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July 26, 2007

Bing! This just in...

I wrote the piece below prior to the 49ers acquiring former USC safety Darnell Bing, who was dropped by the Raiders earlier this week.

The Raiders wanted to use the second-year player as a linebacker. The 49ers, in their press release today, identified him as a safety. Bing likely is in the same boat as Vickiel Vaughn -- facing an uphill battle to become the 49ers' fourth safety.

-- Matt Barrows

Posted by Bill Bradley at 3:33 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.