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March 12, 2007

Can 49ers afford an expensive rookie?

Question: With all these free agent signings, are we going to have enough cap room to sign an expensive rookie or two? We're not setting ourselves up for another so-long to Jeff Garcia/Terrell Owens/Charlie Garner disaster again are we?

Austin S., Yreka

Answer: Don't worry, Austin. The 49ers have a separate pool with which to sign their rookies. And besides, they still have a $12 million cap cushion, which is pretty healthy.

- Matt Barrows

Posted by Bob Rudy at 3:21 PM | Comments |

MATTHEW BARROWS

Matt was born in Blacksburg, Va., and attended the University of Virginia. He graduated in 1995, went to Northwestern for a journalism degree a year later, and got his first job at a South Carolina daily in 1997. He joined The Bee as a Metro reporter in 1999 and started covering the 49ers in 2003. His favorite player of all time is Darrell Green.