Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Thursday, March 28th, 2024<\/p>\n

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York, 49ers bracing for inevitable Purdy contract extension<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a good problem when your quarterback is one of your highest-paid guys on your team and in the league,\u201d 49ers CEO Jed York said Tuesday when NBC Sports Bay Area asked about Purdy\u2019s future contract at the NFL Annual Meeting. \u201cSo, there\u2019s a lot of planning that goes into it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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49ers\u2019 Jed York prepared to open vault for Brock Purdy\u2019s looming payday (paywall)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cYork commiserated with Collinsworth on Monday night during a party at the NFL owners\u2019 meetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to dig him a little bit when he would have a negative 49ers tone,\u201d York said. \u201cIt\u2019s like, \u2018I get it: \u2018You lost to Joe Montana twice.\u2019 (I told him) \u2018I have a much better understanding of how you feel today.\u2019 They had great teams, but they didn\u2019t get over the hump.\u201d <\/p>\n

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York shares reason for shift in 49ers\u2019 principal ownershi<\/a>p<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cYork said observing the problems other NFL families have experienced with their succession plans inspired his family to avoid the possibility that the reading of a will would determine the future ownership of the franchise.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought it was a better process to transition into it smoothly,\u201d York said. \u201cBeing a very close family, I don\u2019t ever anticipate any problems with my family. But it\u2019s an easier, smoother transition to make sure that this team stays in our family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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How one motion play swept through the NFL in 2023: \u2018Everybody is copying it\u2019 (paywall)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAt the end of the 2023 season, some version of the short out motion was in the playbooks of most, if not all, teams that frequently utilized pre-snap motion. \u201cWe call it \u2018cheat\u2019 because it\u2019s cheating,\u201d Shanahan said in September. \u201cIt\u2019s cool to get \u2019em running sideways, and still hit it vertically.\u201d<\/p>\n

In football, ideas form in one building, are borrowed by another and continue to evolve based on a team\u2019s personnel and staff. Some concepts are solved by scheme; others are \u201cunsolvable\u201d because of the abilities of the players who run them. With the help of technology and a generation of coaches and players driven toward innovation, that cycle happens faster than ever.<\/p>\n

Hill\u2019s speed brought Miami\u2019s version of \u201ccheat\u201d to life. He could run any type of route out of it, including the in-breakers that capitalized on recently vacated space in the middle of the field.<\/p>\n

Nobody else had Hill, but everybody else wanted to see if they could apply the motion, and variations of it, to players with different skill sets. Even players without elite speed could get open off the line of scrimmage when running this short out motion because it can open up space behind another offensive player \u2014 a \u201crub\u201d \u2014 nearly simultaneously with the snap.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shanahan appreciates Staley\u2019s immediate impact in new 49ers role<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cNick is going to call the plays,\u201d Shanahan said. \u201cNick will be a huge part of the game planning and doing everything on that side of the ball, and helping me out in other areas also. Brandon will be a big part of the game plans, implementing a lot of our defense here in the offseason and during each week, preparing for teams….He\u2019s been a big part of free agency already,\u201d Shanahan said. \u201cHelped us with the draft and he\u2019ll be a huge asset to the whole coaching staff. Once we start practice and go through OTAs, just have another guy\u2019s expertise, who knows a lot of ball, he\u2019s run a number of schemes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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49ers to host Oregon DE Brandon Dorlus on pre-draft visit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cDorlus is a fairly natural edge defender who can play standing or with a hand down. He doesn\u2019t play with desired instincts or awareness in the run game but has the upper-body power to become a more forceful edge-setter or interior penetrator in the future. He shows an impressive ability to slide and slap his way around blockers for quick wins, even though the sack total fails to show it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A role for every 49ers pick in ESPN 7-round mock draft<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cMorgan might be a little bit of a reach at the end of the first round, but he\u2019s a quality player who should be able to start either right tackle or guard right away. Ideally he\u2019d play OT, but San Francisco will take the versatility for some flexibility when it comes to building their offensive line.\u201d<\/p>\n

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