The 49ers thought they acquired a serviceable backup behind Colin Kaepernick when they traded for McCoy in April. In June, head coach said McCoy was the secondstring quarterback, but he's since posted a 25.7 rating in two preseason games. On Sunday, Harbaugh said McCoy, Tolzien and Daniels would receive equal snaps in practice this week..Before we return to the "he said/she said" phase of the NFL labor dispute, I thought I would focus on what is actually in front of us as the reality of the NFL right now. Thus, here is a primer on the case of Brady v. NFL, a case whose eventual settlement will be the basis for the next Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in the NFL..

That's a subject I covered in my wideranging piece in the Globe this morning. It's something to keep in mind if Texas' Sergio Kindle or Earl Thomas, or Florida's Maurkice Pouncey, or Fresno State's Ryan Mathews, or even Alabama's Kareem Jackson are available to the Patriots. And the dynamic is espe