Wide receiver Randy Moss' last Bay Area employment didn't go so well with the Raiders. Come Monday, he will visit the 49ers, ESPN and the NFL Network reported.
SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco 49ers came tantalizingly close to their sixth Super Bowl trip. Instead, that bid literally slipped from their grasp, ending one of their most surprisingly successful seasons in franchise history.
SAN FRANCISCO - He was always cerebral. We knew that. He was always polite. We knew that. He was always trying to prove he was more than a first-round bust or, most recently, so much more than a seat warmer while rookie Colin Kaepernick developed.
David Akers' four field goals and Andy Lee's five soaring punts were mere appetizers in the 49ers' season-opening victory. The best was yet to come, both in terms of a playoff-bound season and that game.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - It was one year ago that Jed York, Trent Baalke and then-Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh met at the home of a mutual friend and retired into the pool room. It was about noon. Sandwiches were waiting for them.
The challenge flag came out of Jim Harbaugh's hand, and as it sailed onto the field, it carried a fear that surely formed in the back of the 49ers coach's mind.