by David Zizmor

San Francisco 49ers camp update: When the San Francisco 49ers were wrought with four players retiring in the off season and well before their time at that. These were guys who were all starters that’s tough to replace. Anthony Davis is the most recent retiree he retired after the draft the Niners didn’t even have an opportunity to approach their draft with the knowledge that they would replace Davis at right tackle.

The Davis retirement was probably the toughest one of them all. The 2016 draft is going to be in Virginia they did this year’s draft in Chicago it had always been in New York the NFL realized that the draft is a money generator. You just don’t need to do it in New York you could do it anywhere and people will show up.

Chicago was there first choice Chicago is a great town, and anybody whose been there would agree. They have very dedicated fans with the Bears and it’s centrally located you have a lot of people down from Green Bay, Detroit, Indianapolis, and those places are from shouting distance and it’s certainly an easy drive from each other.

What the NFL is doing now is trying to spread the love around and their going to accommodate Washington their the closest team to Virginia. This is going to be a Washington draft it’s not as far away as Philadelphia frankly New York isn’t all that far. Pittsburgh, Carolina, those towns are all relatively close to each other as the draft will be held in Virginia in 16.

Oakland Raiders camp update: Running back Latavius Murray who is expected to take over the starting position from ex-Raider Darren McFadden. Murray who was with the Raiders last season rushed for 424 yards, two touchdowns, while picking up 5.2 yards per carry. He had a strong 2014 season when he was on the field if you were watching the Raiders down the stretch you would notice him, he definitely stood out when he was out on the field.

The issue so far in his career is keeping him on the field, Murray is a guy who has a lot talent and he has to play. Murray has had a series of injuries that’s been a little bit rough but if he continues to improve your talking about a guy who has the talent to be an every down back in the NFL. We saw him make amazing plays last season.

Murray had that one big run against Kansas City this is a guy given the opportunity and given a decent offensive line he could be very successful. It’s still tough to say as I said he needs to stay on the field, the talent level is there the Raiders are very hopeful he doesn’t have Maurice Jones Drew blocking his path to the starting position anymore like he did last year.

This is a guy who has speed, he has power, size, he can be a every down back if he wants he’s a little bit successful. The biggest thing he’s got going for him this year is the offense looks more rounded. The one problem the Raiders had last year was quarterback Derrick Carr was improving but he didn’t have any wide receivers to throw to which meant teams could challenge him.

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