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Why do the 49ers think Ji’Ayir Brown could be the future? Check out his past (paywall)

“Brown attacked Tuesday practices like Saturday games. And his perma-grin didn’t fade as he logged endless hours lifting weights and devouring film...Duda knows football, which can exact a severe physical and mental toll, isn’t for everyone. Plenty of his NFL teammates dispassionately endured it because it could provide fat contracts and fame. But Brown arrived at Lackawanna and acted as if all aspects of the sport were part of an all-expenses-paid vacation.”

CMC reveals moment he knew 49ers were ‘special team”

“You know, I was thrown into the fire pretty quickly, and I think early on in practice when I was…