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49ers sign TE Bear Pascoe to 4-year contract

EDITOR'S NOTE: If you missed it, check out our man ProfessorBigelow's bio on Bear from late last month.

The 49ers announced today they have signed rookie tight end Bear Pascoe to a 4-year contract.  Pascoe, a sixth round pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, is the fourth of the 49ers seven draft picks to sign a contract.

Pascoe (6-5, 251) was a two-time All-WAC selection at Fresno State, where he played in 45 games (37 starts) and hauled in 112 passes for 1,294 yards and 10 touchdowns. He blocked a school-record six kicks during his career, ranking him ninth in NCAA history.  He's a native of Porterville, CA.

In 2008, Pascoe started 12 games and recorded 40 receptions for 400 yards and four touchdowns. He had a career year in 2007, catching 45 passes for 553 yards and four touchdowns in 12 starts. Pascoe started 12 games in 2006, finishing with 22 receptions for 307 yards and two touchdowns. As a redshirt freshman, he played in 13 games and caught five passes for 34 yards. After being recruited as a quarterback out of high school, Pascoe made the switch to tight end and redshirted as a true freshman.

We continue to await the signing of Michael Crabtree, but for now the team is otherwise taking care of its business.  Always good to see rookies get their deals taken care of as soon as possible.

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Bear Pasco signs

After reading the bio on him he sounds very intriguing. Local farm boy gets a chanse to make it big. Sounds like he could make a real contribution. Doesn’t have the speed of Vernon Davis but has good hands and can block.

by WC-Ninerhead on May 28, 2009 3:39 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

THE BEAR!

Whats not to love about the Bear?

by goatfather on May 28, 2009 3:53 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You know

I’m LOVING this!!!!

Blind devotion.

by ProfessorBigelow on May 28, 2009 3:55 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I think the 49ers are..

..Kicking A**! this offseason! This guy could be the next Brent Jones.

by Josh G and the Shaun Hill band wagon on May 28, 2009 4:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Bold statement

…i hope it comes true!

by swerv on May 28, 2009 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

THANK YOU LORD!

For ye have provided entertainment for 4 years!

by Poundtherock on May 28, 2009 4:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

This confirms that we are

Loaded at TE and loaded at WR. We also appear to be loaded at RB and at FB. I’d say we are light years ahead of last season.

What’s left is QB, and we are a damn sight better with a fully prepared Shaun Hill working with Raye than we were with JT O’No with Old 7-Step.

Finally, the OL has one year more experience, and we have Marvel Smith instead of JJ. We still have Wragge and Wallace as backups, and a real sleeper in Boone. Better this season.

I’d say things are looking up and you don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure it out.

Kezarvet

by kezarvet on May 28, 2009 4:54 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

agreed

I really like the upgrade at Tackle, since Smith has Pro Bowl potential if he can play up to his earlier form—he was quite durable as a Steeler; that is to say, he’s not the kind of guy (as JJ was) to not play because he was nicked up. I’m really intrigued by the Boone pick-up, too.

Morgan breaks through in 2009!

by grantmp on May 29, 2009 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Prediction

Bear will prove to be are real sleeper this year. And possibly the Niners best TE after a while. Saw all of his home games live. Dude is a baller!

49ers and TOOL live, my personal Heaven!!!

by CW30 on May 28, 2009 4:58 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Better Prediction

RJF or Nate Davis may be the real sleepers.

They each have a huge upside….let’s see if they take advantage of the opportunity given to them by the 49ers.

by chikmagnet_565 on May 28, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nate Davis opportunity?

Nate Davis might be a long term sleeper (over many years), but if he touches the field during a regular season game I’d be stunned.

by Fooch on May 28, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wouldn't it be nice..

..to have to sit Hill for our last game after clinching a Playoff berth, and seeing what Davis’ could do in the 4th quarter?

by Josh G and the Shaun Hill band wagon on May 28, 2009 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah that would be awesome

to see Davis rip apart the Rams in St. Louis. Davis to Bear. All we have to do is wait.

by iaalexeeff on May 28, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

DAVIS

if nate davis had to compete for the starting job then alex has to suck in preseason and davis has to lead a 3rd string team into the endzone

by big beaner on May 28, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh NO!

I have been grossly misunderstood.

I was not suggesting that either Nate Davis or RJF would surprise us this year.
I was merely suggesting that they may turn into great players,and (because of their draft status) steals.

by chikmagnet_565 on May 29, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If Bear proves he can hold on...

to the ball he may be the Wes Welker of TE’s.

by goatfather on May 28, 2009 5:47 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

i wonder how much it would take..

to get wilfork from the pats. they drafted the OTHER Boston College nose tackle in the second round, and vince is sitting out their minicamp with a contract dispute.

If you had a lineup of 9 Jack Custs who hit(Cust career average) .239 AVG, .382 OBP, and .475 SLG, then your team would score 6.12 runs per game-totalling to 991runs a season.The 08 rangers lead the majors in runs score with 901.

by 9Custs on May 28, 2009 5:55 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

If I'm not mistaken...

