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Ex-49ers LB highlights practice intensity shift after leaving San Francisco
“It’s just two different personality coaches,” Greenlaw said. “Sean’s old school. He’s going to do six days on, one day off. He’s got his way of doing things. You’re going to be practicing three hours on Wednesday, three hours on Friday. Shanahan, he’s the complete opposite. He wants you fresh. It’s two completely different mindsets. They both have their way of doing things, and it’s for good reasons, too.”
Silver: Appreciating John Brodie, the only athlete of his kind in NFL history (paywall)
“Brodie spent all 201 games of his 17-season NFL career with the San Francisco 49ers. He was the 1970 MVP, once an Associated Press first-team All-Pro, twice a Pro Bowl choice and the 1965 Comeback Player of the Year. He even took the NFL to the brink in court, earning a huge raise after challenging the league’s coveted antitrust status.
Brodie, who died Friday morning at age 90, retired third on the all-time passing yardage list behind Fran Tarkenton and Johnny Unitas.
The Stanford grad then became a broadcasting star at NBC, serving as the network’s No. 1 NFL analyst (he also announced PGA and tennis events).
Having summited the TV sports world, Brodie joined the Senior PGA Tour and, at age 56 in 1991, won an event whose field featured every top-10 money leader to that point in the season, including Chi Chi Rodriguez and Lee Trevino (Arnold Palmer was also in the field).
Brodie outdueled Rodriguez (eight wins on the PGA Tour, 22 on the senior circuit) and George Archer (13 PGA, 19 senior) to win, sticking a 9-iron to within 4 inches on the first playoff hole. After Brodie tapped in, Rodriguez, ever the showman, playfully placed a handkerchief over the ex-QB’s eyes before lining up his own birdie putt from 12 feet.
“He told me, ‘You don’t want to look at this because it will kill you,’” Brodie recounted after the round. “I knew he was going to put on a little show, but that’s part of the deal. If you can’t handle that, you ought to get out of the kitchen.”
Rodriguez’s putt missed. Brodie became a pro golf champion nearly 35 years after turning down a football scholarship to Stanford so he could skip spring drills, letting him play on the golf team as well.“
49ers face closing Super Bowl window with aging core and $50.3M in cap space (paywall)
“Maybe someone like fast free-agent tight end Kyle Pitts moves the needle.
The 49ers have plenty of money for someone such as Pitts and/or pass rusher Trey Hendrickson or a big guard or a playmaking defensive back after last offseason’s cutbacks.“
Hutchinson: The War Room: Welcome to the 49ers Offseason Newsletter
“But I think Monroe Freeling is a surefire first rounder, and I’d be surprised if he got into the 20s. He feels like the best of Mike McGlinchey (who got more shit than he deserved because he went ninth overall,...
