Golden Nuggets: Bring on the Cowboys!

Good morning everyone, hope you all had a pleasant evening of watching totally meaningless football. I hope it was smooth-sailing and you didn't get angry once, in advance of all of us collectively overreacting and getting all worked about equally meaningless football tonight. The San Francisco 49ers are set to take on the Dallas Cowboys, a team which holds the distinction of being my least favorite team by a longshot.

I've talked at length about my ambivalence toward the 49ers' NFC West rivals. The Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks don't do anything for me at all as far as inspiring actual feelings, given the lack of historical reference from both organizations. I'm more interested in the out-of-division rivalries. The Green Bay Packers, New York Giants and the worst of the bunch, the Cowboys. My grandpa made my sister's boyfriend exit the house on Christmas because he came in the house with a Cowboys hat on.

Crushing them, even in the preseason, would be swell. Onto your links for the day.

49ers obtain latest Levi's Stadium field from Arizona desert (Maiocco)

49ers' new defensive-line coach an NFL rookie at 63 (Branch)

Keep an eye on young defensive backs vs. Cowboys (Inman)

49ers go father afield -- Arizona -- for new surface (Barrows)

49ers' Jimmie Ward eager to stay on field in second year (AP)

49ers stockpile draft picks in 2016 and '17 (Maiocco)

Ten 49ers to watch against the Cowboys (Barrows)

49ers get smarter in the passing game (Cohn)

Tomsula unsure whether Bowman will play Sunday (Maiocco)

Trade of Derek Carrier streamlines TE corps, bolsters 2017 draft (Gutierrez)

On 49ers: Jerome Simpson saga begs question: What's plan at WR? (Barrows)

49ers Safety LJ McCray is Standing Out on Special Teams (49ers)