Breaking Observations - Nolan & Scotty Are Tampering Morons

It's just embarrassing. There's not much of a better way to describe it.

I'll be back tonight to break down this lameness. I don't care if Nolan and Scotty thought they knew what they were doing.  This whole thing, combined with the 49ers awful performance last season, is just embarrassing.

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Jesse's Take
What else can I say... except that it really sucks. Getting docked a draft pick and swapping spots with the Bears in the third round of this year's NFL Draft for talking to a player that never really looked to join the 49ers in the first place is like getting detention for trying to cheat on a test you already know the answers to. It's just... stupid.

I don't know the specifics of the situation at this time, so I won't snap-judge the qualifications of the men upstairs (like angsty Nick did this afternoon). Still, I don't see this happening to any other teams around the league. I have to assume that their biggest sin was not "tampering" with Briggs, but leaving evidence that they did so. If they didn't, this probably wouldn't be any kind of an issue.

Does losing a fifth rounder mean the 2008 season is doomed? Of course not, but you can bet that if the player picked at that time turns out to be a stud, then the 49er Faithful are sure to talk about it for years to come.

The 2008 season hasn't even started yet, but the 49ers front office is already adding to the shoddy legacy that is modern-day 49er football.