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The San Francisco 49ers, who watched well-liked Joshua Morgan depart soon after free agency opened Tuesday, hung onto another favorite, cornerback Carlos Rogers, at day's end.

Shortly after Randy Moss arrived at the 49ers facility Monday for an apparently banner tryout, CEO Jed York mused about his team's glaring void.

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.

What at one point looked like a deep pool of free-agent wide receivers began to dry up faster than a 2012 California reservoir Monday.

Loyalty, maturity and prosperity have lured Ahmad Brooks back to the 49ers' elite defense rather than next month's free-agent market.

Even 49ers general manager Trent Baalke, who is loathe to give away anything in terms of team strategy, admits his team is in the market for a receiver or three.

With the blessing of Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis, new general manager Reggie McKenzie is going through the football operation with flashlights and microscopes, opening all the doors and windows, pulling up the carpet and inspecting the foundation.

The free-agency period had been open for a few days in early August, and Trent Baalke, the San Francisco 49ers' first-year general manager, was being hammered on all fronts.

INDIANAPOLIS - His older brother built this house.

Walls are coming down and funds are coming in in preparation for the 49ers' billion-dollar stadium in Santa Clara. Team President Jed York announced, via Twitter, that the NFL had given the green light for $200 million to be spent toward the 49ers' 68,000-seat venue, which will be ready before the 2015 season and perhaps a year earlier.