Meet Arik Armstead, tabbed by the 49ers with their first-round draft pick to help fortify a once-dominant defensive front. At 6-foot-7, he'll be hard to miss, even though his duties come on the defensive line's interior where Ray
Maybe Trent Baalke is more transparent than we thought. In his predraft news conference, the often opaque and closed-off 49ers general manager told everyone he likes big players. And that's precisely what he got Thursday in defensive lineman Arik
It all happened after the 49ers' selection of Oregon defensive end Arik Armstead after the 49ers moved down to the 17th slot, which was stunning only because Armstead was the guy everybody expected Baalke to select.
Arik Armstead, the 49ers' first-round draft pick at No. 17 overall, held a media conference call for about 10 minutes after his selection. Here is the transcript: Sense the 49ers were interested? “I had a good visit when I went
SANTA CLARA–So, after a little trade down, the 49ers ended up with Oregon defensive end Arik Armstead with the 17th pick. First thought: For once, the player most often associated with this pick is the one GM Trent Baalke