This is my Wednesday column.
SANTA CLARA
NaVorro Bowman is not good anymore. This is the saddest story on the San Francisco 49ers.
It’s painful to watch this proud warrior play like a scrub. Bowman used to be the Niners’ best player. When they would use their “dime” defense — six defensive backs and one linebacker — Bowman was the one linebacker. Patrick Willis, one of the greatest linebackers of all time, would jog to the bench. The Niners believed Bowman was better.
Bowman was great at everything an inside linebacker had to do.