49ers’ season will be part of rebuilding project

49ers' season will be part of rebuilding project A year after general manager Trent Baalke memorably declared the 49ers weren't rebuilding but reloading, he was posed this question in January: "I don't think anybody will admit in the National Football League that they are in rebuild mode," Baalke said. The 49ers are committed to a start-from-scratch youth movement and are buckling up in anticipation of a bumpy 2016. The 49ers have eschewed patching their roster with veterans at least partly because they thought the best players in a so-so free-agent class were wildly overpriced. [...] they plan to use 12 draft picks to add to what they consider their best asset: the potential of young players. The team's youth was what head coach Chip Kelly cited last month when asked for his impressions of the roster he inherited. What did Kelly glean after studying video of a 5-11 season in which the 49ers ranked last in points scored, 29th (of 32 teams) in total defense and had the NFL's second-worst point difference? The 49ers will try to get things done in 2016 with players who haven't done much in the NFL. Consider the 49ers have three players with more than six career sacks; two wide...