4 days ago
"- Cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha quickly has grown fond of his new surroundings, and he lined up at first-string left cornerback while Carlos Rogers rehabilitated an unknown injury.
7 days ago
With Carlos Rogers rehabilitating from a minor injury, the 49ers' first-string cornerbacks were Tarell Brown and Nnamdi Asomugha.
14 days ago
Williams was signed to help replace Nnamdi Asomugha and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, the two starting cornerbacks from last year's 4-12 toxic-waste dump of a team.
19 days ago
Although Rodgers-Cromartie and Asomugha were sent packing, some of the worst offenders remain.
28 days ago
Joining that corps is Asomugha, who played his first eight seasons with the Raiders before his career stalled the past two years in Philadelphia.
47 days ago
Cutting ties with casual cornerbacks Nnamdi Asomugha and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie had to be done.
48 days ago
Asomugha, the jewel of the 2011 free agent class, chose the 49ers over New Orleans and Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, who was defensive coordinator in Oakland from 2004-08.
91 days ago
And yet the thought of Asomugha getting away again - he visited the New Orleans Saints on Sunday - is causing fans to hyperventilate and call Baalke a fool.
92 days ago
Cornerbacks Bradley Fletcher and Cary Williams and safeties Kenny Phillips and Patrick Chung don't have Asomugha's Pro Bowl pedigree.
93 days ago
There are various theories about why Nnamdi Asomugha signing did not work out.
93 days ago
Gbajabiamila, who played with Asomugha and Woodson on the Raiders a decade ago, tweeted Sunday morning that talks between the 49ers and those two players were in "a holding pattern.
93 days ago
Another potential addition is 10-year veteran cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, who visited with the 49ers on Friday.
94 days ago
Ryan Fitzpatrick's no longer a Bill, Dwight Freeney's out as a Colt, Mike Wallace as a Steeler and Nnamdi Asomugha as an Eagle.
95 days ago
"The Eagles are hoping that Williams and the recently acquired Bradley Fletcher bring some aggressiveness to a cornerback group - led by Nnamdi Asomugha and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie - that was...
96 days ago
Asomugha, a 10-year veteran cornerback, has yet to enjoy a winning season, including eight with the Raiders and the past two seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles.
96 days ago
"Obviously we lost some players at the position," Roseman said, referring to the departures of Nnamdi Asomugha and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.
97 days ago
Other defensive backs reportedly remain on their radar: Nnamdi Asomugha, LaRon Landry, Louis Delmas and the brass ring known as Ed Reed, who was last seen helping the Baltimore Ravens to a Super...
97 days ago
"The Eagles had approximately $44 million in salary-cap space after they cut cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha on Tuesday.
97 days ago
Also out on the market, via free agency or potential trades, are several other defensive stars worth consideration: safety Ed Reed and cornerbacks Nnamdi Asomugha, Sean Smith and Darrelle Revis,...
98 days ago
PHILADELPHIA - It was exciting to see the Eagles make a big splash on the first day of NFL free agency, especially since it was Nnamdi Asomugha being thrown overboard.
98 days ago
Both Chung and Fletcher should have an opportunity to start in an overhauled Philadelphia secondary that allowed a league-high 33 touchdown passes in 2012 and parted ways with high-priced...
98 days ago
Kelly's public comments about Asomugha had been tepid and ambiguous, and did not dispel the notion that the team would part ways with the cornerback, who will be 32 next season.
98 days ago
"A first-round draft choice of Oakland in 2003, Asomugha went to three straight Pro Bowls with the Raiders from 2008-10 prior to joining the Eagles.
100 days ago
Just ask the Philadelphia Eagles, who threw their checkbook at cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha and others in a 2011 splurge and still are digging out from that error.
101 days ago
During that time, Asomugha's reputation sank from perhaps the finest cornerback in the NFL and the marquee free agent on the market to a player who might be unceremoniously released any day.
