Even the mighty nutcracker drill was rendered toothless. Offensive-line coach Nate Davis Mike Solari explained the drill in epic detail — it took 14 minutes — before players walked away without so much as a shoulder bump.
Such was the nature of the first day of training camp — a dress rehearsal on grass. The Sunday session was not on the original schedule. Coach Mike Singletary added it recently after deciding the team needed one final chance to review things in slow motion.
"It's just a matter of pressing the details and making sure that in everything we do, we understand exactly what it is we are doing," he said.
The tone changes today with a two-a-day session in full pads, at full throttle.
That probably means the debut of the overhauled nutcracker drill, Alex Smith which has been revised with the goal of keeping players safer. Last year's version called on players to stand opposite each other in a small space and ram over their opponent. Several players, including linebacker Patrick Willis, suffered injuries during the drill, which is why Solari and defensive-line coach Jim Tomsula worked with Singletary to create a saner
Nose tackle Aubrayo Franklin did not arrive at team headquarters and has yet to sign the $7,003,000 tender that comes with being designated as the team's franchise player.
Franklin already had skipped the team's offseason workouts and minicamps in hopes of negotiating a long-term contract. His absence Saturday left a void in the locker room, where Franklin is a popular and respected player. Linebacker Patrick Willis often credits the nose tackle for doing the dirty work that helps Willis play like a star.
"There's no mistaking about it: Aubrayo is one of a kind. I love playing with Aubrayo," Willis said. "At the same time, I know this is a business and, at the end of the day, we have to work with who we have here. I know everything is going to work itself out, and that's out of my control.
"If I could snap my fingers, and make him be here, I would. But I can't. I hope everything gets worked out, but we have to keep going forward."
Franklin, entering his eighth season, is coming off a career-best year, anchoring a defensive line that held opponents to 3.6 yards per carry, tied for the second in the NFL.
This is not the first time Simpson has been spotted getting intimate with Frank Gore her latest squeeze, instead the two were spotted getting racy during a romantic trip on a private yacht in Capri, Italy. The photos, made rounds all over the internet at the time, showed Simpson on a yacht with her legs wrapped around a young man, kissing him.
Made for each other
While, Simpson has proved his love for Johnson by showing their kiss pic to the world, Johnson too wants the singer to know that he is in love with her.
Johnson, a Yale graduate, has dropped his plan to begin a two-year business program at the University of Pennsylvania's prestigious Wharton school in August, in order to remain in Los Angeles with his sweetheart, according to new reports by Us Weekly.
"He doesn't want to move to Philadelphia and leave her so soon after they got together. He really wants to be with Jessica," a source tells Us.
About Simpson
Born and raised in Dallas, TX, Jessica Simpson is a singer, actress, and television personality who rose to fame in the late 1990s. Besides starring with her then-husband Nick Lachey in the MTV reality show 'Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica,' Jess has also acted in several films, including 'The Dukes of Hazzard,' 'Employee of the Month' and 'Blonde Ambition.'
Jess, who is the older sister of internationally known pop rock singer and Michael Crabtree actress, Ashlee Simpson, ventured into the country music market in 2008 and released 'Do You Know.'
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