Even Without GM, 49ers Are Preparing for Draft
The 49ers don't have a general manager or head coach yet, which would seem to put them behind other teams evaluating college and pro free-agent prospects this offseason.Niners CEO Jed York doesn't believe he'll have either position filled until after the Super Bowl on Feb. 5.But according to Matt Barrows, who covers the 49ers for the Sacramento Bee, the executives and scouts still with the team are forging ahead with scouting at workouts for the Senior Bowl set for Saturday in Mobile, Ala. Trent Baalke, fired as general manager after the recent 2-14 season, is gone, but Barrows says assistant GM Tom Gable and director of college scouting Matt Malaspina are in Mobile to conduct interviews with prospects and watch workouts.Plus, the two candidates remaining for the GM position – the Vikings' George Paton and Cardinals' Terry McDonough – reportedly will be in Mobile, too, so either would come on board up to speed. Barrows reports Paton and McDonough will interview a second time with York Saturday in Atlanta.Among the top-ranked prospects at the Senior Bowl are Alabama tight end O.J. Howard, Alabama edge rusher Ryan Anderson, LSU cornerback Tre'Davious White and edge...
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