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It feels inevitable that five quarterbacks will be selected in the top 10 in the upcoming NFL draft, which begins April 29 in Cleveland.
What will quarterback-starved franchises do if they don t land one of this year s elite signal-callers?
Organizations sitting outside of the first half of Round 1 can turn their attention to Stanford s Davis Mills as a developmental prospect with legitimate starting potential.
Mills remains somewhat of an unknown with only 11 starts in four seasons with the Cardinal. Lately, he generated first-round buzz in league circles, according to NFL Network s Peter Schrager.
The possibility of Mills going in the first round or early on Day 2 is the result of two factors.
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The NFL offseason kicked into high gear with the start of Monday s legal tampering period.
Really, organizations and the representation for pending free agents have been talking for weeks. Monday is just the starting point of actually reaching deals before they become official at the start of the new league year Wednesday.
Over the last couple of weeks, numerous squads scrambled to reset thanks to the league s lowered salary cap ($182.5 million) after a pandemic-stricken season. A slew of cuts and contract restructures were the direct result of each team losing over $15 million in salary-cap flexibility.
49ers 2020 in review: A broken-down MRI truck told us all we needed to know
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Best Defensive Player: San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner returns an interception for a touchdown against the New England Patriots during an NFL football game at Gillette Stadium, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020 in Foxborough, Mass. (Winslow Townson/AP Images for Panini)Winslow Townson / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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FILE - San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Trent Williams (71) walks off the field after the 49ers were defeated by the Philadelphia Eagles in an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., in this Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, file photo. All the bitterness and anger that characterized Trent Williams’ final year in Washington when he sat out the 2019 season, feuded with management and ultimately forced a trade to San Francisco are in the past. Williams is headed into his first game against his former team on Sunday when the 49ers take on Washington, saying he hol
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Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer picked up the 1,099th victory of her career Tuesday, moving her ahead of Pat Summitt to become the all-time winningest coach in NCAA women s basketball.
The Cardinal beat Pacific 104-61 in Stockton, California, to help VanDerveer achieve history.
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She had tied Summitt with Stanford s 83-38 victory over California on Sunday. We were great friends, VanDerveer told reporters of her relationship with the legendary Tennessee coach, who died in 2016. I learned a lot from coaching against Pat. I coached a lot of Pat s players internationally. . I learned how much her players loved playing for her. As a coach, I think that s all of our goals: To be like Pat is to be a coach wh
Bay Briefing: More skepticism of virus restrictions second time around - even as cases shatter records
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Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Wednesday, Dec. 16, and some Bay Area residents are saying
aloha to the region indefinitely. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
A bittersweet milestone
On a crisp, gray Tuesday morning in San Francisco, Dr. Antonio Gomez rolled up his sleeve and made history, taking a shot in the arm to become the first person in the Bay Area to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Vaccinations of medical professionals began in earnest across the Bay Area on Tuesday, even as the region reported a record-shattering 6,775 cases on Monday and Gov. Gavin Newsom said California had ordered 5,000 body bags in response to the rapidly rising number of deaths from COVID-19 in the state.