… Wilfork’s deal is up at the end of the season, that’s probably why the Pats drafted Brace. If Brace proves to be serviceable in the middle this year in the rotation, I think the Pats may deem Wilfork expendable. I don’t think they’ll unload Wilfork before they get a better idea of what they have in Brace, though.

by sfgfan on May 29, 2009 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can expect Bear

to be busting it on special teams.

by Bob On The Coast on May 28, 2009 6:59 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

2 Tight End Sets

Think of the Niners using 2 tight ends and 2 wide receivers with a single back in an offensive set. With our versatility we could do some cool trick stuff before the snap. We could bring a TE (probably Vernon) back and use him as a FB, we could do a 5 receiver set for mismatches in personnel, we could use Vernon as a vertical threat against a LB (sounds like a Martz idea, I apologize), we could bring Crabtree across the field for a handoff, etc. Just an idea – I like the versatility and possibilties it creates.

by Neon on May 28, 2009 7:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

VD as deep threat

For as much as VD has awesome speed, I think last year’s experiment proved more that VD is valuable as a guy doing shorter crossing routes than tracking long throws down the field. Davis is neither Tony Gonzales nor Torry Holt. If they can get him singled up against a LB and then have him break across the field (leaving the LB in his dust)—those are the kinds of throws on which he really thrives.

Morgan breaks through in 2009!

by grantmp on May 29, 2009 1:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agree, but

it’s the threat part that may be more valuable than the actual number of plays where VD runs deep routes. Having him run a deep route pulls someone from the box, which in turn opens up the box for a run or for a short pass to someone else.

One deep completion to Davis early in the season will get the defensive coordinators nervous.

by Bob On The Coast on May 29, 2009 6:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

this is bear-y good news

"I'll be honest with you, I love his music, I do, I'm a Michael Bolton fan. For my money, I don't know if it gets any better than when he sings "When a Man Loves a Woman"

by 49erLou on May 28, 2009 7:36 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Hell Yes

For the next four years, we can exercise our right…

Our right to Bear Arms

Blind devotion.

by ProfessorBigelow on May 28, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

bear

i’m just curious to wonder what san fran is doing with all this depth at tight end if they are hedging a bet of trading vernon davis??

by mdeasy on May 29, 2009 12:28 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

nope

Remember, Raye is the guy under whom Tony Gonzales became Tony Gonzales. Bear was brought in to replace Bajema, not to make Davis unnecessary. Most teams carry 3 TEs.

Morgan breaks through in 2009!

by grantmp on May 29, 2009 1:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Davis Year?

V. Davis was like a Million Dollar deposit in a 3 year CD account. It’s yours, but you can’t touch it.

I hope this all means we can find a way to utilize him more in our team. He can make life easier for everyone in our offense.

This team sure is looking good on paper! Go Niners.

by Niner Power on May 29, 2009 9:51 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The only problem with the Niners offense, is the depth at some of the O-line spots, the fact that Crabtree and Pascoe are still only rookies, and that we have yet, ANOTHER Offensive coordinator.

Also, I don’t jump on QB bandwagons until they’ve proven themselves over the coarse of an entire season. Remember Derek Anderson? Remember Tim Rattay? It takes a full season to see how these guys are going to do. After about 7-10 games teams start to get an idea of QB tendency’s and they can start building a game plan around him. The same will probably happen to Cassel.

Hill has to learn a new system, get familiar with new receivers, and deal with teams game planning around him. What’s going to help him, on the other hand, is having Frank the Tank, and Coffee helping take off the load from Frank, as well as help out with those 3rd and short/goal line situations.

To relate this to Pascoe, the Niners FINALLY have some redzone weapons that they can build upon. Before it was sub 6’0" receivers and Frank Gore only. That’s not too hard to make a game plan against. Now we have Vernon Davis, whom we knew was going to take a few years to learn the game, Michael Crabtree who is 6’2", and Pascoe at 6’5", who is a large target for those short redzone/endzone passes. Hill has shown that he can read the defense and get the ball out quickly. Just make quick, accurate throws as a QB, that’s all I ask for. Now we have guys that can make plays, 3 capable TE’s, a great running game, and tons of receivers who should come into their own in the next couple years.

by aBulldog on May 29, 2009 10:58 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

One Bear to Another

I did a story on Bear and followed his college days – I think that you folks got a great draft pick in him. All the best to him and his time with the 49ers!

Hillis/Moreno in '09

by Emmett Smith on May 29, 2009 12:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

vernon davis

i’ve thought ever since we got vernon that we could teach him to play wideout 6-3 250 with 4.38 speed he could play wideout and inside short patterns what corner or safety is going to have the size for position and handle him off the line ans no one vern could be our number 1 right now if we had gone that direction

by mdeasy on May 29, 2009 3:56 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Should have been a Dallas Cowboy!!!

I played high school ball with bear back in porterville, You niner fans should consider yourself lucky…Singltary is gonna put vernon davis on the backburner when he see’s what bear is capable of…..should have gone in the first two rounds….. wish he would have been a dallas cowboy tho……GO Bear, Reppin Granite Hills High School for all of us….

by goonie559 on Jun 6, 2009 9:29 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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