Quote:Are the 49ers suffering one of the worst offseason's in the modern era?

Sure looks like it... although

 


Trades and free agent signings<span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);margin-left:0px;">[edit]</span>

• WR Troy Williamson acquired via trade from the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for a 6th round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft.
  
• WR Jerry Porter signed as a free agent from the Oakland Raiders.
  
• CB Drayton Florence acquired as a free agent from the San Diego Chargers.
  
• QB Cleo Lemon acquired as a free agent from the Miami Dolphins.
  
• DT Marcus Stroud was traded to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for picks in the third(packaged for derrick harvey) and fifth round (traded for chauncey washington and thomas williams) of the <a class="" href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_NFL_Draft' title="2008 NFL Draft">2008 NFL Draft</a>.
  
• WR Ernest Wilford left as a free agent to sign with the Miami Dolphins.
  
• DE Bobby McCray left as a free agent to sign with the New Orleans Saints.
  
• S Sammy Knight left as a free agent to sign with the New York Giants.
  

Richard Collier shooting<span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);margin-left:0px;">[edit]</span>
<p style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-familyans-serif;">On September 2, 2008, third-year <a class="" href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offensive_tackle' title="Offensive tackle">offensive tackle</a> Richard Collier was shot outside an apartment building in Jacksonville while waiting for his girlfriend with a friend of his, former teammate <a class="" href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Pettway' title="Kenny Pettway">Kenny Pettway</a>, in his Cadillac Escalade.^[4] He was shot 14 times, largely in his lower torso and upper legs. Five bullets lodged in his bladder, and two struck his spine, severing his spinal cord. He was critically wounded, and spent three weeks on a ventilator. He was left paraplegic, as well as having his left leg amputated below the knee 

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