49ERS / Former starting QB Hill traded to Lions
Quarterback Shaun Hill went from odd man out to simply shipped out Sunday. The 49ers traded last season's opening-day starter to the Lions for a seventh-round draft pick. The trade becomes official today when new backup quarterback David Carr arrives to work...
49ERS / Former starting QB Hill traded to Lions
Quarterback Shaun Hill went from odd man out to simply shipped out Sunday. The 49ers traded last season's opening-day starter to the Lions for a seventh-round draft pick. The trade becomes official today when new backup quarterback David Carr arrives to work...
49ers trade Shaun Hill to Lions
The Detroit Lions have a new backup quarterback, acquiring Shaun Hill in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers.Matt Barros of the Sacramento Bee reports that the 49ers sent Hill to the Lions for a seventh-round draft pick in 2011....
49ers feed Hill to Lions
Shaun Hill started last season as the 49ers' No. 1 quarterback but lost his job to Alex Smith in the second half of a Week 7 loss to the Houston Texans.SANTA CLARA – Squeezed out of San Francisco, quarterback Shaun Hill will be throwing passes for the Detroit Lions in...
49ers agree to deal Shaun Hill to Detroit
The quarterback will serve as a backup to Stafford
Hill dealt to Lions for 7th-round pick next year
The 49ers have traded quarterback Shaun Hill to the Detroit Lions for what's believed to be a seventh-round pick in the 2011 draft, a league source confirmed Sunday morning.
Report: Niners trade Hill to Lions
The Sacramento Bee is reporting that the 49ers have agreed to trade QB Shaun Hill to the Lions for a seventh-round draft pick in 2011, according to a league source. Hill, who had a 10-6 record as a starter with the Niners, became expendable when the Niners signed free agent QB...
Questions from the studio audience
While watching a little college hoops tonight, I solicited some questions for an impromptu chat session. Click here to read the topics we covered.
Some 49ers ticket prices more than triple
We noted in today's one-liners that a marketing study conducted recently found that some San Francisco 49ers tickets were far too cheap.The 49ers are changing that, with some tickets more than tripling in price.The San Jose Mercury News reports that...
Bigger, Faster
The 49ers have an opportunity to craft the team they want with this draft, a club that can out-run you and stay healthy. The 49ers want size and speed. Big players not only exact hurt, they don't get hurt as often. The Seahawks fashioned a small, quick defense and the last...
Singletary is doing his homework on return specialists
Niners coach Mike Singletary is doing his homework in the months leading up to the draft. He was more than just a casual onlooker during the NFL Scouting Combine. Now, he is picking up the phone and getting on flights to continue to scout prospects.
Marketing expert: 49ers have sold seats on 'the cheap' for years
'Preferred seats are like cherished real estate,' said David Carter, the executive director of the USC Marshall School of Business.
49ers: Ticket concerns heat up yet again
In one section at Candlestick Park, prices have jumped 315 percent.
Faithful Vote: Most Valuable Draft Pick
In honor of the NFL's 75th Draft this April, fans can vote for the NFL's Most Valuable Draft Pick of All-Time.The 49ers are well represented on the ballot that was chosen by NFL.com editors, with H...
Ranking potential landing spots for Shaun Hill
We don't know exactly when it's going to happen, but it is likely to happen soon: 49ers quarterback Shaun Hill will become ex-49ers quarterback Shaun Hill. As reported here in the wee hours, the 49ers have given Hill permission to seek a trade. The club is apparently...
McCloughan's Mailbag â€" March 12
Our annual offseason fan Q&A sessions with 49ers General Manager Scot McCloughan have returned to 49ers.com. Fans sent in questions to our Twitter, Facebook and YouTube accounts as well as in the c...
Morgan Presents BAASST Scholarship
As part of the Bay Area All-Star Scholarship Team (BAASST) program, 49ers wide receiver Josh Morgan showed up at Aptos High School Friday to honor one of its scholar student athletes, Marissa Ferra...
49ers schedule visit with veteran inside linebacker
The 49ers have set up a Monday free-agent visit with linebacker Akin Ayodele, whom the Miami Dolphins released last week. The Saints and Cardinals have also expressed interest in Ayodele, 30, an eight-year veteran.
Closer look at 'restricted' market
Some of the best free agents on the market are considered untouchable because of the level of compensation that a new team would have to provide. Draft picks are valuable currency in the non-salary cap NFL, as teams that draft well have a better chance of creating a winning...
49ers give permission to Hill to seek trade
The 49ers have given backup quarterback Shaun Hill permission to seek a trade, said a source late Thursday, just days after the club reached a contract agreement with free-agent David Carr to take Hill's place on the depth chart.
Carr, Willis had a friendly chat
There are no hard feelings between David Carr and Patrick Willis.Willis, the 49ers' Pro Bowl linebacker, wrote on Twitter last weekend that he thought it was a waste of time for the 49ers to consider signing Carr as a backup...
Regardless what's said, there will be 49ers QB competition
When I asked 49ers coach Mike Singletary (several times) at the NFL Scouting Combine whether Alex Smith would be the team's starting quarterback in 2010, he finally said yes. "The thing for me is I'm always going to use words like 'probably' and all those other...
Q&A with RB C.J. Spiller
Clemson running back C.J. Spiller was one of the top performers at his position during his college career. Get to know more about him by reading his comments to the media at the 2010 NFL Scouting C...
McNabb trade hoax forces media to chase phony rumor
Throughout the day, we've received from multiple readers a link to an ESPN.com report that the Eagles have traded quarterback Donovan McNabb to the 49ers.The story clearly is a hoax. For starters, the URL isn't an "ESPN.com" address, even though...
Bye-bye Becht
First Kurt Warner and now tight end Anthony Becht ? Warner infamously went on a free-agent visit to the 49ers last year only to have God tell him 20 minutes in, that he belonged in Arizona. No word on whether Becht got the same feeling, but after his visit to the 49ers, Becht...