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May 20, 2007

Lobbying for the old guard

Question: Hey, do you think the 49ers will re-sign Larry Allen? I'm not exactly sure but I think his contract is up after this year. I believe he still has a good three more years in him.

Tabrez, Elk Grove

Answer: That depends on Allen, who is indeed in the last year of his contract. Perhaps his absence from the team's only minicamp (it was an excused absence) is an indication he's reaching the end of the line. But if the 49ers do, in fact, make the playoffs, he might want to play another season or two. What is certain is that he will be a first ballot Hall of Fame inductee.

- Matt Barrows

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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.