Golden Nuggets: Rooting for Cody Schrader

49ers’ Cody Schrader is back at the bottom of a RB depth chart, working to rise again (paywall)

“Schrader began changing that by going to great lengths to get noticed. He beat strength and conditioning coach Zac Woodfin to the facility every day, making sure to park his Ranger truck in the front so Woodfin knew he’d been working. At Schrader’s first position meeting, Luper was struck when the new back began rattling off the Tigers’ signals. How did Schrader already know so much of the offense? Schrader explained that his roommate was a quarterback and he’d studied his computerized playbook.

“I was kind of like, ‘Well, OK. Whatever,’ ” Luper said.

Luper and his colleagues had a similar reaction…