideout Owusu

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The risks of concussions haven’t kept any former college football players from the NFL, including former college football players with a history of concussions. Stanford receiver Chris Owusu agreed to terms with the 49ers shortly after the draft ended, …

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The Oakland Raiders have had some creative programs in the past couple of years.  During the lockout, for example, the Raiders didn’t lay off employees or cut their pay.  Instead, the Raiders required the employees to attempt to use their down time to…

ESPN.com

First impressions on the San Francisco 49ers' performance in the 2012 NFL draft: What I liked: The 49ers, having already kept together one of the NFL's most dominant defenses in free agency, made a concerted effort to improve on offense. Their first thr…

Matt Loede, raidersgab.com

Conroy Black, CB, Utah Derek Carrier, TE, Beloit Brandon Carswell, WR, USC Dan Knapp, OL, Arizona State Thomas Mayo, WR, Cal (Pa.) Lucas Nix, G, Pittsburgh Chaz Powell, CB, Penn State Dominique Hamilton, DT, Missouri

Matt Loede, 49ersgab.com

Johnson Bademosi, CB, Stanford Kourtnei Brown, DE-OLB, Clemson Garrett Celek, TE, Michigan State DaJuan Cofield, RB, San Jose State Joe Holland, OLB, Purdue Matthew Masifilo, DE, Stanford Kevin Murphy, OT, Harvard Nathan Palmer, WR, Northern Illinois Ch…

ESPN.com

The Denver Broncos have announced their undrafted free agent class. Here are unofficial lists of college free agents for Oakland and San Diego. The Raiders, Chiefs and Chargers have not announced their free-agent classes yet.

Oren Shiri, raidersgab.com

The Oakland Raiders are in the midst of building valuable team chemistry with the mix of filling in their holes on both sides of the ball.  On the third day of the NFL draft the Silver and Black did exactly what general manager Reggie McKenzie said the …

ESPN.com

Good morning. The 2012 NFL draft flew by, I thought, and now it's time to pass along tentative, highly qualified assessments on how teams fared. ESPN's Chris Mortensen singled out the San Francisco 49ers for praise at the 1:50 mark of the video above. A…

sfgate.com

After the 49ers ' offense lagged behind its dominant defense last season, general manager Trent Baalke used his first two picks in the NFL draft to get his unit up to speed. First, he grabbed Illinois wide receiver A.J....

sfgate.com

No, Reggie McKenzie said after the 2012 NFL draft was finally over, he didn't have boxes to check on his scouting report for how good the players' jump shots were. Or how much they believed in God. It only seemed that...

sfgate.com

Before they addressed some needs along the offensive line and in their linebacker corps on the final day of the NFL draft Saturday, the 49ers got a jump start on the 2013 draft. After trading out of the third round...

Vittorio Tafur, sfgate.com

Don't let the offensive guard picked Friday fool you. The Raiders went into the draft to address their defensive issues, and four of the five players they drafted Saturday were on that side of the football. "You gotta...

Vittorio Tafur, sfgate.com

Quarterback Matt Leinart will visit the Raiders this week. While one league source said Leinart is expected to sign, general manager Reggie McKenzie said it is only a tryout. If Leinart signs, the former Texans backup...