Cornerback Carlos Rogers and safety Dashon
Goldson, two of the 49ers’ pending free agents, won’t play in
Sunday’s Pro Bowl because of injuries, the team announced Tuesday.
Rogers (knee) and Goldson (ankle) played through late-season
injuries en route to their first Pro Bowl selections. The 49ers had
a league-high nine players chosen to the Pro Bowl, including
Monday’s invitation to long snapper Brian Jennings from the NFC
staff that is coached by the Green Bay Packers.
Cornerback Carlos Rogers and safety Dashon
Goldson, two of the 49ers’ pending free agents, won’t play in
Sunday’s Pro Bowl because of injuries, the team announced
Tuesday.
Rogers (knee) and Goldson (ankle) played through
late-season injuries en route to their first Pro Bowl selections.
The 49ers had a league-high nine players chosen to the Pro Bowl,
including Monday’s invitation to long snapper Brian Jennings from
the NFC staff that is coached by the Green Bay Packers.
Both Rogers and Goldson are slated to become
unrestricted free agents March 13, along with 12 other 49ers:
quarterback Alex Smith; linebackers Ahmad Brooks, Blake Costanzo
and Tavares Gooden; wide receivers Ted Ginn and Joshua Morgan;
guards Chilo Rachal and Adam Snyder; safeties Reggie Smith and
Madieu Williams; tight end Justin Peelle; and, fullback Moran
Norris.
The 49ers have three restricted free agents in
linebacker Larry Grant, defensive back C.J. Spillman and wide
receiver Brett Swain. Cornerback Tramaine Brock and defensive
tackle Will Tukuafu are exclusive rights free agents.
– Brad Seely, the 49ers’ assistant head coach
and special teams coordinator, will interview Wednesday for the
Indianapolis Colts’ coaching vacancy, according to FoxSports.com.
The 49ers declined to confirm the report.
Seely began his NFL coaching career with the
Colts from 1989-93, serving as their special teams and tight ends
coach. He joined coach Jim Harbaugh’s staff this year and the
49ers’ special teams units finished first in the Dallas Morning
News’ annual rankings by Rick Gosselin.
While Seely has worked with Colts owner Jim
Irsay, he has not been in the same organization with recently
promoted general manager Ryan Grigson. Seely spent the previous two
two seasons with the Browns, and he was part of three Super
Bowl-winning campaigns with the New England Patriots from
1999-2008.
The Colts fired Jim Caldwell after going 2-14
this season, which was marred by Peyton Manning’s absence from a
neck injury. The Colts have the No. 1 overall draft pick and are
expected to choose between Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck and
Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, the Heisman Trophy
winner.
Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, former
Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress and current CFL coach Marc
Trestman reportedly have interviewed for the Colts’ opening.
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano reportedly was
to interview Tuesday.
Harbaugh declined comment Monday when asked if
other teams have inquired about interviewing his assistants for
head-coach openings, which also exist with the Raiders and Tampa
Bay Buccaneers.
– Alex Smith’s “tentative and uncertain pocket
play” played a key role in the 49ers’ NFC Championship Game loss
Sunday, Greg Cosell wrote in his blog for “NFL Films.” Cosell,
after reviewing coaches’ film, noted three poor plays in
particular:
In the first, Smith failed to hit a wide-open
Michael Crabtree on the 49ers’ first third-down play and instead
threw an incomplete check-down to Frank Gore. In the second
example, Smith overthrew Kyle Williams with a 50-yard bomb on their
first snap of the second quarter. And, third, Smith took a 7-yard
sack rather than pass to an open Delanie Walker on their first snap
after halftime.
“Smith was reluctant to let it loose on routes
and throws that were not only well designed, but were open,” Cosell
wrote. “They were primary reads. No progressions were involved.
“While (Kyle) Williams publicly shouldered the
burden of defeat, it was his quarterback who failed to deliver on
the promise he had shown a week earlier.”
