Golden Nuggets: The NFL wanted a May draft, and now we get to waaaaaaiiiiittttt for it

We're back for a later in the morning version of today's Golden Nuggets, with me as your special guest-host! It's a relatively quiet time in 49ers land now that the owners' meetings are a wrap. Normally we'd now be less than a month until the NFL Draft. Instead, we've got a couple weeks past that to wait. The NFL moved the draft to May, claiming there was a conflicting event they couldn't move. That show (Rockettes or something) was subsequently cancelled because it was not ready to start.

That does happen from time-to-time, but the general belief is the NFL was looking for an excuse for a permanent move to May. The idea is that the NFL wants to spread out their events a little more. Before this year, May through late July was a relative dead period. You had the workout program in May, OTAs in June, but it was still relatively quiet. Since they already have the schedule release announcement in April, moving the draft to May now gives them a big event in that month. Now, you have schedule in April, draft in May, OTAs in June, and then training camp in July. Well played, NFL, well played.

Anthony Davis vs. Chris Long

On the 2014 undercard: Davis vs. Long (Branch)

Anthony Davis, Chris Long engage in Twitter battle (Williamson)

Jim Harbaugh and college quarterbacks

Jim Harbaugh's Pre-draft QB Workouts Have a Catch
(49ers.com)

Why Harbaugh is scouting this year's quarterback prospects
(Maiocco)

49ers' Harbaugh 'would love to work with' Manziel
(Maiocco)

Why Harbaugh loves QB workouts
(Williamson)

Raiders, Levi's Stadium

Raiders/49ers extra thoughts: The humongous Levi’s Stadium effect, the Kaepernick 2014 game plan, Mark Davis’ words, and more (Kawakami)

Are the Raiders destined to share Levi Stadium? (Lynch)

49ers draft stuff

49ers mock draft: Take III (Williamson)

2014 College Pro Day Tracker (49ers.com)

New Wide Receiver Would Help 49ers Open Passing Attack (NBC Bay Area)

Where could 49ers turn for ILB help? (Williamson)

Miscellaneous

Harbaugh: Colin Kaepernick Trains Body -- and Mind (49ers.com)

Who gets credit for the 49ers starters’ success? Here’s our take (Lynch)