Jonathan Goodwin News

The first time Brandon Jacobs won a Super Bowl, he ballooned to 285 pounds and started losing his trademark leg strength for the New York Giants.

Frank Gore took the ball, chugged up the middle and ran a few extra yards just for fun.

The 49ers held their second, media-accessible OTA practice today. There were a lot more absences than there were last week, and that gave a little insight to the depth chart on both offense and defense.

In the shortened 2011 league year, Jim Harbaugh and his new staff turned a 6-10 team into a Super Bowl contender.

When it comes to the 49ers offensive line and the season opener, the most important names will be: B.J. Raji, C.J. Wilson, Ryan Pickett, Jerel Worthy, Clay Matthews, A.J. Hawk and Desmond Bishop.

At the suggestion of a friend, Jonathan Goodwin added boxing to his off-season routine, alternating quick bursts of pounding his fists into a trainer's mitts with other short sets of exercise.

We've gotten practice videos, but limited comments from Coach Harbaugh and many of the players.

A Cinderella story to the NFC championship game in their pockets, the San Francisco 49ers will only improve this season with the maturation of several role players.

This is a companion piece to the blog I wrote yesterday on how offenses might try to attack the Niners defense.

San Francisco is now one of the league's powerhouses, coming in at No. 5 according the ESPN's 2012 Power Rankings .

Randy Moss and Michael Crabtree caught back-to-back passes Thursday, and rather than go their separate ways on the 49ers practice field, they exchanged insights -- and a smile.

Alex Boone admits he was skeptical at first. On the first day of the 49ers offseason program, offensive line coach Mike Solari pulled him aside and told him there'd been a change of plans: Boone, an offensive tackle who had never played a snap at guard in his life, would be thrown into the mix at right guard.

The 49ers have signed their first draft pick Jason Slowey A on Friday morning, according to Adam Caplan from The Sideline View.

We've seen a pair of second-round receivers land contracts with their new teams and now things are filtering down to the later round.