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It's 9:15 a.m., and this is your morning 49ers update:

- Safety Mark Roman is behing held out of practice this morning because of a tight hamstring. Dashon Goldson likely will take his place at free safety.

- Good-looking rookie safety Lewis Baker suffered a thigh contusion in yesterday's afternoon session and is being held out.

- Joe Staley (foot) might do some light individual work today but is not yet ready to return to practice.

- Ashley Lelie continues to be held out with a calf strain.

- Michael Robinson (knee) will be out for several weeks.

-- 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.