The NFL will hold its supplemental draft Thursday, and though there are a few interesting players the 49ers are expected to sit this one out. The top prospects -- to the 49ers, at least -- are Kentucky defensive end Jeremy Jarmon and Tennessee safety Demetrice Morley. Jarmon had very good numbers at Kentucky. But he measures in at 6-3 and 280 pounds, making him more of a 4-3 defensive end. Indeed, the Eagles and Redskins - two 4-3 teams - have been showing the most interest thus far.
Morley, meanwhile, also played in the SEC, the conference the 49ers most respect. He has good size - 6-2, 195 - but a history of dubious behavior. The 49ers also have several young prospects at safety - Dashon Goldson, Reggie Smith and Curtis Taylor - and likely will pass on throwing another into the mix. Any team that makes a bid on a player in the supplemental draft will lose the corresponding pick in the next year's regular draft. That is, if the 49ers bid for Morley with a fifth-round pick and he was awarded to them, they would loser their fifth rounder in 2010.
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All you United Football League fans looking for the inaugural schedule will have to wait a little longer. The problem is those pesky San Francisco Giants. See, the Giants and the UFL's San Francisco franchise agreed to share AT&T Park this season. But then the Giants started winning and now they're balking at the prospect of a football team chewing up the outfield grass during a potential playoff run. The league still thinks it will be able to play at AT&T, just not as early in the season as they had expected. The season is tentatively scheduled to kickoff on Oct. 8. Oh, and still no word on when - and if - some of those home games will be in Sacramento. Look for the UFL to release its schedule in the next two weeks ...
-- Matt Barrows
