Golden Nuggets: Scouting Combine provides brief taste of NFL Draft

Alright so we've got the NFL Scouting Combine this week, which is nice. It's the very first real taste of the NFL Draft, though I personally do not take much from the combine itself. I think a lot of results can be misleading and I prefer to watch tape, when I can find it.

But I'll take whatever I can get right now. The offseason sucks, and my batteries are already recharged. I always tell myself I'll take like a month off and then start talking about football again but I didn't even make it a full day before I started going back and watching the top safeties in coming out this year.

Links are sparse, but here's what we've got for today, children. Enjoy.

49ers uncommitted on franchise tag for Goldson (Maiocco)

Will 49ers double down in search for No. 2 WR? (Branch)

Lou Spadia, ex-49ers' official, mourned (SFGate)

Five myths about the 49ers, Alex Smith and the future (Barrows)

Should Walker leave, Stanford can offer the 49ers solutions at TE (BA Sports Guy)

Delanie Walker and the 49ers' to-do list (Sando)

Colin Kaepernick gets back to work (SFGate)

Alex Smith to Chiefs Likely: Report (NBC Bay Area)

Report: Kaepernick turns down invitations to Oscars (ABC)