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June 20, 2008
For Sims, it's the Rams or 49ers

Barry Sims will use the weekend to decide where he will play next season, and as predicted, his top choices are the 49ers and Rams. The Patriots, who are relatively rich at the tackle position, have dropped out of the running for Sims' services while the Ravens are in third place.

For Sims, the most important factor is playing time. He wants a chance to be able to compete for a starting job. Both the Rams and the 49ers have little depth at tackle. What may give the Rams a slight advantage is that their issue is at left tackle, which is Sims' natural position. Orlando Pace missed nearly all of last season and is now coming back from rotator cuff surgery. He's played in only nine games in the last two seasons.

San Francisco's issue - as any 49ers fan knows all too well - is the reliability of Jonas Jennings, who has yet to make it through a full season without missing a game due to injury. Jennings only recently recovered from offseason ankle surgery. Jennings, however, plays right tackle and Sims would rather play the left.

The Ravens also have depth issues, but they have two young tackles, Jared Gaither and Adam Terry, slated for the starting tackle positions.

Both the Rams and 49ers have made "solid" offers, according to Sims' agent. They are structured differently, but the total value is about the same. The decision, which is expected to come Monday, will boil down to where Sims feels he is needed the most.

-- 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.

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